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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings per share | The amounts used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to UScellular shareholders were as follows:
Year Ended December 31, | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts) |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to UScellular shareholders | $ | 229 |  |  | $ | 127 |  |  | $ | 150 |
Weighted average number of shares used in basic earnings per share | 86 |  |  | 86 |  |  | 86 |
Effects of dilutive securities | 1 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |
Weighted average number of shares used in diluted earnings per share | 87 |  |  | 88 |  |  | 87 |
Basic earnings per share attributable to UScellular shareholders | $ | 2.66 |  |  | $ | 1.47 |  |  | $ | 1.75 |
Diluted earnings per share attributable to UScellular shareholders | $ | 2.62 |  |  | $ | 1.44 |  |  | $ | 1.72 |

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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. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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