Telephone and Data Systems
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| Telephone and Data Systems logo | |
| Public | |
| Traded as | NYSE: TDS |
| Industry | Communications Services |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | 30 North LaSalle Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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Key people
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LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., President & CEO |
| Products | Local wireline and wireless telecommunication services, Internet services |
| Revenue |  $4.9 billion USD (2013)[1] |
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Number of employees
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12,300 |
| Website | www |
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. is a Chicago-based telecommunications service company providing wireless, local- and long-distance telephone, broadband and video services to approximately 7 million customers in 36 states[2] through its business units TDS Telecom and U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM).
The company began as a rural phone company in Wisconsin in 1969. In 1983 it founded U.S. Cellular as a subsidiary.[3]
Executive officers
- LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Telephone and Data Systems
- Ken Myers, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Cellular
- David A. Wittwer, President and Chief Executive Officer, TDS Telecom
- Kenneth R. Meyers, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Telephone and Data Systems
- Joseph R. Hanley, Senior Vice President — Technology, Services and Strategy, Telephone and Data Systems
- Peter L. Sereda, Senior Vice President — Finance and Treasurer, Telephone and Data Systems
- Douglas D. Shuma, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, Telephone and Data Systems
- Kurt B. Thaus, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Telephone and Data Systems
- Scott H. Williamson, Senior Vice President — Acquisitions and Corporate Development, Telephone and Data Systems
- Jane McCahon, Vice President - Corporate Relations
- C. Theodore Herbert, Vice President — Human Resources, Telephone and Data Systems[4]
Board of directors
- Walter C.D. Carlson, Chairman of the Board (non-executive)
- LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
- Letitia G. Carlson, MD
- Prudence E. Carlson
- Clarence A. Davis
- Kenneth R. Meyers
- Donald C. Nebergall
- George W. Off
- Christopher D. O’Leary
- Mitchell H. Saranow
- Gary L. Sugarman
- Herbert S. Wander
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- ↑ http://fortune.com/fortune500/telephone-and-data-systems-inc-504/
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- ↑ TDS corporate history
- ↑ Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) Form DEF14A, Fiscal year 2011, "Executive Officers", p. 33
- ↑ Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) Form DEF14A, Fiscal year 2011, "Proposal 1 Election of Directors", p. 12
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