Telephone and Data Systems
- Telephone and Data Systems
Infobox_Company
company_name = Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
company_
company_type = Public (NYSE|TDS)
company_slogan = Communicating more than ever
foundation = 1969
location = Chicago, Illinois, USA
key_people = LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., President & CEO
num_employees = 11,600
industry = Communications Services
products = Local wireline and wireless telecommunication services, Internet services
revenue = profit$3.72 billion USD (2004) [cite press release | publisher = Verizon | date = 9 February 2005 | title = TDS Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Operating Results | url = http://ir.teldta.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=67422&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=672220&highlight=]
homepage = [http://www.teldta.com www.teldta.com]
Telephone and Data Systems is a telecommunications service company providing wireless, telephone and broadband services service in 36 states to over 7 million customers through its business units U.S. Cellular and TDS Telecom. It also has ownership in Suttle-Straus a privately held printing company, TDS Telecom, a wireline telecom company with both ILEC and CLEC divisions. TDS owns an 80% share of cellular company U.S. Cellular, 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.
Executives
* LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer
Board of Directors
* Walter C.D. Carlson, Chairman of the Board
* LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
* LeRoy T. Carlson
* James Barr III
* Letitia G. C. Carlson, MD, MPH
* Kenneth R. Meyers
* Donald C. Nebergall
* George W. Off
* Christopher D. O’Leary
* Herbert S. Wander
* Mitchell H. Saranow
* Gregory P. Josefowicz
References
External links
* [http://portal.tds.net/ TDS Portal website]
* [http://www.tdstelecom.com TDS Telecom website]
* [http://www.tdsmetro.com/ TDS Metrocom website]
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