Who Owns UScellular?
Updated onExplore the ownership hierarchy of UScellular. See parent companies, holding structures, and ultimate controllers.
Ownership Chain
UScellular
U.S. wireless carrier brand offering mobile, prepaid, and home internet services, now part of T-Mobile following the August 1, 2025 acquisition.
Starts at $25 / per line / month
T-Mobile US, Inc.
T-Mobile US is a publicly traded American wireless network operator that provides nationwide mobile voice, data, and home internet services over its 5G network.
Starts at $15 / per line / month
Deutsche Telekom AG
Deutsche Telekom AG is one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies, providing fixed-line, mobile, broadband, TV, and ICT services worldwide from its headquarters in Bonn, Germany.
UScellular
U.S. wireless carrier brand offering mobile, prepaid, and home internet services, now part of T-Mobile following the August 1, 2025 acquisition.
Starts at $25 / per line / month
T-Mobile US, Inc.
T-Mobile US is a publicly traded American wireless network operator that provides nationwide mobile voice, data, and home internet services over its 5G network.
Starts at $15 / per line / month
Deutsche Telekom AG
Deutsche Telekom AG is one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies, providing fixed-line, mobile, broadband, TV, and ICT services worldwide from its headquarters in Bonn, Germany.
Major Shareholders
T-Mobile US, Inc.
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
Deutsche Telekom AG German telecom group and T-Mobile US’s parent company; majority controlling shareholder based on institutional holder disclosures as of Oct 29, 2025. Deutsche Telekom investor materials also reported a ~51.5% stake as of Jan 24, 2025. Certain SoftBank-held shares are subject to a voting agreement that further increases Deutsche Telekom’s effective voting influence. | Corporate | 52.0% | Oct 2025 |
SoftBank Group Capital Limited Investment subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp.; residual strategic stake originating from the Sprint–T-Mobile merger. Some of SoftBank’s shares are subject to a voting arrangement with Deutsche Telekom, limiting SoftBank’s independent voting power. | Corporate | 4.0% | Oct 2025 |
The Vanguard Group, Inc. Large passive institutional shareholder (index and mutual funds) based on Form 13F/institutional holder data as of Sept 30, 2025. | Institutional | 3.8% | Sep 2025 |
BlackRock, Inc. Global asset manager; stake held across various BlackRock-managed funds and ETFs as of Sept 30, 2025. | Institutional | 3.5% | Sep 2025 |
State Street Global Advisors, Inc. Asset-management arm of State Street Corporation; primarily index fund ownership as of Sept 30, 2025. | Institutional | 2.2% | Sep 2025 |
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Active institutional asset manager; position disclosed in institutional holder filings as of Sept 30, 2025. | Institutional | 1.9% | Sep 2025 |
Capital Research and Management Company Part of Capital Group (American Funds); long‑only institutional stake as of Sept 30, 2025. | Institutional | 1.3% | Sep 2025 |
FMR LLC (Fidelity Investments) Parent of Fidelity mutual funds and accounts; ownership based on institutional filings as of Sept 30, 2025. | Institutional | 1.2% | Sep 2025 |
Wellington Management Group LLP Private institutional asset manager; stake from discretionary accounts and funds as of Sept 30, 2025. | Institutional | 1.2% | Sep 2025 |
Geode Capital Management, LLC Quantitative/index manager (including sub‑advisory for some Vanguard index funds); position as of Sept 30, 2025. | Institutional | 1.1% | Sep 2025 |
Deutsche Telekom AG
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | Voting | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
KfW Bankengruppe (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) German state-owned development bank; Deutsche Telekom’s shareholder-structure tables show KfW holding about 696.8m shares, or roughly 14.2% of share capital as of September 30, 2025. Together with the federal government’s direct stake, this leaves the German state with just over one quarter of Deutsche Telekom’s shares. | Government | 14.2% | 14.2% | Sep 2025 |
Federal Republic of Germany (Bund) The German federal government directly holds around 689.6m Deutsche Telekom shares, or about 14.1% of the company, based on the official shareholder-structure data as of September 30, 2025. Including KfW’s stake, the overall government-related holding is a little above 28% of the share capital. | Government | 14.1% | 14.1% | Sep 2025 |
BlackRock, Inc. A July 3, 2025 German major-holdings (WpHG) notification shows BlackRock with 277,475,848 Deutsche Telekom shares, corresponding to 5.56% of voting rights via shares plus 0.08% via derivatives, for a total of 5.64% of voting power as of July 1, 2025. | Institutional | 5.6% | 5.6% | Jul 2025 |
The Vanguard Group, Inc. US asset manager Vanguard is reported in late‑2025 ownership data as holding about 147–148m Deutsche Telekom shares, equating to just over 3.1% of shares outstanding as of October 31, 2025. | Institutional | 3.1% | 3.1% | Oct 2025 |
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DWS) Deutsche Bank’s asset‑management arm (DWS) appears among the top institutional holders with roughly 82.9m shares, or about 1.74% of Deutsche Telekom’s equity, based on disclosures as of November 29, 2024. | Institutional | 1.7% | 1.7% | Nov 2024 |
Deutsche Telekom AG (treasury shares) According to Deutsche Telekom’s 2024 annual report and share-ownership summaries, the company itself holds about 86m treasury shares, representing roughly 1.7% of share capital at December 31, 2024; voting rights on these treasury shares are suspended under German law. | Corporate | 1.7% | 0.0% | Dec 2024 |
Amundi Asset Management SAS French asset manager Amundi is disclosed as owning around 50.7m Deutsche Telekom shares, equivalent to about 1.06% of the company as of March 31, 2025. | Institutional | 1.1% | 1.1% | Mar 2025 |
SoftBank Group Corp. SoftBank, which previously held a larger strategic stake, is shown in Deutsche Telekom’s shareholder-structure tables with about 21.2m shares, or roughly 0.4% of the share capital as of September 30, 2025, following earlier transactions that significantly reduced its holding. | Corporate | 0.4% | 0.4% | Sep 2025 |
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