Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS), the diversified telecommunications holding company, reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results on February 20, 2026.
Key 2025 actions included the completion of the sale of its wireless business and a $1.018 billion spectrum sale to AT&T, transactions that generated substantial proceeds and enabled significant capital returns to shareholders.
TDS distributed a $10.25 per share special dividend and repurchased 1.77 million shares for $67.4 million during the year, reflecting a disciplined approach to enhancing shareholder value following the divestiture of legacy wireless assets.
TDS Telecom, the company's wireline broadband and video segment, ended 2025 with 1.06 million marketable fiber addresses, having successfully deployed fiber-to-the-premises infrastructure to an additional 140,000 addresses during the year.
Meanwhile, management raised its long-term fiber deployment target to 2.1 million addresses, underscoring confidence in sustained demand for high-speed broadband services in rural and suburban markets.