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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001051512-17-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170124
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170125
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170125

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001051512
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813]
		IRS NUMBER:				362669023
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14157
		FILM NUMBER:		17546379

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30 NORTH LASALLE STREET
		STREET 2:		STE 4000
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60602
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3126301900

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		STREET 1:		30 NORTH LASALLE STREET
		STREET 2:		STE 4000
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60602
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            <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:10pt; font-size:10pt"><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">MADISON, Wis. (</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">Jan. 25, 2017</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">)</font><font style="font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic"> </font><font style="font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic">&#8212; </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">TDS Telecommunications Corp.</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt"> </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">(TDS&#174;) </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">will receive approximately $75</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">.1</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt"> million a year for the next 10 years from the Federal Communications Commission&#8217;s (FCC) Alternative Connect America Cost Model.&#160; TDS will leverage the funds to expand and improve broadband </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">service to nearly 160</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">,000 h</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">omes in 25 states over that time frame.</font></p>
            <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:10pt; page-break-inside:avoid; font-size:9pt"><font style="font-family:Helvetica">Funding for the program, also referred to as the Connect America Fund (CAF), will support the buildout of rural broadband networks.&#160; </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">Depending on location, most</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> TDS customers in rural areas eligible for CAF funding w</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">ill receive guaranteed broadband speeds of 25 </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">Mbps</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> download and 3 </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">Mbps</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> upload (25/3)</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">.&#160; U</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">nder the agreement</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">, most of the remaining customers </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">will receive speeds of 10/1</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> Mbps.</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> </font></p>
            <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:10pt; page-break-inside:avoid; font-size:10pt"><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">&#8220;We look forward to working with our local communities on this </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">m</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">assive</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt"> endeavor t</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">o improve internet speeds,&#8221; states Kevin Hess, executive vice president at TDS.&#160; &#8220;Today&#8217;s consumers want to work remotely and are seeking faster speeds than the existing, deployed DSL technology was designed to handle.&#8221;&#160; </font><br /><br /><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">According to Hess, the project is</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt"> expected to improve </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">broadband service to a majority of </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">the company&#8217;s total wireline locations in the United States.&#160; Nearly 95 percent of </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">our</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt"> customers have access to internet connections, he said, but faster, more reliable access in rural, less densely p</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">opulated areas is needed.&#160; </font><br /><br /><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">Implementation for the project will begin as soon as first quarter of 2017.&#160; </font><br /><br /><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">&#8220;We are proud to be part of this </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">massive</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt"> modernization project and improved telecom support structure with the FCC,&#8221; adds Hess.&#160; &#8220;We are eage</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">r to get to work building faster connections to </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">the </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">nearly 160,000</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt"> homes that are eligible for CAF funding.&#8221; </font><br /><br /><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">As TDS finalizes the buildout plans, more details, including maps will be available on the </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">TDS </font><font style="font-family:Arial">website</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt"> in the next few </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">weeks</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">.&#160; This information w</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">ill help residents look up and see how this </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">federal program</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt"> may impact their specific location.&#160; </font><br /><br /><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">For nearly 10 years, TDS has worked with </font><font style="font-family:Arial">FCC</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt"> Commissioners, their staff and federal trade associations to create a plan to allow for the expansion of rural n</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">etworks served by rate-of-return companies, including TDS. </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt"> </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">CAF ensures</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt"> more residents of rural America will have access to improved broadband service and more reliable speeds.</font></p>
            <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:10pt; page-break-inside:avoid; font-size:10pt"><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt; font-weight:bold">Media contact:&#160; </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">Cheryl McCollum, Associate Manager of Public Relations / 608-66</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt">4-2388 /</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt; text-decoration:underline; color:#0000ff">cheryl.mccollum@tdstelecom.com</font><br /><br /><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:8pt">TDS Telecommunications Corporation (TDS Telecom/TDS&#174;), a wholly owned subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., is the seventh largest local exchange telephone company in the U.S. and a growing force in the ca</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:8pt">ble industry.&#160; TDS provides 1.2 million connections to high-speed internet, phone, and TV entertainment services in nearly 900 rural, suburban, and metropolitan communities.&#160; For residential customers, TDS deploys 1Gig internet access, IPTV service, cable </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:8pt">TV options, and traditional wireline services.&#160; The company offers businesses advanced solutions, including: VoIP (</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:8pt; font-style:italic">managed</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:8pt">IP Hosted voice), high-speed internet, fiber optics, data networking, and hosted-managed services.&#160; </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:8pt">Visit </font><font style="font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; text-decoration:underline; color:#0000ff">tdstelecom.com</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:8pt; text-decoration:underline; color:#0000ff"> </font><font style="font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt">or</font><font style="font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; color:#444444"> </font><font style="font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; text-decoration:underline; color:#0000ff">tdsbusines</font><font style="font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; text-decoration:underline; color:#0000ff">s.com</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:9pt; text-decoration:underline; color:#0000ff">.</font><br /><br /><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:8pt">Headquartered in Madison, Wis., TDS Telecom operates OneNeck IT Solutions LLC and BendBroadband, which is part of TDS Broadband Service LLC.&#160; Combined, the company employs more than 3,400 people.</font><br /><br /><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:8pt">Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS], a </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:8pt">Fortune 500&#174; company, provides wireless; cable and wireline broadband, TV and voice; and hosted and managed services to approximately six million customers nationwide through its businesses U.S. Cellular, TDS Telecom, OneNeck IT Solutions LLC, and TDS Broa</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:8pt">dband Service LLC.&#160; Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Chicago, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. employs 10,400 people.&#160; Visit </font><font style="font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; text-decoration:underline; color:#0000ff">tdsinc.com.</font></p>
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