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Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., a FORTUNE 500 company,
is a diversified telecommunications corporation founded
in 1969 and headquartered in Chicago, Ill. Through its
strategic business units, U.S. Cellular
and TDS Telecom, TDS provides wireless
and wireline
telecommunications service. TDS builds value for its shareholders
by providing excellent communications services in growing,
closely related segments of the telecommunications industry.
The company employs 10,900 people and serves 5.5 million
wireless and wireline customers in 36 states. TDS is traded
on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) under the stock
ticker TDS. More information on TDS can be found on the
company’s web site at www.teldta.com.
U.S. Cellular is TDS’s
82.1-percent owned wireless telephone subsidiary headquartered
in Chicago, Ill. The eighth largest wireless service provider
in the United States, U.S. Cellular operates and invests
in wireless systems across the country, serving 4.4 million
customers in 147 markets in 26 states. U.S. Cellular is
traded on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) under the
stock ticker USM. More information on U.S. Cellular is
available at www.uscellular.com.
TDS Telecom is TDS’s
wholly owned wireline telephone subsidiary headquartered
in Madison, Wis. TDS Telecom operates in 30 states with
more than 1 million access
line equivalents equivalents. TDS Telecom’s
incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC
) has 111 telecommunications companies that serve 722,200
access line equivalents in 28 states. TDS Telecom’s
competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC)
operations include TDS Metrocom and USLink, which together
serve 364,800 access line equivalents in five states.
More information on TDS Telecom is available at www.tdstelecom.com.
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TDS
Corporate Headquarters, Chicago,
IL
