---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001051512-25-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TDS"
cik: "0001051512"
company_name: "TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T21:52:28.615149+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TDS Q1 2025 net loss $10M; revenue down 8.6% to $1.154B

## Summary
- Net loss of $10M ($0.09 diluted EPS) vs net income of $12M ($0.10) in Q1 2024.
- Total operating revenues $1.154B, down 8.6% YoY from $1.262B.
- UScellular third-party tower rental revenues up 6% YoY; 5G mid-band deployment ongoing.
- TDS Telecom added 14,000 marketable fiber addresses; 2,800 residential broadband net additions.
- Pending sale of UScellular wireless ops to T-Mobile expected mid-2025; no 2025 guidance for UScellular.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001051512-25-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TDS
- cik: 0001051512
- company_name: TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051512/000105151225000027/0001051512-25-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051512/000105151225000027/tds-20250502.htm

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