EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
    We  hereby consent  to the  incorporation by  reference in  the Prospectuses
constituting part  of the  Registration Statements  on Form  S-3 (Nos.  33-8564,
33-8857,  33-8858, 33-28348, 33-68456 and 33-59435) and Form S-4 (Nos. 33-45570,
33-64293, 33-62925, 33-61009 and 333-00727)  and in the Registration  Statements
on  Form S-8 (Nos. 33-1192, 33-4420,  33-35172, 33-50747, 33-57257, 33-64035 and
333-01041) of Telephone and Data Systems,  Inc. of our report dated January  25,
1996   relating  to  the  financial  statements  of  Los  Angeles  SMSA  Limited
Partnership, which appears in Telephone  and Data Systems, Inc.'s Annual  Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995.
 
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
 
San Francisco, California
March 21, 1996
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
    We  hereby consent to the inclusion in  this Form 10-K of Telephone and Data
Systems, Inc., of  our report  dated February  17, 1995,  on our  audits of  the
financial  statements of the Los Angeles SMSA Limited Partnership as of December
31, 1994, and for each of the two  years in the period ended December 31,  1994;
such financial statements are not included separately in this Form 10-K.
 
                                          COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
 
Newport Beach, California
March 20, 1996
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
    We  hereby consent to the inclusion in  this Form 10-K of Telephone and Data
Systems, Inc., of  our reports  dated February 9,  1996, February  10, 1995  and
February   11,  1994,  on  our  audits   of  the  financial  statements  of  the
Nashville/Clarksville MSA Limited Partnership as of December 31, 1995, 1994  and
1993,  and for the years ended December  31, 1995, 1994 and 1993; such financial
statements are not included separately in this Form 10-K.
 
                                          COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
 
Atlanta, Georgia
March 20, 1996

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
    We hereby consent to the inclusion in  this Form 10-K of Telephone and  Data
Systems,  Inc., of  our reports  dated February 9,  1996, February  10, 1995 and
February 11, 1994, on our audits of the financial statements of the Baton  Rouge
MSA  Limited Partnership  as of December  31, 1995,  1994 and 1993,  and for the
years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993; such financial statements are  not
included separately in this Form 10-K.
 
                                          COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
 
Atlanta, Georgia
March 20, 1996