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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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * ELLISON JAY   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP [USM] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP-Operations (Last) (First) (Middle) 8410 W. BRYN MAWR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/03/2017 (Street) CHICAGO, IL 60631 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 04/03/2017   M   12,259 A $ 0 12,259 D   Common Shares 04/03/2017   F   3,812 (1) D $ 37.33 8,447 D

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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

Restricted Stock Units

$ 0

04/03/2017

M

12,259 (2)

04/03/2017

04/03/2017

Common Shares

12,259

$ 0

12,259

D

Performance Share Units

(3)

04/03/2017

A

9,925

(3)

(3)

Common Shares

9,925

$ 0

9,925

D

Restricted Stock Units

$ 0

04/03/2017

A

19,850

(4)

(4)

Common Shares

19,850

$ 0

19,850

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ELLISON JAY 8410 W. BRYN MAWR CHICAGO, IL 60631			EVP-Operations

Signatures

Julie D. Mathews, by power of atty		04/05/2017
**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)	Delivery of Common Shares as settlement for taxes due in connection with restricted shares awarded under the United States Cellular Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(2)	Vesting of restricted stock units that were awarded on 04/01/2013 under the United States Cellular Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(3)	On April 3, 2017, the reporting person was granted an award based on the achievement of certain performance measures, except that such award provides that in no event shall the number of shares subject to the award be less than 50% of the target opportunity as of the grant date. Accordingly, the reporting person is reporting a stock award of 50% of the target opportunity as of the grant date. To the extent that the actual amount is determined to be greater than 50% of the target opportunity based on the final determination of the performance measures, the reporting person will file a Form 4 at such time to report the additional award above 50% of the target opportunity.
(4)	These restricted stock units were awarded under the United States Cellular Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan. These restricted stock units will vest on the third anniversary of the Transaction Date.

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