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Revenue Recognition, Contract Liabilities (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Contract Liabilities
Balance, beginning of period	$ 0
Change in accounting policy - Deferred revenues reclassification	209	[1]
Change in accounting policy - Retained earnings impact	(22)
Contract additions	54
Revenue recognized	(74)
Balance, end of period	$ 167
[1] This amount represents TDS' obligation to transfer goods or services to customers for which it had received payment and classified as deferred revenue at December 31, 2017.

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- Definition

Amount of increase (decrease) in revenue recognized from contract additions which increases (decreases) right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time.

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- Definition

A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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- Definition

Amount after tax of increase (decrease) to equity or (increase) decrease to net assets, resulting from the cumulative effect adjustment in initial period of adoption for revenue from contract with customer.

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- Definition

Effect in current period from application of guidance for revenue from contract with customer on contract liabilities on upon adoption.

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- Definition

Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (a)
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-Section 45
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- Definition

Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

+ References

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-Section 50
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