Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per share

The amounts used in computing earnings per common share and the effects of potentially dilutive securities on the weighted average number of common shares were as follows:

				Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
				September 30,				September 30,
				2016		2015		2016		2015
(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts)
Basic earnings per share available to TDS common
		shareholders:
	Net income available to TDS common shareholders     used in basic earnings per share			$	13	$	51	$	49	$	220
Adjustments to compute diluted earnings:
	Noncontrolling interest adjustment				–		–		(1)		(2)
	Net income available to TDS common shareholders
		used in diluted earnings per share		$	13	$	51	$	48	$	218
Weighted average number of shares used in basic
	earnings per share:
		Common Shares			103		102		103		102
		Series A Common Shares			7		7		7		7
			Total		110		109		110		109
Effects of dilutive securities					1		1		1		1
Weighted average number of shares used in diluted
	earnings per share				111		110		111		110
Basic earnings per share available to TDS common
	shareholders			$	0.12	$	0.47	$	0.44	$	2.03
Diluted earnings per share available to TDS common
	shareholders			$	0.11	$	0.46	$	0.44	$	1.99