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Building on 2015 successes
At TDS we strive to differentiate ourselves from the
national telecommunication giants by providing the
best services and products together with exceptional
customer service. We focus our efforts on America’s
suburban and rural markets, including some of the most
remote areas of the country. We have strengthened and
expanded our high-quality networks and improved our
data and communications service offerings. Combined
with our customer-focused culture, our networks and
service offerings are the foundation upon which we are
growing and building value for our shareholders.
TDS businesses achieved signifi cant milestones in 2015:
•฀U.S.฀Cellular฀completed฀4G฀LTE฀deployment.
•฀U.S.฀Cellular฀began฀Voice฀over฀LTE฀(VoLTE)฀trials.฀
VoLTE฀will฀bring฀customer฀benefi฀ts,฀including฀enabling฀
both voice and data to be delivered simultaneously
to devices.
•฀TDS฀Telecom฀continued฀to฀deploy฀fi฀ber฀technology฀
in฀key฀markets,฀reaching฀21%฀of฀its฀ILEC฀service฀
addresses.
•฀OneNeck฀IT฀Solutions฀opened฀one฀and฀expanded฀
another data center.
In a very competitive industry dominated by
large players, we take a personal approach to our
customers and to the communities in which we operate.
Our฀prominent฀local฀presence฀in฀these฀markets฀is฀a฀
competitive advantage. From sponsoring high school
sports teams to staffi ng call centers in our markets, we
have built local presence that allows us to know and
better serve our customers and their changing needs.
A further strength, that is an advantage, is that we have
expanded our business into a diversifi ed portfolio of
data and communications companies. We are growing
and prospering by sharing expertise and capabilities
from wireless, wireline, cable, and hosted and managed
services to develop services for the customers in
our markets.
DEAR SHAREHOLDERS
At TDS we strive to
differentiate ourselves
from the national
telecommunications giants
by providing the best
services and products
together with exceptional
customer service.
TDS’ mission is to provide outstanding communication services to
our customers and meet the needs of our shareholders, our people, and
our communities. In pursuing this mission, we seek to continuously grow
our businesses, create opportunities for our associates and employees,
and steadily build value over the long term for our shareholders.
TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS 1