Telephone and Data Systems
Encyclopedia
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. is a Chicago-based telecommunications service company providing wireless, telephone and broadband services to more than 7 million customers in 36 states through its business units TDS Telecom
and U.S. Cellular
, the sixth-largest wireless service provider in the U.S. It also has ownership in Suttle-Straus, a printing company.
TDS Telecom
TDS Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, is a telecommunications company that sells telephone and Internet services in rural and suburban communities in 30 states...
and U.S. Cellular
U.S. Cellular
United States Cellular Corporation, d.b.a. U.S. Cellular , owns and operates the sixth largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, behind Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA, and Metro PCS. , they serve about 6.1 million customers in 126 markets in...
, the sixth-largest wireless service provider in the U.S. It also has ownership in Suttle-Straus, a printing company.
Executive Officers
- LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer
- Kenneth R. Meyers, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
- Douglas D. Shuma, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller
- Kurt B. Thaus, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
- Scott H. Williamson, Senior Vice President—Acquisitions and Corporate Development
- C. Theodore Herbert, Vice President—Human Resources
- Joseph R. Hanley, Vice President—Technology Planning and Services
Board of directors
- Walter C.D. Carlson, Chairman of the Board
- LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
- Letitia G.C. Carlson, MD
- Prudence E. Carlson
- Clarence A. Davis
- Kenneth R. Meyers
- Donald C. Nebergall
- George W. Off
- Christopher D. O’Leary
- Herbert S. Wander
- Mitchell H. Saranow
- Gary L. Sugarman