EXHIBIT 23.1



                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

         As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this Form 10-K of United States Cellular
Corporation of our report dated January 26, 2000, on the consolidated financial
statements of United States Cellular Corporation and Subsidiaries (the
"Company"), included in the Company's 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders, to the
inclusion in this Form 10-K of our report dated January 26, 2000, on the
financial statement schedules of the Company, and to the incorporation of such
reports into the Company's previously filed S-3 Registration Statements, File
No. 33-58911 and File No. 333-32521, into the Company's previously filed S-4
Registration Statement, File No. 33-41826, and into the Company's previously
filed S-8 Registration Statements, File No. 33-42558, File No. 33-57255, File
No. 33-59777, File No. 33-61291, File No. 333-16925, File No. 333-19403, File
No. 333-19405, File No. 333-23861, File No. 333-57063 and File No. 333-76455.


                                       ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

  Chicago, Illinois
  March 29, 2000