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Commitments And Contingencies | 12 Months Ended
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Commitments and Contingencies | Note 13 Commitments and Contingencies Agreements In November 2014, U.S. Cellular executed a Master Statement of Work and certain other documents with Amdocs Software Systems Limited (“Amdocs”). The agreement provides that U.S. Cellular will outsource to Amdocs certain support functions for its Billing a nd Operational Support System (“B/OSS”). Such functions include application support, billing operations and some infrastructure services. The agreement has a term through September 30, 2019, subject to five one-year renewal periods at U.S. Cellular’s opt ion. The estimated amount to be paid to Amdocs with respect to the agreement during the remaining term is approximately $83 million (exclusive of travel and expenses and subject to certain potential adjustments). During 2013, U.S. Cellular entered into agreements with Apple to purchase certain minimum quantities of Apple iPhone products and fund marketing programs related to the Apple iPhone and iPad products over a three-year period beginning in November 2013. Ba sed on current forecasts, TDS estimates that the remaining contractual commitment as of December 31, 2015 under these agreements is approximately $196 million. At this time, TDS expects to meet its contractual commitments with Apple. Lease Commitments TDS and its subsidiaries have leases for certain plant facilities, office space, retail store sites, cell sites, data centers and data-processing equipment which are accounted for as operati ng leases. Certain leases have renewal options and/or fixed rental increases. Renewal options that are reasonably assured of exercise are included in determining the lease term. Any rent abatements or lease incentives, in addition to fixed rental increa ses, are included in the calculation of rent expense and calculated on a straight-line basis over the defined lease term. As of December 31, 2015, future minimum rental payments requ ired under operating leases and rental receipts expected under operating leases that have noncancellable lease terms in excess of one year were as follows:
| Operating Leases |  | Operating Leases
Future Minimum | Future Minimum
Rental Payments | Rental Receipts
(Dollars in thousands) |  |  |  |  |
2016 | $ | 156,882 |  | $ | 48,304
2017 |  | 136,248 |  |  | 40,180
2018 |  | 117,806 |  |  | 31,940
2019 |  | 100,894 |  |  | 21,608
2020 |  | 87,993 |  |  | 10,184
Thereafter |  | 724,217 |  |  | 1,238
Total | $ | 1,324,040 |  | $ | 153,454
For 2015, 2014 and 2013, rent expense for noncancellable long-term leases was $168.4 million, $177.0 million and $187.4 million, respectively; and rent expense under cancellable short-term leases was $10.8 million, $8.8 million and $12.5 million, respectively. Indemnifications TDS enters into agreements in the normal course of business that provide for indemnification of counterparties. The terms of the indemnifications vary by agreement. The events or circumstances th at would require TDS to perform under these indemnities are transaction specific; however, these agreements may require TDS to indemnify the counterparty for costs and losses incurred from litigation or claims arising from the underlying transaction. TDS i s unable to estimate the maximum potential liability for these types of indemnifications as the amounts are dependent on the outcome of future events, the nature and likelihood of which cannot be determined at this time. Historically, TDS has not made any significant indemnification payments under such agreements. Legal Proceedings TDS is involved or may be involved from time to time in legal proceedings before the FCC, other regulatory authorities, and/or various state and federal courts. If TDS believes t hat a loss arising from such legal proceedings is probable and can be reasonably estimated, an amount is accrued in the financial statements for the estimated loss. If only a range of loss can be determined, the best estimate within that range is accrued; if none of the estimates within that range is better than another, the low end of the range is accrued. The assessment of the expected outcomes of legal proceedings is a highly subjective process that requires judgments about future events. The legal proce edings are reviewed at least quarterly to determine the adequacy of accruals and related financial statement disclosures. The ultimate outcomes of legal proceedings could differ materially from amounts accrued in the financial statements. TDS has accrued $0.5 million and $0.4 million with respect to legal proceedings and unasserted claims as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. TDS has not accrued any amount for legal proceedings if it cannot estimate the amount of the possible loss or rang e of loss. TDS is unable to estimate any contingent loss in excess of the amounts accrued.

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