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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per share

The amounts used in computing earnings per common share and the effects of potentially dilutive securities on the weighted average number of common shares were as follows:

		Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
		September 30,						September 30,
		2017			2016			2017			2016
(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts)
Net income (loss) attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders		$	(299)		$	17		$	(261)		$	53
Weighted average number of shares used in basic   earnings (loss) per share			85			85			85			85
Effects of dilutive securities			–			–			–			–
Weighted average number of shares used in diluted   earnings (loss) per share			85			85			85			85
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to U.S. Cellular   shareholders		$	(3.51)		$	0.20		$	(3.07)		$	0.63
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to   U.S. Cellular shareholders		$	(3.51)		$	0.20		$	(3.07)		$	0.63

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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.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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