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| Network | 31000 - Disclosure - Asset Retirement Obligation (Tables) (http://www.tdsinc.com/role/AssetRetirementObligationTables) |
| Table | (Implied) |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0001051512 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
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Asset retirement obligations | In 2016 and 2015, U.S. Cellular and TDS Telecom performed a review of the assumptions and estimated costs related to asset retirement obligations. The results of the reviews (identified as “Revisions in estimated cash outflows”) and other changes in asset retirement obligations during 2016 and 2015 were as follows:
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