New Sprint Store Opens in Richmond, Indiana

Sprint (NYSE: FON/PCS) announced today the opening of a new Sprint Store in Richmond, IN. The grand opening event will take place Thursday, July 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The newest Sprint Store, located at 3721 East Main Street, will give current Sprint PCS customers more options to serve their wireless communications needs. New customers now have the opportunity to experience service first-hand from the nation's largest all-digital wireless network, covering 227 million people, or more than 80 percent of the U.S. population. Local Sprint PCS service is managed by UbiquiTel (Nasdaq: UPCS), a Sprint PCS Network Partner.

The grand opening event will feature live radio broadcasts from the store, family entertainment and a special grand opening offer. "We look forward to serving the Richmond community, and have an incredible limited time grand opening offer to mark the occasion," said Mike Higginbotham, general sales manager. "Customers will receive a $100.00 instant discount, good on any new Sprint PCS phone, with a two-year Sprint PCS Advantage Agreement."

"Our new retail store will provide cutting-edge Sprint PCS communication products and services to the Richmond area, as well as top-notch customer service," said UbiquiTel general manager, Joe Dubyel. "With exceptional clarity, affordable service plans, and convenient features like the Sprint PCS Wireless Web and Voice Command, customers can use a Sprint PCS phone for all their information and communication needs."

Launched in 1999, the Sprint PCS Wireless Web offers customers a suite of simple, user-friendly wireless data products and services. By using Internet-ready Sprint PCS Phones, customers can now shop, trade stocks online, make travel arrangements, receive customized news and e-mail updates and connect to the Internet or corporate Intranet by using their Sprint PCS Phone in place of a modem. Sprint PCS also offers Voice Command, the first nationwide, network-based voice activated dialing and information service. By using their voices, customers can dial a number, look up directory names, modify address book entries and perform various speech-enabled, voice-independent functions while using any Sprint PCS phone.

UbiquiTel is the exclusive provider of Sprint PCS digital wireless mobility communications network products and services under the Sprint PCS brand name to midsize markets in the Western and Midwestern United States that
includes a population of approximately 7.7 million residents. When complete, the majority of UbiquiTel's network will cover portions of California, Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Indiana and Kentucky. Sprint is a world-class global communications company -- at the forefront of integrating wireline and wireless communications services. Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state of the art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network. Sprint also operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities. Sprint is a large carrier of Internet traffic and a leader in broadband communications. Sprint's award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone is being extended globally, providing customers with a broad portfolio of IP products. By the end of 2003, Sprint's global IP network is expected to reach 35 cities in 19 countries. With more than 80,000 employees, Sprint has $23 billion in annual revenues and serves more than 23 million business and residential customers. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS web site at http://www.sprintpcs.com.

SOURCE UbiquiTel Inc.
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/CONTACT: Michelle Miscioscia of UbiquiTel, 610-832-3373, or
mmiscioscia@ubiquitelpcs.com; or Amy Schiska of Sprint PCS, 913-762-7027 or 913-568-5248 (PCS), or aschis01@sprintspectrum.com/
/Web site: http://www.sprintpcs.com /
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