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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 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 September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
			2021						2020						2021						2020
(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts)
Net income attributable to UScellular shareholders			$	34					$	85					$	128					$	224
Weighted average number of shares used in basic earnings per share			86						86						87						86
Effects of dilutive securities			1						2						1						1
Weighted average number of shares used in diluted earnings per share			87						88						88						87
Basic earnings per share attributable to UScellular shareholders			$	0.39					$	0.98					$	1.48					$	2.60
Diluted earnings per share attributable to UScellular shareholders			$	0.38					$	0.97					$	1.46					$	2.56

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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=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257

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