FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 *   Carlson Prudence E 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/22/2008 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/ [TDS] (Last) (First) (Middle) 30 N. LASALLE ST. STE. 4000 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) CHICAGO, IL 60602 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 Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common shares 10.615 D   Special Common Shares 54,263.8457 D   Special Common Shares 1,716,413.124 (1) I By Voting Trust

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

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series A Common Shares	  (3)	  (3)	Common or Special Common share	179,256.4772	$ (3)	D	Â
Series A Common	  (3)	  (3)	Common or Special Common Shares	1,717,776.378 (2)	$ (3)	I	By Voting Trust

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Carlson Prudence E 30 N. LASALLE ST. STE. 4000 CHICAGO, IL 60602	  X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

Julie D. Mathews, by power of atty		05/23/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	Beneficial ownership is disclaimed with respect to 31,854.723 special common shares held for the benefit of spouse and children. Includes 999,227.34 held for the benefit of the reporting person and 685,331.061 held by family partnerships of which reporting person is a general partner.
(2)	Beneficial ownership is disclaimed with respect to 26,791.237 Series A common shares held for the benefit of spouse and children. Includes 1,690,985.141 shares which are held by family partnerships of which reporting person is a general partner.
(3)	Series A Common shares are convertible, on a share for share basis, into Common or Special Common Shares.

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