| Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. | |||||
| Type: | Public | ||||
| Traded As: | S&P 600 component | ||||
| Location: | 30 North LaSalle Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||||
| Key People: | LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. (president & CEO) | ||||
| Num Employees: | 9,900[1] | ||||
| Num Employees Year: | 2018 | ||||
| Subsid: | U.S. Cellular (84%) | ||||
| Industry: | Communications services | ||||
| Products: | Local wireline and wireless telecommunication services, Internet services | ||||
| Revenue: | $5.104 billion USD (2016)[2] | ||||
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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 and OneNeck IT Solutions.[3]
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.[4]
LeRoy T. Carlson, the founder of TDS, died in May 2016 at the age of 100.[5]