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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings per share | The amounts used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to TDS shareholders were as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to TDS shareholders used in basic earnings per share | $ | 78 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 212 |  |  | $ | 110 |
Adjustments to compute diluted earnings: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Noncontrolling interest adjustment | (2) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (3) |  |  | (2) |
Net income attributable to TDS shareholders used in diluted earnings per share | $ | 76 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 209 |  |  | $ | 108 |
Weighted average number of shares used in basic earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common Shares | 107 |  |  | 108 |  |  | 107 |  |  | 107 |
Series A Common Shares | 7 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 7 |
Total | 114 |  |  | 115 |  |  | 114 |  |  | 114 |
Effects of dilutive securities | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |
Weighted average number of shares used in diluted earnings per share | 115 |  |  | 116 |  |  | 115 |  |  | 116 |
Basic earnings per share attributable to TDS shareholders | $ | 0.68 |  |  | $ | 0.15 |  |  | $ | 1.85 |  |  | $ | 0.96 |
Diluted earnings per share attributable to TDS shareholders | $ | 0.66 |  |  | $ | 0.15 |  |  | $ | 1.81 |  |  | $ | 0.93 |

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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. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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