Exhibit 12
UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORPORATION RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
				Three Months Ended
				March 31,
				2014		2013
(Dollars in thousands)
EARNINGS:
	Income before income taxes (1)			$	31,008	$	18,079
	Add (deduct):
		Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities			(37,075)		(26,835)
		Distributions from unconsolidated entities			12,818		5,836
		Amortization of capitalized interest			1,788		251
		Income attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries
			that do not have fixed charges		(329)		(5,921)
				$	8,210	$	(8,590)
	Add fixed charges:
		Consolidated interest expense (2)			14,862		10,910
		Interest portion (1/3) of consolidated rent expense			8,170		11,979
				$	31,242	$	14,299
FIXED CHARGES:
		Consolidated interest expense (2)		$	14,862	$	10,910
		Capitalized interest			906		4,722
		Interest portion (1/3) of consolidated rent expense			8,170		11,979
				$	23,938	$	27,611
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES					1.31		*
(1)		Includes Gain on license sales and exchanges of $91.4 million and Gain on sale of business and other exit costs, net of $6.9 million in 2014, and Loss on sale of business and other exit costs, net of $6.9 million in 2013.
(2)		Interest expense on income tax contingencies is not included in fixed charges.
*		Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges by $13.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013.