Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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 payments1	$	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 income1	$	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