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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This year, as permitted by rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (“TDS”) has arranged to provide beneficial owners of shares held in “street name” by brokers, banks, or other nominees (“brokers”) with acc ess to our proxy materials via the Internet, rather than sending them paper copies. Accordingly, pursuant to SEC rules, on or prior to April 14, 2017, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., as agent for brokers that hold TDS shares, will mail the accompany ing Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials to all street name shareholders as of the record date of March 29, 2017. Such notice and our other proxy materials were posted on the Company’s website at investors.tdsinc.com/proxyvote on April 12, 2017. As explained further in the accompanying Notice, such shareholders have the option of (1) accessing the proxy materials online or (2) requesting that paper copies of those materials be sent to them.