Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Jun. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Accounts receivable
Customer and agent allowances		$ 63	$ 60
Other allowances		2	2
Other intangible assets
Other intangible assets accumulated amortization		$ 100	$ 91
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)		114,000,000	115,000,000
Par value per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred shares authorized		279,000	279,000
Par value per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Outstanding shares (in shares)		44,400.0000	44,400.0000
Variable Interest Entities VIEs
Total assets	[1]	$ 14,242	$ 13,493
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
Par value per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
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)		107,000,000	108,000,000
Treasury shares at cost (in shares)		19,000,000	18,000,000
Series UU Preferred Shares
TDS shareholders’ equity
Outstanding shares (in shares)		16,800.0000	16,800.0000
Series VV Preferred Shares
TDS shareholders’ equity
Outstanding shares (in shares)		27,600.0000	27,600.0000
Consolidated Variable Interest Entity
Variable Interest Entities VIEs
Total assets		$ 1,922	$ 1,929
Total liabilities		152	88
Consolidated Variable Interest Entity | No recourse
Variable Interest Entities VIEs
Total liabilities		21	21
Consolidated Variable Interest Entity | Assets held
Variable Interest Entities VIEs
Total assets		$ 1,299	$ 1,456

[1] The consolidated total assets as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, include assets held by consolidated variable interest entities (VIEs) of $1,299 million and $1,456 million, respectively, which are not available to be used to settle the obligations of TDS. The consolidated total liabilities as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, include certain liabilities of consolidated VIEs of $21 million for which the creditors of the VIEs have no recourse to the general credit of TDS. See Note 10 — Variable Interest Entities for additional information.