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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract] |
Components of lease expense | The following table shows the components of lease cost included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations:
Year Ended December 31, | 2020 |  | 2019
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |
Operating lease cost | $ | 171 |  |  | $ | 163 |
Financing lease cost: |  |  |
Amortization of ROU assets | 1 |  |  | 1 |
Variable lease cost | 10 |  |  | 7 |
Total lease cost | $ | 182 |  |  | $ | 171 |
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases | The following table shows supplemental cash flow information related to lease activities:
Year Ended December 31, | 2020 |  | 2019
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |  |  |
Operating cash flows from operating leases | $ | 169 |  |  | $ | 156 |
Operating cash flows from finance leases | 1 |  |  | 1 |
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: |  |  |
Operating leases | $ | 155 |  |  | $ | 125 |
Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases | The following table shows the classification of UScellular’s finance leases in its Consolidated Balance Sheet:
December 31, | 2020 |  | 2019
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |
Finance Leases |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 7 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization | 5 |  |  | 4 |
Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Current portion of long-term debt | — |  |  | 1 |
Long-term debt, net | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Total finance lease liabilities | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 4 |
Schedule of weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate related to leases | The table below shows a weighted-average analysis for lease terms and discount rates for all leases:
December 31, | 2020 |  | 2019
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term |  |  |
Operating leases | 12 years |  | 13 years
Finance leases | 30 years |  | 25 years
Weighted Average Discount Rate |  |  |
Operating leases | 4.1 | % |  | 4.4 | %
Finance leases | 6.8 | % |  | 7.0 | %
Maturities of lease liabilities | The maturities of lease liabilities are as follows:
| Operating Leases |  | Finance Leases |
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |
2021 | $ | 152 |  |  | $ | — |  |
2022 | 152 |  |  | — |  |
2023 | 135 |  |  | 1 |  |
2024 | 116 |  |  | 1 |  |
2025 | 94 |  |  | — |  |
Thereafter | 690 |  |  | 11 |  |
Total lease payments 1 | $ | 1,339 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |
Less: Imputed interest | 348 |  |  | 10 |  |
Present value of lease liabilities | $ | 991 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |
1 Lease payments exclude $51 million of legally binding lease payments for leases signed but not yet commenced.
Lease income | The following table shows the components of lease income which are included in Service revenues in the Consolidated Statement of Operations:
Year Ended December 31, | 2020 |  | 2019
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |
Operating lease income 1 | $ | 77 |  |  | $ | 74 |
1 During the third quarter of 2019, UScellular recorded an out-of-period adjustment attributable to 2009 through the second quarter of 2019 due to errors in the timing of recognition of revenue for certain tower leases. This out-of-period adjustment had the impact of increasing operating lease income by $5 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. UScellular determined that this adjustment was not material to any of the periods impacted.
Maturities of expected lease revenues | The maturities of expected lease payments to be received are as follows:
| Operating Leases
(Dollars in millions) |
2021 | $ | 65 |
2022 | 60 |
2023 | 48 |
2024 | 33 |
2025 | 14 |
Thereafter | 2 |
Total future lease maturities | $ | 222 |

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