**Exhibit 12**

 

UNITEDSTATES CELLULAR CORPORATION

 

RATIOOF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

 
|                                                                                            |   | **Six Months Ended  June 30,** |       |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|------------|
|                                                                                            |   | **2009**                       | ** ** | **2008** |   |
|                                                                                            |   | **(Dollars in thousands)**     |       |
| EARNINGS:                                                                                       |   |                           |       |   |   |
| Income before income  taxes                                                                     |   | $                              | 268,907    |   | $ | 244,073 |   |
| Add (deduct):                                                                                   |   |                           |       |   |   |
| Equity in earnings  of unconsolidated entities                                                  |   | (50,121                        | )          | (44,042 | ) |
| Distributions from  unconsolidated entities                                                     |   | 12,997                         |       | 45,569 |   |
| Income attributable  to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries that do not have fixed charges |   | (12,495                        | )          | (10,717 | ) |
|                                                                                            |   | $                              | 219,288    |   | $ | 234,883 |   |
| Add fixed charges:                                                                              |   |                           |       |   |   |
| Consolidated  interest expense(1)                                                               |   | 38,409                         |       | 40,889 |   |
| Interest portion  (1/3) of consolidated rent expense                                            |   | 20,810                         |       | 18,265 |   |
|                                                                                            |   | $                              | 278,507    |   | $ | 294,037 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |                           |       |   |   |
| FIXED CHARGES:                                                                                  |   |                           |       |   |   |
| Consolidated  interest expense(1)                                                               |   | $                              | 38,409     |   | $ | 40,889 |   |
| Capitalized interest                                                                            |   | 642                            |       | — |   |
| Interest portion  (1/3) of consolidated rent expense                                            |   | 20,810                         |       | 18,265 |   |
|                                                                                            |   | $                              | 59,861     |   | $ | 59,154 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |                           |       |   |   |
| RATIO OF EARNINGS TO  FIXED CHARGES                                                             |   | 4.65                           |       | 4.97 |   |

 

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(1) Interest expense on income taxcontingencies is not included in fixed charges.

 

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