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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000821130-13-000044
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130904

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

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

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8410 W BRYN MAWR AVE
		STREET 2:		STE 700
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60631
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<p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">United
States Cellular Corporation<br>
8410 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue<br>
Chicago, Illinois 60631<br>
(773) 399-8900</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 align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 4, 2013</font></p>

<p align=center style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;">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, NE</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.&#160; 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;text-indent:.5in;"><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></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><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; Registration
Statement on Form S-3</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><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 May 31, 2013,
as amended August 30, 2013</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:1.0in;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">File No. 333-188971&#160;&#160; </font></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;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</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;">Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, United States Cellular Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
&#8220;Company&#8221;), hereby requests that the effective date of the above referenced
Registration Statement be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at&#160;
9:00 a.m., Washington, D.C. time, on September 10, 2013, or as soon as
practicable thereafter.</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;">The Company hereby acknowledges with respect to the
above-referenced filing that:</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;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; should
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) or the staff, acting
pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not
foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-31.5pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; the
action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority,
in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full
responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing;
and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-31.5pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; the
Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a
defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.</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;">If you have any questions, please call Douglas D. Shuma, Chief
Accounting Officer of the Company, at (608) 664-6122, or Alfred N. Sacha of
Sidley Austin LLP at (312) 853-2939.&#160; Thank you.</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>

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