Telephone and Data Systems
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| Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. | |
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| Type | Public (NYSE: TDS) |
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| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Key people | David A. Wittwer, President & CEO |
| Industry | Communications Services |
| Products | Local wireline and wireless telecommunication services, Internet services |
| Revenue |  $3.72 billion USD (2004)[1] |
| Employees | 11,600 |
| Slogan | Communicating more than ever |
| Website | www.teldta.com |
Telephone and Data Systems is a telecommunications service company providing service in 36 states. It has ownership in Suttle-Straus a privately held printing company, and TDS Telecom, a wireline telecom company with both ILEC and CLEC divisions. TDS also owns an 80% share of cellular company U.S. Cellular, which is the sixth-largest wireless telecom service provider in the U.S.
TDS was founded in 1969 with the acquisition of Central State Telephone company in Wisconsin, the first of many local telephone companies it would acquire. In 1983, it established U.S. Cellular, which is now independent. The company acquired Minnesota long distance provider US Link in 1994. In 2005, US Link was merged into the TDS Telecoms's CLEC division, TDS Metrocom of Madison, Wisconsin.
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