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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per share

The amounts used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders were as follows:

Year Ended December 31,	2019				2018				2017
(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts)
Net income attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders	$	127			$	150			$	12
Weighted average number of shares used in basic earnings per share	86				86				85
Effects of dilutive securities	2				1				1
Weighted average number of shares used in diluted earnings per share	88				87				86
Basic earnings per share attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders	$	1.47			$	1.75			$	0.14
Diluted earnings per share attributable to U.S. Cellular shareholders	$	1.44			$	1.72			$	0.14

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- Definition

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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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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