Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical) - USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Accounts receivable
Customer and agent allowances		$ 59,000,000	$ 67,000,000
Other allowances		3,000,000	2,000,000
Other intangible assets
Other intangible assets accumulated amortization		$ 86,000,000	$ 71,000,000
TDS shareholders’ equity
Authorized shares (in shares)		290,000,000	290,000,000
Issued shares (in shares)		133,000,000	133,000,000
Outstanding shares (in shares)		115,000,000	114,000,000
Par value per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Par value per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01
Liquidation preference per share (in dollars per share)		$ 25,000
Outstanding shares (in shares)		44,400.0000
Variable Interest Entities VIEs
Total assets	[1]	$ 13,446,000,000	$ 12,525,000,000
Series A Common Shares
TDS shareholders’ equity
Authorized shares (in shares)		25,000,000	25,000,000
Issued shares (in shares)		7,000,000	7,000,000
Outstanding shares (in shares)		7,000,000	7,000,000
Common Shares
TDS shareholders’ equity
Authorized shares (in shares)		265,000,000	265,000,000
Issued shares (in shares)		126,000,000	126,000,000
Outstanding shares (in shares)		108,000,000	107,000,000
Par value per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Treasury shares at cost (in shares)		18,000,000	19,000,000
Series UU Preferred Shares
TDS shareholders’ equity
Outstanding shares (in shares)		16,800.0000
Series VV Preferred Shares
TDS shareholders’ equity
Outstanding shares (in shares)		27,600.0000
Consolidated Variable Interest Entity
Variable Interest Entities VIEs
Total assets		$ 1,854,000,000	$ 1,803,000,000
Total liabilities		80,000,000	79,000,000
Consolidated Variable Interest Entity | No recourse
Variable Interest Entities VIEs
Total liabilities		17,000,000	18,000,000
Consolidated Variable Interest Entity | Assets held
Variable Interest Entities VIEs
Total assets		$ 1,279,000,000	$ 1,042,000,000

[1] The consolidated total assets as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, include assets held by consolidated variable interest entities (VIEs) of $1,279 million and $1,042 million, respectively, which are not available to be used to settle the obligations of TDS. The consolidated total liabilities as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, include certain liabilities of consolidated VIEs of $17 million and $18 million, respectively, for which the creditors of the VIEs have no recourse to the general credit of TDS. See Note 11 — Variable Interest Entities for additional information.