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Consolidated Statement Of Cash Flows (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Cash flows from operating activities      
Net income (loss) $ (147,292)us-gaap_ProfitLoss $ 166,821us-gaap_ProfitLoss $ 122,653us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Add (deduct) adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows from operating activities      
Depreciation, amortization and accretion 836,532us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet 1,018,077us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet 813,626us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet
Bad debts expense 107,861us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts 105,629us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts 74,695us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts
Stock-based compensation expense 35,793us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 30,338us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 41,871us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Deferred income taxes, net 71,713us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (67,150)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 58,785us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities (131,965)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments (132,714)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments (92,867)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Distributions from unconsolidated entities 112,349us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions 127,929us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions 84,884us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions
Loss on impairment of assets 87,802us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment   515us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment
(Gain) loss on asset disposals, net 26,531us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment 30,841us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment 19,741us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
(Gain) loss on sale of business and other exit costs, net (15,846)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness (300,656)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness 21,061us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness
(Gain) loss on investments   (14,547)us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestments 3,718us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestments
(Gain) loss on license sales and exchanges (112,993)tds_GainLossOnLicenseSalesAndExchanges (255,479)tds_GainLossOnLicenseSalesAndExchanges  
Noncash interest expense 1,642us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCostsAndDiscounts 2,463us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCostsAndDiscounts (572)us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCostsAndDiscounts
Other operating activities (641)us-gaap_OtherNoncashIncomeExpense 612us-gaap_OtherNoncashIncomeExpense 1,393us-gaap_OtherNoncashIncomeExpense
Changes in assets and liabilities from operations      
Accounts receivable 17,629us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable (293,729)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable (81,107)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable
Equipment installment plans receivable (188,829)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInFinanceReceivables (591)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInFinanceReceivables  
Inventory (29,149)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories (83,536)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories (29,917)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories
Accounts payable (117,264)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableTrade 86,028us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableTrade (12,332)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableTrade
Customer deposits and deferred revenues 33,952us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredLiabilities 66,460us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredLiabilities 32,981us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredLiabilities
Accrued taxes (122,921)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedTaxesPayable 17,388us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedTaxesPayable 77,458us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedTaxesPayable
Accrued interest 1,277us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInterestPayableNet 380us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInterestPayableNet (891)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInterestPayableNet
Other assets and liabilities (71,369)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet (9,954)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet (30,523)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet
Cash flows from operating activities 394,812us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations 494,610us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations 1,105,172us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Cash flows from investing activities      
Cash used for additions to property, plant and equipment (799,496)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets (883,797)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets (995,517)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
Cash paid for acquisitions and licenses (295,253)tds_PaymentsForIntangibleAssetsAndToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired (314,570)tds_PaymentsForIntangibleAssetsAndToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired (163,382)tds_PaymentsForIntangibleAssetsAndToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
Cash received from divestitures 187,645us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses 811,120us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses 50,182us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
Cash paid for investments     (120,000)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireInvestments
Cash received for investments 50,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfHeldToMaturitySecurities 115,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfHeldToMaturitySecurities 243,444us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfHeldToMaturitySecurities
Federal Communications Commission deposit (60,000)tds_FccLicenseAuctionDepositPayment    
Other investing activities 7,360us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities 11,594us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities (12,796)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities
Cash flows from investing activities (909,744)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations (260,653)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations (998,069)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Cash flows from financing activities      
Issuance of long-term debt 275,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfUnsecuredDebt 37us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfUnsecuredDebt 195,358us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfUnsecuredDebt
Repayment of borrowing under revolving credit facility (150,000)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLinesOfCredit    
Borrowing under revolving credit facility 150,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit    
TDS Common Shares reissued for benefit plans, net of tax payments (2,019)us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions 9,654us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions (1,119)us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions
U.S. Cellular Common Shares reissued for benefit plans, net of tax payments 830tds_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptionsSubsidiary 5,784tds_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptionsSubsidiary (2,205)tds_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptionsSubsidiary
Repurchase of TDS Common Shares (39,096)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (9,692)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (20,026)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Repurchase of U.S. Cellular Common Shares (18,943)tds_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStockSubsidiary (18,544)tds_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStockSubsidiary (20,045)tds_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStockSubsidiary
Dividends paid to TDS shareholders (58,040)tds_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonAndPreferredStock (55,293)tds_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonAndPreferredStock (53,165)tds_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonAndPreferredStock
U.S. Cellular dividends paid to noncontrolling public shareholders   (75,235)tds_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStockSubsidiary  
Payment of debt issuance costs (10,215)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts (23)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts (8,242)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts
Distributions to noncontrolling interests (627)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest (3,766)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest (20,856)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest
Payments to acquire additional interest in subsidiaries   (4,505)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAdditionalInterestInSubsidiaries (3,167)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAdditionalInterestInSubsidiaries
Other financing activities 9,929us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities 7,159us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities 3,570us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities
Cash flows from financing activities 156,819us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations (144,424)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations 70,103us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (358,113)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease 89,533us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease 177,206us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and cash equivalents      
Beginning of period 830,014us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 740,481us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 563,275us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
End of period $ 471,901us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 830,014us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 740,481us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue