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- Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
- Country : United States
- City: Chicago
- State: Illinois - IL
- Address: 30 N. LaSalle St., Ste. 4000
- Zipcode: 60602
- Category: Fortune 1000 Companies
- Description: Telephone and Data Systems has raised its children to be independent in a Bell-dominated world. One of the largest non-Bell telecom companies in the US, it has 4.5 million local phone and wireless customers in 34 states. Its operations include 82%-owned United States Cellular, which has 3.5 million cellular customers in 25 states, and wholly owned TDS Telecommunications, which provides local service with about 706,000 access lines in 28 states and operates two competitive local-exchange carriers in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The company also provides a full range of printing services through subsidiary Suttle Press. Founder and chairman LeRoy Carlson and his family control 53% of TDS's voting stock.
- Products: Telecommunications