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 February  7, 1994,  on  the consolidated  financial statements  of  United
States  Cellular Corporation  and Subsidiaries  (the "Company")  included in the
Company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders, to the inclusion in this Form 10-K
of our report dated  February 7, 1994, on  the financial statement schedules  of
the  Company, and to the inclusion of  our compilation report dated February 11,
1994, on  the combined  financial statements  of the  Los Angeles  SMSA  Limited
Partnership,  the Nashville/Clarksville  MSA Limited  Partnership and  the Baton
Rouge MSA Limited Partnership, and to the incorporation of such reports 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.
33-30327, File No. 33-38129, File No. 33-42558, and File No. 33-53940.

                                          ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO.

Chicago, Illinois
March 24, 1994