Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. is a

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-based

telecommunications Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...

service company providing wireless products and services; cable and wireline broadband, TV and voice services; and hosted and

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to approximately 6 million customers nationwide through its business units

TDS Telecom TDS Telecom is an American telecommunications company with headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems Inc, and is the seventh-largest local exchange carrier in the U.S. TDS Telecom offers ...

and

U.S. Cellular United States Cellular Corporation (doing business as UScellular and formerly known as U.S. Cellular) is an American mobile network operator. Its stock is publicly traded, but Telephone and Data Systems Inc. owns a controlling stake (83% econo ...

(). The company began as a rural phone company in Wisconsin in 1969. In 1983 it founded

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.

References

External links

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Telephone And Data Systems Telecommunications companies of the United States Telephony Companies based in Chicago Telecommunications companies established in 1969 Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange