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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000821130-10-000013
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100312
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100317
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100317

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000821130
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RADIO TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS [4812]
		IRS NUMBER:				621147325
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09712
		FILM NUMBER:		10687731

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8410 W BRYN MAWR AVE
		STREET 2:		STE 700
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60631
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7733998900

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		STREET 1:		8410 W BRYN MAWR AVE
		STREET 2:		STE 700
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60631
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman">CURRENT REPORT</FONT></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp; March 12</FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">, </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">2010</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt" face="Times New Roman">UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORPORATION</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman"><BR>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">On November 18, 2009, United States Cellular Corporation (&#147;U.S. Cellular&#148;) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing that it had amended the (i) U.S. Cellular 2009 Executive Officer Annual Incentive Plan Effective January 1, 2009 (the &#147;Plan&#148;) and (ii) Guidelines for the Determination of Annual Bonus for President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Cellular (the &#147;Guidelines&#148;).&nbsp; Prior to such amendments, the Plan and Guidelines provided that a bonus was not earned until the date the bonus was paid.&nbsp; As a result of the amendments, such Plan and Guidelines now provide that, to the extent and only to the extent that any bonus is paid for a performance year, such bonus shall be deemed to have been earned on December 31 of that performance year.&nbsp; For accounting purposes, U.S. Cellular has been accruing bonuses in the performance year as required by Generally Accepted Accou
nting Principles.&nbsp; The effect of the amendments to the Plan and Guidelines is that U.S. Cellular will now be reporting bonuses in the performance year for purposes of disclosing compensation to its &#147;named executive officers&#148; in the Summary Compensation Table of its proxy statement.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">As a result of such amendments, pursuant to Item 5.02(e) of Form 8-K, U.S. Cellular is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to disclose the amounts of bonuses paid to its named executive officers in 2010 with respect to 2009 performance, which&nbsp;were deemed to have been earned on December 31, 2009 pursuant to the amended Plan and Guidelines.&nbsp; Pursuant to Instruction 4 of Item 5.02, the below named executive officers include the persons who were identified as named executive officers in U.S. Cellular&#146;s most recent proxy statement filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2009 (which may not necessarily be the same as the persons who will be named executive officers in the 2010 proxy statement).&nbsp; </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">Pursuant to the foregoing, the following amounts of bonuses were paid to the below named executive officers on March&nbsp;12, 2010 relating to 2009 performance:</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">Mr. Rooney deferred 100% of his bonus pursuant to the terms of the U.S. Cellular 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, which plan has been filed as an exhibit with the SEC.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman">Executive Vice President &#150; Finance,</FONT></P>
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