Telephone and Data Systems
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| NYSE: TDS S&P 600 component | |
| Industry | Communications services |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | 30 North LaSalle Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Key people | LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. (president & CEO) |
| Products | Local wireline and wireless telecommunication services, Internet services |
| Revenue | $5.104 billion USD (2016) |
Number of employees | 9,900 (2018) |
| Subsidiaries | U.S. Cellular (84%) |
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| Website | www |
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. is a Chicago-based telecommunications service company providing wireless products and services; cable and wireline broadband, TV and voice services; and hosted and managed services to approximately 6 million customers nationwide through its business units TDS Telecom and U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM).
The company began as a rural phone company in Wisconsin in 1969. In 1983 it founded U.S. Cellular as a subsidiary. In 2001, it acquired Straus Printing Company and combined it with a previously acquired printing company, Suttle Press, to form Suttle-Straus as another subsidiary.
LeRoy T. Carlson, the founder of TDS, died in May 2016 at the age of 100.