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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
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, | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |
Operating lease cost | $ | 181 |  |  | $ | 171 |  |  | $ | 163 |
Variable lease cost | 10 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 7 |
Total | $ | 191 |  |  | $ | 181 |  |  | $ | 170 |
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases | The following table shows supplemental cash flow information related to lease activities:
Year Ended December 31, | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |  |  |  |  |
Operating cash flows from operating leases | $ | 183 |  |  | $ | 169 |  |  | $ | 156 |
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: |  |  |  |  |
Operating leases | $ | 182 |  |  | $ | 155 |  |  | $ | 125 |
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 operating leases:
December 31, | 2021 |  | 2020
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term | 12 years |  | 12 years
Weighted Average Discount Rate | 3.8 | % |  | 4.1 | %
Maturities of lease liabilities | The maturities of lease liabilities are as follows:
| Operating Leases |  |  |
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |
2022 | $ | 163 |  |  |  |
2023 | 162 |  |  |  |
2024 | 143 |  |  |  |
2025 | 118 |  |  |  |
2026 | 87 |  |  |  |
Thereafter | 680 |  |  |  |
Total lease payments 1 | $ | 1,353 |  |  |  |
Less: Imputed interest | 335 |  |  |  |
Present value of lease liabilities | $ | 1,018 |  |  |  |
1 Lease payments exclude $33 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, | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |
Operating lease income 1 | $ | 83 |  |  | $ | 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) |
2022 | $ | 72 |
2023 | 69 |
2024 | 54 |
2025 | 36 |
2026 | 17 |
Thereafter | 15 |
Total future lease maturities | $ | 263 |

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