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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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	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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		STATE:			IL
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<p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">United States Cellular Corporation</font></b></p>

<p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">8410 West Bryn Mawr Avenue</font></b></p>

<p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Chicago, IL&#160; 60631</font></b></p>

<p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">773-399-8900</font></b></p>

<p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Fax:&#160; 773-399-8936</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">VIA EDGAR</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 3, 2013</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr. Larry Spirgel</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Assistant Director</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 F. Street, N.E.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mail Stop 3720</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Re:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; United States Cellular Corporation</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Form 10-K for the Year ended December 31,
2012</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Filed February 26, 2013</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response dated June 7, 2013</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">File no. 1-9712</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Mr. Spirgel:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">This letter responds to your letter dated June 20, 2013, to Steven
T. Campbell, Executive Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer, of United States Cellular Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), regarding the
Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221; or &#8220;Commission&#8221;) Staff&#8217;s comments on
the above-referenced filings. The Staff&#8217;s comments are repeated below and are
marked by number to correspond to the comment letter.&#160; References to page
numbers below are those in the applicable documents as filed.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><u><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><u><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit 13- Financial Reports Contents</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><u><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note 7 Acquisitions, Divestitures and Exchanges, page 55</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><u><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Comment 1:</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">We note your response to comment one.&#160; Per your statement, you
consider each of your reporting units as a component as it is defined under ASC
360-10-20.&#160; It remains unclear to us why you believe that the reporting unit
represents the level at which operations and cash flows can be clearly
distinguished, operationally and for financial reporting purposes, from the
rest of the entity.&#160; In this regard, we note the following:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Divestiture Markets appear to have discrete operating cash
flows associated with their respective customers, spectrum, rights, assets,
liabilities and cover a workforce of 1,000 employees subject to termination as
a result of the transaction.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Network assets associated with such markets are required to be
decommissioned per the Purchase and Sale Agreement with Sprint.&#160; Further
explain to us why the transaction is conditioned on decommissioning of these
assets which you indicate are part of an &#8220;interdependent asset group regarding
generation of cash flows.&#8221;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">You are able to identify network-related exit costs in the
Divestiture Markets for which you will receive an additional $200 million cost
reimbursement from Sprint.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">For financial reporting, tax and legal purposes, you prepare
market level financial statements which have allowed you to segregate the
Divestiture Markets from your Core Operations.&#160; Additionally, in connection
with the transaction, you had provided to Sprint discrete financial statements
of the Divestiture Markets for the three years ended December 31, 2011 and
interim financial statements as of September 30, 2012.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><u><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response 1:</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">To assist with our response to the
Staff&#8217;s specific questions, we believe it is important to explain the nature of
our network operations.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our network consists of cell sites
(including equipment, antennas, tower, land, and buildings), mobile telephone
switching offices (MTSOs), data centers, software, and other related assets.&#160;
Our network is deployed in regions throughout the United States and operated as
one interdependent mobile network.&#160; Specifically:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font color=black face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">We maintain two data centers
(Schaumburg, IL and Knoxville, TN) that serve as the core of the network.&#160; In
order to provide service to a customer, cell sites communicate with one of 38
MTSOs which in turn communicate with one of our two data centers.&#160; Both data
centers serve customers in every market.&#160; The data centers provide customers
access to a data network (internet access), process all SMS and MMS messages,
gather information for billing, define the services for which a customer is
entitled, and offer proxy and compression technology which optimizes the
traffic on the entire network.&#160; All customer traffic regardless of the market
must flow through a data center.&#160; </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font color=black face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Five of the MTSOs were in the
Divestiture Markets and will be decommissioned.&#160; However, these five MTSOs
served cell sites in markets that were not part of the Divestiture Markets.&#160; As
such, the Company will need to redirect these remaining cell sites to remaining
MTSOs.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font color=black face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">We maintain one network operations
center (NOC) where we monitor the status and operation of the entire network 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font color=black face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">We maintain one wide-area network (WAN)
that links our cell sites, MTSOs and data centers.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font color=black face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our Engineering group that operates the
network is principally organized by function and manages the network on a
national basis.&#160; The only local engineering personnel are those that perform
cell site and switch maintenance. </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font color=black face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Generally, the only network assets
specific to individual markets are the cell sites.&#160; <br>
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</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">The network is managed on a national
basis.&#160; Although cell sites can be parsed out into markets, sub-markets or
regions, these are only end nodes of a robust, integrated network.&#160; The network
is the most critical aspect of our wireless service offering that effectively
generates cash flows from providing such service.&#160; Individual markets
containing isolated cell sites and isolated switches do not produce cash flows
without the WAN, data centers and NOC, and as stated above, these three
elements are configured to serve the national network, not specific markets.&#160;
Further, even MTSOs and cell sites cannot be aligned precisely with markets as
switches serve multiple markets and some cell sites also serve multiple
markets.&#160;&#160; As a result of this integrated network, which is the basis for and
is critical to the provision of wireless services to customers, individual
markets are not considered to have &#8220;..cash flows that can be clearly distinguished,
operationally and for financial reporting purposes, from the rest of the
entity.&#8221;&#160; </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; &nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">With respect to reporting units, we
have determined that the Company has five reporting units in accordance with
ASC 350-20-35-34 which states that &#8220;A component is a reporting unit if the
component constitutes a business for which discrete financial information is
available and segment management&#8230;regularly reviews the operating results of
that component.&#8221;&#160; Each of the 5 reporting units represent a geographical contiguous
region for which di</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">screte financial information is available and segment
management regularly reviews the operating results.&#160; This discrete financial
information does not represent separately identifiable, independent cash flows
as there are significant allocated costs in this financial information that
results from operating centralized network, marketing, engineering, customer
care and administrative functions.&#160; That is, although these geographical
regions do not generate independent cash flows, we believe that we must define
our reporting units at this level since segment management reviews discrete
financial information by region. </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">For clarity, our asset group assessment is based on separately
identifiable cash flows and our reporting unit assessment is based on discrete
financial information reviewed by the segment management.&#160; As a result of these
different criteria as prescribed under GAAP, the number of reporting units
(five) differs from the number of asset groups (one).&#160; The Divestiture Markets
comprise neither an asset group nor a reporting unit.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">To answer the Staff&#8217;s specific questions:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Divestiture Markets appear to have discrete operating
cash flows associated with their respective customers, spectrum, rights,
assets, liabilities and cover a workforce of 1,000 employees subject to
termination as a result of the transaction.</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Although there are direct costs related specifically to cell
sites, customers and the sales forces in the Divestiture Markets that would be
considered discrete, there are also significant costs necessary to operate the
Divestiture Markets that are incurred centrally and allocated as discussed
above.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Network assets associated with such
markets are required to be decommissioned per the Purchase and Sale Agreement with
Sprint.&#160; Further explain to us why the transaction is conditioned on
decommissioning of these assets which you indicate are part of an
&#8220;interdependent asset group regarding generation of cash flows.&#8221;</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Purchase and Sale Agreement with Sprint requires
decommissioning of the network assets because that was one of the terms
requested by Sprint.&#160; The result of that decommissioning is that those cell
site assets can no longer be used in the Divestiture Markets to compete against
Sprint.&#160; We are decommissioning only cell sites and MTSOs, which represent a
portion of our overall network.&#160; Certain cell sites in the Divestiture Markets
were not decommissioned as they will still serve adjacent markets that we have
retained.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">You are able to identify network-related exit costs in the
Divestiture Markets for which you will receive an additional $200 million cost
reimbursement from Sprint.</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">The $200 million network-related exit costs for which we will
receive reimbursement are primarily made up of the remaining cell site rent
payments (including the costs to terminate the leases) and the costs to remove
our equipment from the sites.&#160; Cell site rent payments, while they are
distinguishable by market because they are related to specific real estate
properties; however, most of our other network-related costs by necessity are
allocated to the Divestiture Markets.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">For financial reporting, tax and legal purposes, you
prepare market level financial statements which have allowed you to segregate
the Divestiture Markets from your Core Operations.&#160; Additionally, in connection
with the transaction, you had provided to Sprint discrete financial statements
of the Divestiture Markets for the three years ended December 31, 2011 and
interim financial statements as of September 30, 2012.</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">As previously discussed with the Staff, we have historically
prepared for legal and tax purposes financial statements which include both
direct and allocated costs.&#160; For external financial reporting, we have not
reported actual earnings for any markets, including the Divestiture or Core
Markets (Core Markets are all other retained markets for which we did not
divest in the Sprint transaction), rather we have reported actual earnings for
the consolidated company only because of the difficulty of segregating the
direct and allocated costs.&#160; We have provided earnings guidance separately for
Core and Divestiture Markets for 2013.&#160; In that guidance, allocated costs that
previously were allocated related to the Divestiture Markets have been included
in the Core Markets because they are expected to remain without further action
by the Company.&#160; Since there are a large number of allocated costs that are
required to operate these Divestiture Markets, the results attributed to the
Divestiture Markets should not be construed as separately identifiable cash
flows or financial results of these markets, but rather the estimated impact of
removing these markets from our consolidated results in 2013.&#160;&#160; </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with the transaction, we provided to Sprint
discrete financial statements for the Divestiture Markets both including and
excluding the allocated costs.&#160; We did so in recognition of the fact that many
of the costs in the allocated financial statements would not be ongoing costs
to Sprint.&#160; </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><u><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Comment 2:</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tell us in detail the nature of the operating and
administrative costs allocated to the divested markets that are managed
centrally supporting your position that the cash flows at the divested market
levels are not clearly distinguishable from the rest of the entity.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><u><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Response 2:</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Allocated system operations costs consist of costs related to
centrally managing the network described in Response 1 including central
engineering costs, the cost of running the network operations center and
circuit costs incurred at the data centers.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Allocated selling, general and administrative costs consist of
costs related to centrally managed customer care centers, costs of developing
national advertising programs, costs related to operating a national handset
distribution center, costs related to a centralized marketing function, and
general and administrative support costs (finance, human resources, sales,
etc.).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on the above responses to Comment 1 and Comment 2, the
Company continues to believe the Divestiture Markets do not represent a
component as defined by ASC 360-10-20 as they do not have clearly
distinguishable operations or generate clearly distinguishable cash flows due
to the significant amount of integrated operations and resulting costs that are
allocated and, therefore, such Divestiture Markets do not qualify for
discontinued operations treatment.&#160; </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with responding to the Staff&#8217;s comments, the
Company acknowledges that</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filings;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to
the filings; and </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
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  <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steven T.
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