Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Form 4)

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * CARLSON LEROY T JR 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/ [TDS] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Vice Chair (Last) (First) (Middle) 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 4000 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/11/2026 (Street) CHICAGO, IL 60602 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Shares 09/11/2026 M 77,100 A $19.15 557,460(1) D Common Shares 09/11/2026 S 77,100 D $38.4541(2) 480,360 D Common Shares 140,000 I By Wife Common Shares 78,521.322 I By Wife 2026 Trust Common Shares 500,000 I By 2026 Trust Common Shares 85,149.928 I By Wife 2003 Trust Common Shares 211,758 I By Trust Common 78,943 I By Trust Common Shares 1,813,360(3) I By Voting Trust

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option (Right to Buy)

$19.15

09/11/2026

M

77,100

05/21/2023(4)

05/21/2030

Common Shares

77,100

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CARLSON LEROY T JR 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 4000 CHICAGO, IL 60602	X		Vice Chair

Signatures

John M. Toomey, by power of atty.		09/15/2026
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	These figures reflect an additional 227,190 shares that were previously transferred from Reporting Person's GRAT in a transaction that was exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-13 under the Exchange Act.
(2)	Reporting person sold Common Shares at an average price of $37.454149 of which the Common Shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $37.37 and $37.70. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the SEC, the Issuer and any security holder, the full information regarding the number of shares and the prices at which the shares were sold.
(3)	Reporting person is a member of the Voting Trust which separately files on Forms 4 for the issuer. The Common Shares reported are held by reporting person and his family members that have a pecuniary interest in such shares. Includes 693,778 Common Shares held by a family partnership of which reporting person is a general partner, of which 23,780 has been accumulated in dividend reinvestment. This number also includes Common Shares that the reporting person accumulates in the dividend reinvestment plan.
(4)	Granted under the Long-Term Incentive Plan. Stock options were vested.

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