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Telephone and Data Systems's competitors and similar companies include AT&T, Lumen Technologies, Juniper Networks, Verizon, Sprint and Avaya Holdings.

	Telephone and Data Systems Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) is a telecommunications company providing wireless products and services, cable and wireline broadband, TV and voice services, and hosted and managed services to residential and commercial customers.	AT&T AT&T (formerly known as SBC Communications) is a company specializing in telecommunications and digital connectivity services.	Lumen Technologies Lumen Technologies (formerly known as CenturyLink) is a company that provides networking, edge cloud, and cybersecurity services.	Juniper Networks Juniper Networks (also known as HPE Juniper Networking) is a company that provides AI networking, cloud, and connected security solutions.	Verizon Verizon Communications is a company that provides technology and communication products.	Sprint Sprint is a telecommunications services company.	Avaya Holdings Avaya Holdings is a company that develops contact center and communication software.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1969	Founding Date 1983	Founding Date 1968	Founding Date 1996	Founding Date 2000	Founding Date 1899	Founding Date 2007
Type	Type Public	Type Public	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Private
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Locations	Locations Chicago, US HQ Middleton, US	Locations Dallas, US HQ Buenos Aires, AR Buenos Aires, AR North Sydney, AU Wien, AT Brussels, BE Bruxelles, BE see more	Locations Monroe, US HQ Melbourne, AU North Sydney, AU Toronto, CA Shanghai, CN Frankfurt Am Main, DE München, DE see more	Locations Sunnyvale, US HQ Melbourne, AU North Sydney, AU Zaventem, BE Sao Paulo, BR Mississauga, CA Ottawa, CA see more	Locations New York, US HQ Lyneham, AU Wollstonecraft, AU Wien, AT Machelen, BE São Paulo, BR Sofia, BG see more	Locations Overland Park, US HQ	Locations Morristown, US HQ Buenos Aires, AR Canberra, AU Melbourne, AU North Ryde, AU North Ryde, AU Wien, AT see more
Employees	Employees 8,8005% decrease	Employees 133,0306% decrease	Employees 24,0004% decrease	Employees 11,2711% increase	Employees 89,90010% decrease	Employees 40,140	Employees 7,138
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) 3.3 b	Valuation ($) 141.7 b	Valuation ($) 6.7 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 175.2 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) N/A
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $1.2b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $125.6b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $12.4b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $5.1b (FY, 2024)	Revenue (est.) $138.2b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $33.6b (FY, 2018)	Revenue (est.) $2.5b (FY, 2022)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $50.8b (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods $6.6b (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods $2.1b (FY, 2024)	Cost of goods $56.8b (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods $13.4b (FY, 2018)	Cost of goods $1.3b (FY, 2022)
Gross profit	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $74.8b (FY, 2025)	Gross profit $5.8b (FY, 2025)	Gross profit $3b (FY, 2024)	Gross profit $81.4b (FY, 2025)	Gross profit $20.2b (FY, 2018)	Gross profit $1.2b (FY, 2022)
Net income	Net income $20.2m (FY, 2025)	Net income $23.4b (FY, 2025)	Net income ($1.7b) (FY, 2025)	Net income $287.9m (FY, 2024)	Net income $17.6b (FY, 2025)	Net income ($1.9b) (FY, 2018)	Net income ($2.1b) (FY, 2022)
Operating ⚠
Connections, wireless	Connections, wireless 5 m (Q2, 2019)	Connections, wireless N/A	Connections, wireless N/A	Connections, wireless N/A	Connections, wireless 115.2 m (Q2, 2025)	Connections, wireless N/A	Connections, wireless N/A
Countries	Countries N/A	Countries N/A	Countries 60 (FY, 2022)	Countries 150 (Q3, 2024)	Countries N/A	Countries N/A	Countries N/A
Funding
Total funding raised	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 44.5m	Total funding raised $ 10.4m	Total funding raised $ 163.6m	Total funding raised $ 41.5m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 100m