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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per share

The amounts used in computing earnings per common share and the effects of potentially dilutive securities on the weighted average number of common shares were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2019				2018
(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts)
Basic earnings per share attributable to TDS shareholders:
Net income attributable to TDS shareholders used in basic earnings per share	$	59			$	39
Adjustments to compute diluted earnings:
Noncontrolling interest adjustment	(1		)		—
Net income attributable to TDS shareholders used in diluted earnings per share	$	58			$	39
Weighted average number of shares used in basic earnings per share:
Common Shares	107				104
Series A Common Shares	7				7
Total	114				111
Effects of dilutive securities	2				2
Weighted average number of shares used in diluted earnings per share	116				113
Basic earnings per share attributable to TDS shareholders	$	0.52			$	0.35
Diluted earnings per share attributable to TDS shareholders	$	0.50			$	0.34

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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