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Common Shareholders' Equity (Table)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Common shareholders' equity

Pursuant to certain employee and non-employee benefit plans, U.S. Cellular reissued the following Treasury Shares:

Year Ended December 31,	2017		2016		2015
(Shares in millions)
Treasury Shares Reissued	–		1		–

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of treasury stock, including, but not limited to, average cost per share, description of share repurchase program, shares repurchased, shares held for each class of treasury stock.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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