Variable Interest Entities - Consolidated Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 273	$ 156
Accounts receivable		985	976
Inventory, net		261	173
Other current assets		45	49
Licenses		4,690	4,088
Property, plant and equipment, net		2,624	2,606
Operating lease right-of-use assets		918	959
Other assets and deferred charges		686	626
Total assets	[1]	11,119	10,341
Liabilities
Current liabilities		1,195	903
Long-term operating lease liabilities		843	889
Other deferred liabilities and credits		604	573
Consolidated Variable Interest Entities
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents		29	22
Accounts receivable		701	693
Inventory, net		4	2
Other current assets		36	44
Licenses		640	639
Property, plant and equipment, net		135	124
Operating lease right-of-use assets		45	47
Other assets and deferred charges		481	383
Total assets		2,071	1,954
Liabilities
Current liabilities		95	30
Long-term operating lease liabilities		40	41
Other deferred liabilities and credits		31	25
Liabilities		$ 166	$ 96

[1] The consolidated total assets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, include assets held by consolidated variable interest entities (VIEs) of $1,265 million and $1,482 million, respectively, which are not available to be used to settle the obligations of UScellular. The consolidated total liabilities as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, include certain liabilities of consolidated VIEs of $25 million and $23 million, respectively, for which the creditors of the VIEs have no recourse to the general credit of UScellular. See Note 14 — Variable Interest Entities for additional information.