TDS Telecommunications Corp.: Appoints Phil LaForge COO of hosted & managed services

Widely respected HMS expert to direct business operations in fast growing segment

For more information contact:

Andrew Petersen, vice president – External Affairs and Communications

TDS Telecommunications Corp.

608-664-4155 / andrew.petersen@tdstelecom.com

MADISON, Wis. (June 15, 2011) — TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®) today announces the selection of Phil LaForge as chief operating officer of TDS Hosted & Managed Services LLC.

“Phil comes to TDS with an extensive background in the managed services industry. Most recently, he was vice president and general manager at Nimsoft (part of CA Technologies) in Campbell, California,” states William Megan, president of TDS Hosted & Managed Services LLC. “Phil understands the hosted and managed services business exceptionally well and will help TDS expand in this exciting business segment.”

Prior to his work at CA Technologies, LaForge had a long tenure with CDW Berbee in Madison, Wis. and will be returning to familiar roots having previously served as vice president of Sales and COO at TEAM Companies in Cedar Falls, Iowa – now a TDS subsidiary.

Phil LaForge holds a BA in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a MBA in Finance from Florida State University.