Telephone And Data Systems, Inc. · NYSE:TDS

Telephone And Data Systems — Raymond James 33rd Annual Institutional Investors Conference (March 2012)

22 slides from Telephone And Data Systems's conference presentation, Mar 7, 2012

  1. Slide 1: Raymond James 33rd Annual Institutional Investors Conference

    March 7, 2012 Raymond James 33rd Annual Institutional Investors Conference

  2. Slide 2: Mary N. Dillon, President and Chief Executive Officer

    Mary N. Dillon President and Chief Executive Officer

  3. Slide 3: Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

    Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: All information set forth in this presentation, except historical and factual information, represents forward-looking statements. This in

  4. Slide 4: The Happiest Customers in Wireless

    The Happiest Customers in Wireless • Differentiate through the customer experience • Highest quality nationwide network, competitive devices, value-based plans 5.9 million customers in 26 States 4

  5. Slide 5: Strategic Priorities for 2012

    Strategic Priorities for 2012 • Accelerate customer growth • Enhance network quality (3G/4G) • Improve profitability • Maintain financial strength and stability 5

  6. Slide 6: Accelerate Customer Growth

    Accelerate Customer Growth • Target customer segments • Family Connectors • Multitasking Coordinators • Differentiated offers • Rewards program • Device line up • Competitive plans • Improve marketing, advertising and promotion effectiveness • Increase focus on small-to-medium business segment • Imp

  7. Slide 7: Ignite the Customer Experience

    Ignite the Customer Experience • Drive new customer acquisition • Elevate impact of advertising • Re-invent promotions to incent switching • Launch 4G/LTE • Enhance loyalty and customer advocacy to reduce churn • Drive revenue growth by enhancing the value of our offering • Pricing Refresh – introdu

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  9. Slide 9: Increase ARPU; Drive Smartphone Penetration

    Increase ARPU; Drive Smartphone Penetration 9

  10. Slide 10: Broad, Competitive Device Portfolio

    Broad, Competitive Device Portfolio • Wide range of competitive 3G/4G smartphones and devices • Plan to introduce in 2012: • 20 devices • 13-15 smartphones  Android®  BlackBerry®  Windows® • 6-8 4G devices 10

  11. Slide 11: Ensure Outstanding Network Quality

    Ensure Outstanding Network Quality • Launched first 4G LTE markets • 4G LTE access for 54% of customers by year end • LTE brings faster data experiences, reduces network costs • Continue to enhance 3G network 11

  12. Slide 12: Improve Profitability

    Improve Profitability • Increase revenues • Effectively manage device subsidies • Increase efficiency of operations, control and reduce costs • Manage data-related costs with compression, WiFi offload, 4G LTE • Reduce future operational costs through enablement initiatives 12

  13. Slide 13: Maintain Financial Strength and Stability

    Maintain Financial Strength and Stability • Financially strong and stable • Valuable spectrum position • 4500 owned cell towers • Income from Los Angeles market minority position • Strong balance sheet, ample liquidity 13

  14. Slide 14: Jane W. McCahon, Vice President Corporate Relations

    Jane W. McCahon Vice President Corporate Relations 14

  15. Slide 15: TDS Telecom

    TDS Telecom Strategy to be preferred provider of: • Broadband • Video • Voice services • 1 million equivalent access lines (ILEC 70% / CLEC 30%) 15

  16. Slide 16: Strategic Priorities for 2012

    Strategic Priorities for 2012 • Compete aggressively to provide reliable, high-speed broadband services to consumers and businesses • Differentiate through customer experience • Market will evolve into two wired competitors; best customer experience will dominate • Expand IPTV video offering to more

  17. Slide 17: Bundling to Improve Loyalty

    Bundling to Improve Loyalty Customers with more than one service from TDS Telecom are less likely to churn Bundle Churn Single Play 2.08% Double Play DSL 1.50 Double Play DISH 1.22 Triple Play 0.59 17

  18. Slide 18: Increasing Data Revenues (ILEC)

    Increasing Data Revenues (ILEC) In millions 18

  19. Slide 19: Growing Hosted and Managed Services Business

    Growing Hosted and Managed Services Business • Strategy is to build a comprehensive range of services • Natural extension of current relationships and services • Grow organically and through acquisitions • Three acquisitions to date; annual revenues of $70 million • Industry has strong growth potent

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  21. Slide 21: Delivering Value to Shareholders

    Delivering Value to Shareholders Quarterly Dividends Shares Repurchased Per Share In millions * Retroactively adjusted for the effect of a 2005 stock dividend. 15% of shares outstanding for a total of $592.4 M 21

  22. Slide 22: Questions

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