Exhibit 12
UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORPORATION RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
				Six Months Ended
				June 30,
				2014		2013
(Dollars in thousands)
EARNINGS:
	Income before income taxes (1)			$	1,158	$	282,436
	Add (deduct):
		Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities			(70,195)		(62,437)
		Distributions from unconsolidated entities			65,565		45,370
		Amortization of capitalized interest			2,800		878
		Income attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries
			that do not have fixed charges		(819)		(6,328)
				$	(1,491)	$	259,919
	Add fixed charges:
		Consolidated interest expense (2)			29,198		21,064
		Interest portion (1/3) of consolidated rent expense			16,276		22,176
				$	43,983	$	303,159
FIXED CHARGES:
		Consolidated interest expense (2)		$	29,198	$	21,064
		Capitalized interest			1,982		10,208
		Interest portion (1/3) of consolidated rent expense			16,276		22,176
				$	47,456	$	53,448
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES					*		5.67
(1)		Includes Gain on license sales and exchanges of $91.4 million and Gain on sale of business and other exit costs, net of $17.4 million in 2014, and Gain on sale of business and other exit costs, net of $242.1 million in 2013.
(2)		Interest expense on income tax contingencies is not included in fixed charges.
*		Earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2014 were inadequate to cover fixed charges by $3.5 million.