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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

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:

			Three Months Ended March 31,
			2021						2020
(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts)
Net income attributable to UScellular shareholders			$	60					$	71
Weighted average number of shares used in basic earnings per share			86						86
Effects of dilutive securities			2						2
Weighted average number of shares used in diluted earnings per share			88						88
Basic earnings per share attributable to UScellular shareholders			$	0.70					$	0.82
Diluted earnings per share attributable to UScellular shareholders			$	0.69					$	0.81

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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/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

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