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Consolidated Statement Of Operations (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Operating revenues    
Service $ 828,211us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet $ 853,613us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet
Equipment sales 137,034us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet 72,198us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Total operating revenues 965,245us-gaap_Revenues 925,811us-gaap_Revenues
Operating expenses    
System operations (excluding Depreciation, amortization and accretion reported below) 190,677us-gaap_CostOfServices 180,607us-gaap_CostOfServices
Cost of equipment sold 238,301us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold 270,474us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Selling, general and administrative (including charges from affiliates of $22.0 million and $21.2 million, respectively) 368,968us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 395,564us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Depreciation, amortization and accretion 147,085us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet 167,753us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet
(Gain) loss on asset disposals, net 4,251us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment 1,934us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
(Gain) loss on sale of business and other exit costs, net (111,477)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness (6,900)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness
(Gain) loss on license sales and exchanges, net (122,873)usm_GainLossOnLicenseSalesAndExchanges (91,446)usm_GainLossOnLicenseSalesAndExchanges
Total operating expenses 714,932us-gaap_OperatingExpenses 917,986us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Operating income 250,313us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 7,825us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Investment and other income (expense)    
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities (34,471)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments (37,075)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Interest and dividend income 7,566us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterestAndDividend 884us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterestAndDividend
Interest expense (19,964)us-gaap_InterestExpense (14,862)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Other, net 105us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense 86us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Total investment and other income (expense) 22,178us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense 23,183us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes 272,491us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 31,008us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax expense 107,501us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 12,604us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income 164,990us-gaap_ProfitLoss 18,404us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax 4,926us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (1,078)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders $ 160,064us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 19,482us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Basic weighted average shares outstanding 84,042us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 84,213us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Basic earnings per share attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders $ 1.90us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.23us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding 84,838us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 85,065us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Diluted earnings per share attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders $ 1.89us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.23us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted