Telephone and Data Systems

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE:  TDS S&P 600 component
Industry	Communications services
Founded	1969;56 years ago (1969)
Headquarters	30 North LaSalle Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Key people	Walter Carlson (president & CEO)
Products	Local wireline and wireless telecommunication services, Internet services
Revenue	$5.104 billion USD (2016) [1]
Subsidiaries	TDS Telecom, Array Digital Infrastructure
ASN	4181
Website	www.tdsinc.com

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 5 million connections nationwide through its business units TDS Telecom and Array Digital Infrastructure. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

LeRoy T. Carlson, the founder of TDS, died in May 2016 at the age of 100. ^[4]

References

1. "TDS Income Statement - Telephone and Data Systems, Inc Stock - Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com.
2. "TDS Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results" (Press release). Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. 11 August 2025.
3. "Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. - About Us - History". www.tdsinc.com.
4. "Founder and longtime Chairman of TDS, LeRoy T. Carlson, passes away at 100 - FierceTelecom". www.fiercetelecom.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016.

External links

• Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. website