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EXHIBIT 10.36

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

        FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") dated as of
July 17, 2002, among UBIQUITEL OPERATING COMPANY, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Borrower"),
UBIQUITEL INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Delaware ("Holdings"), the various banks from time to time party to the
Credit Agreement referred to below (each a "Bank" and collectively, the
"Banks"), BNP PARIBAS (f/k/a PARIBAS), as Administrative Agent and BNP PARIBAS
(f/k/a PARIBAS), as Lead Arranger. Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings provided such terms in the Credit Agreement referred to below.

W I T N E S S E T H:

        WHEREAS, the Borrower, Holdings, the Banks, the Lead Arranger and the
Administrative Agent are parties to a Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31,
2000 (as amended, modified or supplemented to, but not including, the date
hereof, the "Credit Agreement"); and

        WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, the
parties hereto wish to amend the Credit Agreement as herein provided;

        NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed:

I.Amendments to Credit Agreement.

        1.    Section 6 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the following new Sections 6.07, 6.08 and 6.09 immediately prior to the last
paragraph appearing in said Section:

        "6.07    No Excess Cash.    The obligation of each Bank with a Revolving
Loan Commitment to make Revolving Loans shall be subject to the satisfaction of
the condition that at the time of each such making of a Revolving Loan, Holdings
and its Subsidiaries shall not hold cash and Cash Equivalents in an aggregate
amount in excess of $25,000,000.

        6.08    Minimum Adjusted Cash Balance.    On or prior to June 30, 2003,
at the time of each Credit Event on which a Borrowing of Revolving Loans is
requested by the Borrower, Holdings and the Borrower shall be in compliance with
Section 9.26 hereof (immediately prior to giving effect to the incurrence of
such Revolving Loans).

        6.09    Additional Certificates.    At the time of each Credit Event,
the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate,
signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, demonstrating in detail
its compliance with Sections 6.07 (in the case of any Borrowing of Revolving
Loans hereunder) and 9.26.".

        2.    Section 7 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the following new Section 7.34 at the end of said Section:

        "7.34    Legal Names; Organizational Identification Numbers;
Jurisdiction and Type of Organization; etc.     Schedule XI hereto sets forth a
true and correct list, as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, of the exact
legal name of each Credit Party, the organizational identification number (if
any) of such Credit Party, the jurisdiction of organization of such Credit Party
and the type of organization of such Credit Party.".

        3.    Section 8.01(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting said Section in its entirety and inserting the following new clause (a)
at the end of said Section in lieu thereof:

        "(a) Within 30 days after the end of each fiscal month of Holdings,
(1) a Subscribers Report, (2) the consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and
its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal month and the related consolidated
statements of earnings and stockholders' equity and statement

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of cash flows for such fiscal month, in each case, setting forth comparative
figures for the related month in the prior fiscal year and comparable budgeted
figures for such month, (3) an average revenues-per-unit report, (4) a travel
statistics report, (5) a report setting forth the aggregate amount of Capital
Expenditures incurred by Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such month and (6) a
management discussion and analysis of the results of operations, financial
condition and the other relevant data described in each report described in
clauses (1) through (5) above for the relevant month, all of which reports or
discussion described in clauses (1) through (6) above shall be certified by the
chief financial officer or controller of Holdings (it being understood and
agreed by the parties hereto that all of the reports described in this
clause (a) and the information set forth therein shall be regarded as
confidential information and each Bank shall use the same care and discretion to
avoid unauthorized disclosure, publication or dissemination of any such
information as it uses with its own confidential information that is does not
wish to disclose, publish or disseminate; provided, that, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth herein, each Bank may disclose any such
confidential information to the extent, in the reasonable judgment of such Bank
(after consultation with legal counsel to such Bank), such disclosure is
required by law, regulation or order (judicial or otherwise) or otherwise
required to be disclosed to any regulator or governmental entity or pursuant to
reasonable internal requirements; provided, further, that, in connection with
any disclosure permitted to be made, and contemplated to be made, by a Bank, in
accordance with the immediately preceding proviso, such Bank shall use
reasonable efforts to provide the Borrower with reasonable advance notice of
such disclosure).".

        4.    Section 8.01(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the text "and Sections 9.25 and 9.26" immediately following the text
"through 9.15, inclusive" appearing in said Section.

        5.    Section 8.11 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the text "the Total Term Loan Commitment has been reduced to zero" appearing in
said Section and inserting the text "the Administrative Agent shall have
notified the Borrower in writing that the Quoted Rate for a 3-month interest
period is equal to or exceeds 5.00%" in lieu thereof.

        6.    Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(x) deleting the text "and" appearing at the end of clause (ix) appearing in
said Section, (y) deleting the period appearing at the end of clause (x)
appearing in said Section and inserting the text "; and" in lieu thereof and
(z) inserting the text "(xi) Liens, on the Office Building securing the Office
Building Financing existing as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (without
giving effect to any renewals, extensions or replacements thereof)." immediately
following the end of clause (x) appearing in said Section.

        7.    Section 9.02(viii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the text "(other than any Indebtedness permitted by
Section 9.05(viii) and secured by Liens permitted by Section 9.01(xi))"
immediately prior to the last comma appearing in clause (d) of said Section.

        8.    Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by
(x) deleting the text "and" appearing at the end of clause (ix) appearing in
said Section, (y) deleting the period appearing at the end of clause (x)
appearing in said Section and inserting the text "; and" in lieu thereof and
(z) inserting the following new clause (xi) following clause (x) appearing in
said Section:

        "(xi) Via Building, LLC may sell that certain office building owned by
it and located at 6781 N. Palm Avenue, Fresno, California (the "Office
Building"); provided, that, (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of the consummation of such sale or the
date upon which Via Building, LLC (or any other Credit Party) enters into a
binding commitment to effect such sale, (b) (1) the Net Sale Proceeds (without
giving effect to the exclusion of the gross cash proceeds used to repay the
Office Building Financing provided in said definition) received by Via Building
or any other Credit Party shall be used and be sufficient to repay the Office
Building Financing or (2) the buyer of the Office Building shall have assumed
all of the obligations in connection with the Office Building Financing in
connection with such sale,

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(c) no Indebtedness or Liens (including, without limitation, any existing
mortgage/real estate filings or UCC-1 filings) or any other obligation
(contingent or otherwise) in connection with the Office Building Financing or
the Office Building or in connection with such sale shall exist as of the date
upon which such sale is consummated and at any time thereafter (other than any
obligations assumed by any Credit Party in connection with any sale-leaseback
transactions permitted pursuant to this Agreement) and (d) all obligations of
Via Building, LLC (and any other Credit Party) pursuant to any guaranties,
indemnity agreements or other similar agreement entered into in connection with
the Office Building Financing existing as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date
shall have been terminated as of the date of such sale; provided, further, that
all Net Sale Proceeds received by Via Building, LLC in connection with such
sale, which are used in accordance with this clause (xi) shall not be required
to be repaid in accordance with Section 4.02(A)(f).".

        9.    Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(x) deleting the text "and" appearing at the end of clause (vi) appearing in
said Section, (y) deleting the period appearing at the end of clause (vii)
appearing in said Section and inserting the text "; and" in lieu thereof and
(z) inserting the following new clause (viii) immediately at the end of
clause (vii) appearing in said Section:

        "(viii)  Indebtedness of Via Building, LLC pursuant to the Office
Building Financing secured by Liens permitted by Section 9.01(xi); provided,
that such Indebtedness shall not exceed $3,753,000.00 at any time and shall not,
in any event, be refinanced, renewed or otherwise extended in any manner.".

        10.  Section 9.06(ii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the text "$200,000" appearing in said Section and inserting the text
"$5,000,000" in lieu thereof.

        11.  Section 9.09 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
said Section in its entirety and inserting the following new Section 9.09 in
lieu thereof:

        "9.09    Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.    Holdings will cause the
Borrower not to permit, and the Borrower will not permit, the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for the period (taken together as one accounting period) of four
consecutive fiscal quarters ended on a date set forth below, to be less than the
ratio set forth opposite such date below:

Fiscal Quarter Ended

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  Ratio

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March 31, 2006   1.00:1.00 June 30, 2006   1.05:1.00 September 30, 2006  
1.10:1.00 December 31, 2006   1.10:1.00 March 31, 2007   1.10:1.00 June 30, 2007
  1.10:1.00 September 30, 2007   1.10:1.00 December 31, 2007 and each fiscal
quarter thereafter   1.20:1.00".

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        12.  Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the table appearing in said Section in its entirety and inserting the following
new table in lieu thereof:

"Fiscal Quarter Ended

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  Ratio

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June 30, 2004   1.30:1.00 September 30, 2004   1.60:1.00 December 31, 2004  
1.60:1.00 March 31, 2005   1.60:1.00 June 30, 2005   1.60:1.00 September 30,
2005   1.60:1.00 December 31, 2005   1.60:1.00 March 31, 2006   1.70:1.00 June
30, 2006   2.00:1.00 September 30, 2006   2.30:1.00 December 31, 2006  
2.60:1.00 March 31, 2007   2.80:1.00 June 30, 2007   3.00:1.00 September 30,
2007   3.00:1.00 December 31, 2007 and each fiscal quarter thereafter  
4.00:1.00".

        13.  Section 9.13(A) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting said Section in its entirety and inserting the following new
Section 9.13(A) in lieu thereof:

        "(A)    Consolidated Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA.    Holdings
will cause the Borrower not to permit, and the Borrower will not permit, the
ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness as at the end of any fiscal quarter ended on
a date set forth below to Consolidated EBITDA for the period (taken together as
one accounting period) of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such date,
to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite such date below:

Fiscal Quarter Ended

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  Ratio

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June 30, 2004   18.00:1.00 September 30, 2004   14.00:1.00 December 31, 2004  
11.25:1.00 March 31, 2005   9.25:1.00 June 30, 2005   7.75:1.00 September 30,
2005   6.50:1.00 December 31, 2005   5.75:1.00 March 31, 2006   4.75:1.00 June
30, 2006   4.25:1.00 September 30, 2006   3.50:1.00 December 31, 2006 and each
fiscal quarter thereafter   3.00:1.00".

        14.  Section 9.13(B) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting said Section in its entirety and inserting the following new
Section 9.13(B) in lieu thereof:

        "(B)    Consolidated Indebtedness to Adjusted Consolidated
EBITDA.    Holdings will cause the Borrower not to permit, and the Borrower will
not permit, the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness as at the end of any fiscal
quarter ended on a date set forth below to Adjusted Consolidated

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EBITDA for the period (taken together as one accounting period) of four
consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such date, to be greater than the ratio set
forth opposite such date below:

Fiscal Quarter Ended

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  Ratio

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September 30, 2002   16.50:1.00 December 31, 2002   13.50:1.00 March 31, 2003  
10.50:1.00 June 30, 2003   8.25:1.00 September 30, 2003   6.75:1.00 December 31,
2003   6.00:1.00 March 31, 2004   5.25:1.00 June 30, 2004   5.00:1.00 September
30, 2004   4.50:1.00 December 31, 2004   4.00:1.00. March 31, 2005   3.75:1.00
June 30, 2005 and each fiscal quarter thereafter   3.50:1.00".

        15.  Section 9.13(C) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting said Section in its entirety and inserting the following new
Section 9.13(C) in lieu thereof:

        "(C)    Consolidated Senior Indebtedness to Consolidated
EBITDA.    Holdings will cause the Borrower not to permit, and the Borrower will
not permit, the ratio of Consolidated Senior Indebtedness as at the end of any
fiscal quarter ended on a date set forth below to Consolidated EBITDA for the
period (taken together as one accounting period) of four consecutive fiscal
quarters ended on such date, to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite
such date below:

Fiscal Quarter Ended

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  Ratio

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June 30, 2004   8.50:1.00 September 30, 2004   6.50:1.00 December 31, 2004  
5.00:1.00 March 31, 2005   4.00:1.00 June 30, 2005   3.25:1.00 September 30,
2005   2.75:1.00 December 31, 2005 and each fiscal quarter thereafter  
2.50:1.00".

        16.  Section 9.13(D) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting said Section in its entirety and inserting the following new
Section 9.13(D) in lieu thereof:

        "(D)    Consolidated Senior Indebtedness to Adjusted Consolidated
EBITDA.    Holdings will cause the Borrower not to permit, and the Borrower will
not permit, the ratio of Consolidated Senior Indebtedness as of the end of any
fiscal quarter ended on a date set forth below to Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA
for the period (taken together as one accounting period) of four

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consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such date, to be greater than the ratio set
forth opposite such date below:

Fiscal Quarter Ended

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  Ratio

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September 30, 2002   8.75:1.00 December 31, 2002   7.00:1.00 March 31, 2003  
5.50:1.00 June 30, 2003   4.25:1.00 September 30, 2003   3.50:1.00 December 31,
2003   3.00:1.00 March 31, 2004   2.50:1.00 June 30, 2004   2.25:1.00 September
30, 2004 and each fiscal quarter thereafter   2.00:1.00".

        17.  Section 9.14 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
said Section in its entirety and inserting the following new Section 9.14 in
lieu thereof:

        "9.14    Minimum Revenues.    Holdings will cause the Borrower not to
permit, and the Borrower will not permit, its Consolidated Revenues for any
period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on a date set forth below to
be less than the number set forth opposite such date set forth below:

Fiscal Quarter Ended

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  Amount

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June 30, 2002   120,000,000 September 30, 2002   143,000,000 December 31, 2002  
164,000,000 March 31, 2003   185,000,000 June 30, 2003   206,000,000 September
30, 2003   232,000,000 December 31, 2003   258,000,000 March 31, 2004  
278,000,000 June 30, 2004   300,000,000 September 30, 2004   320,000,000
December 31, 2004   340,000,000".

        18.  Section 9.15 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
said Section in its entirety and inserting the following new Section 9.15 in
lieu thereof:

        "9.15    Minimum Subscribers.    Holdings will cause the Borrower not to
permit, and the Borrower will not permit, the number of its Subscribers at the
end of any month ended on or after

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a date set forth below to be less than the number of Subscribers set forth
opposite such date set forth below:

Fiscal Quarter Ended

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  Amount

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September 30, 2002   225,000 December 31, 2002   255,000 March 31, 2003  
270,000 June 30, 2003   293,000 September 30, 2003   322,000 December 31, 2003  
356,000 March 31, 2004   381,000 June 30, 2004   408,000 September 30, 2004  
439,000 December 31, 2004   476,000".

        19.  Section 9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the following new Sections 9.24, 9.25 and 9.26 immediately following
Section 9.23 appearing in said Section:

        "9.24    Changes To Legal Names; Organizational Identification Numbers,
Jurisdiction or Type of Organization.    No Credit Party shall change, or permit
any change to, its legal name until (i) it shall have given to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent not less than 15 days prior
written notice of its intention to do so, clearly describing such new name and
providing other information in connection therewith as the Administrative Agent
or Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (ii) with respect to such new
name, it shall have taken all action reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent or Collateral Agent to maintain the security interests of the
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent in the Collateral intended to be
granted pursuant to the Security Documents at all times fully perfected and in
full force and effect. In addition, to the extent that any Credit Party does not
have an organizational identification number on the date hereof and later
obtains one, or if there is any change in the organizational identification
number of any Credit Party, the Borrower or such Credit Party shall promptly
notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent of such new or changed
organizational identification number and shall take all actions reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to the extent
necessary to maintain the security interests of the Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent in the Collateral intended to be granted pursuant to the
Security Documents fully perfected and in full force and effect. Furthermore, no
Credit Party shall change its jurisdiction of organization or its type of
organization until (i) it shall have given to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent not less than 15 days prior written notice of its intention so
to do, clearly describing such new jurisdiction of organization and/or type of
organization and providing such other information in connection therewith as the
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (ii) with
respect to such new jurisdiction and/or type of organization, it shall have
taken all actions reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent to maintain the security interests of the Administrative Agent
or Collateral Agent in the Collateral intended to be granted pursuant to the
Security Documents at all times fully perfected and in full force and effect. If
at any time Schedule XI hereto is not true and correct (as of the date in
question, which may be after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date), whether
because of changes thereto or as a result of the creation or acquisition of
additional Credit Parties, the Borrower shall promptly furnish to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent a true and correct updated
Schedule XI, which shall contain the updated information required therein with
respect to each Credit Party as of the date of any change thereto.

        9.25    Minimum Consolidated EBITDA.    Holdings will cause the Borrower
not to permit, and the Borrower will not permit, its Consolidated EBITDA as of
the end of any fiscal quarter ended

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on a date set forth below for the period (taken together as one accounting
period) of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such date, to be less than
the amount set forth opposite such date below:

Fiscal Quarter Ended

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  Amount

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June 30, 2004   $29,000,000 September 30, 2004   $38,000,000 December 31, 2004  
$47,000,000 March 31, 2005   $58,000,000 June 30, 2005   $69,000,000 September
30, 2005   $82,000,000 December 31, 2005   $93,000,000 March 31, 2006  
$100,000,000 June 30, 2006   $115,000,000 September 30, 2006   $130,000,000
December 31, 2006   $145,000,000 March 31, 2007 and each fiscal quarter
thereafter   $150,000,000

        9.26    Minimum Adjusted Cash Balance.    Holdings shall not permit, and
shall cause the Borrower and each of its other Subsidiaries not to permit, its
Adjusted Cash Balance at the end of each fiscal quarter set forth below (and on
the date of each Credit Event upon which a Borrowing of Revolving Loans is
contemplated on or prior to June 30, 2003) to be less than amount set forth
opposite such fiscal quarter below (or, in the context of a Borrowing of
Revolving Loans hereunder on or prior to June 30, 2003, to be less than the
amount set forth opposite the fiscal quarter most recently ended prior to the
date on which the Borrowing is contemplated to take place):

Fiscal Quarter Ended

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  Amount

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September 30, 2002   $72,000,000 December 31, 2002   $56,000,000 March 31, 2003
  $38,000,000 June 30, 2003   $27,000,000 September 30, 2003   $19,000,000
December 31, 2003   $15,000,000 March 31, 2004   $16,000,000".

        20.  Section 11 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
in the appropriate alphabetical order the following new definitions:

        "Adjusted Cash Balance" shall mean, on any date of determination, the
aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents held by Holdings and its
Subsidiaries at such time plus the Subscriber Adjustment Amount (if any) less
the aggregate amount of Revolving Loans Outstanding at such time and any
Indebtedness of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to
Section 9.05(vi) hereof.

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        "Base Subscriber Amount" shall mean (i) from the Fourth Amendment
Effective Date and until (and including) September 30, 2002, 243,942, (ii) from
October 1, 2002 and until (and including) December 31, 2002, 285,698, (iii) from
January 1, 2003 and until (and including) March 31, 2003, 314,385, (iv) from
April 1, 2003 and until (and including) June 30, 2003, 345,720, (v) from July 1,
2003 and until (and including) September 30, 2003, 379,970, (vi) from October 1,
2003 and until (and including) December 31, 2003, 419,835, and (vii) from
January 1, 2004, and until (and including) March 31, 2004, 449,058.

        "Fourth Amendment" shall mean that certain Fourth Amendment to the
Credit Agreement dated as of July 17, 2002.

        "Fourth Amendment Effective Date" shall have the meaning provided in the
Fourth Amendment.

        "Net Subscriber Amount" shall mean, as of any date of determination, the
aggregate amount of Subscribers of the Borrower as of such date in excess of the
Base Subscriber Amount.

        "Office Building" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.02(xii).

        "Office Building Financing" shall mean that certain Indebtedness
incurred by Via Building, LLC in order to finance the acquisition of the Office
Building and which, as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, is due and owing
to PFL Life Insurance Company, which Indebtedness, as of the Fourth Amendment
Effective Date, is equal to $3,753,000.00.

        "Subscriber Adjustment Amount" shall mean, as of any date of
determination, the lower of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) the amount equal to the Net
Subscriber Amount multiplied by $350; provided, that in the event that the
Borrower ceases to implement a policy requiring (x) all "Account Spending Limit"
Subscribers to maintain deposits with the Borrower equal to at least the credit
spending limit available to such Subscribers and (y) the execution by all
"non-Account Spending Limit" Subscribers of service contracts of at least one
year, the "Subscriber Adjustment Amount" shall equal zero ($0).

        21.  The Table of Contents to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting a new "Schedule XI Legal Names; Organizational Identification Numbers;
Jurisdiction and Type of Organization" immediately following Schedule X
appearing in said Table of Contents.

        22.  The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting a new
Schedule XI, as attached hereto, immediately following Schedule X appearing in
the Credit Agreement.

II.Miscellaneous Provisions.

        1.    In order to induce the Banks to enter into this Amendment, the
Borrower hereby represents and warrants that:

        (a)  no Default or Event of Default exists as of the Fourth Amendment
Effective Date immediately after giving effect to this Amendment; and

        (b)  all of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit
Agreement or the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material
respects on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, both before and after giving
effect to this Amendment, with the same effect as though such representations
and warranties had been made on and as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date
(it being understood that any representation or warranty made as of a specific
date shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such specific
date).

        2.    This Amendment is limited as specified and shall not constitute a
modification, acceptance or waiver of any other provision of the Credit
Agreement or any other Credit Document.

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        3.    This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and
by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which
counterparts when executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which
shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A complete set of
counterparts shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

        4.    THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.

        5.    This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the "Fourth
Amendment Effective Date") when each of the following conditions shall have been
satisfied:

        (i)    the Administrative Agent shall have received from Greenberg
Traurig LLP, special counsel to the Credit Parties, an opinion addressed to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each of the Banks and dated the
Fourth Amendment Effective Date in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, and covering such matters incident to this Amendment as
the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;

        (ii)  the Borrower, Holdings, each Guarantor and the Required Banks
shall have signed a counterpart hereof (whether the same or different
counterparts) and shall have delivered (including by way of facsimile
transmission) the same to the Administrative Agent at its Notice Office;

        (iii)  the Required Banks shall have received a revised business plan
from the Borrower, which business plan shall be in form, scope and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and

        (iv)  the Borrower shall have paid all of the fees and expenses of
White & Case LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent.

        6.    By executing and delivering a copy hereof, each Credit Party
hereby agrees that all Loans shall be fully guaranteed pursuant to the Guaranty
in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof and shall be fully secured
pursuant to the Pledge Agreement and the Security Agreement.

        7.    From and after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, all references
in the Credit Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents to the Credit
Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as modified
hereby.

        8.    In addition to the representations and warranties made pursuant to
preceding Section 1(b), and in order to induce the Banks to enter into this
Amendment, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants that attached hereto are
revised Annexes to the Security Agreement and Pledge Agreement which correspond
to the Annexes attached to the Security Agreement and Pledge Agreement, which
Annexes attached hereto are in each case true and correct (based upon the
representations and warranties contained in the Security Agreement or Pledge
Agreement, as the case may be) as if the respective Annexes were prepared, and
representation and warranty were made, as of the Fourth Amendment Effective
Date.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart
of this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above
written.

    UBIQUITEL OPERATING COMPANY,
    as Borrower
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BNP PARIBAS,
    Individually, as Bank, as Administrative Agent,
    as Lead Arranger
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FORTIS CAPITAL CORP.,
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:

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    PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE,
    NEW YORK BRANCH,
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE,
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CITY NATIONAL BANK,
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:

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    BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY,
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE CIT GROUP/EQUIPMENT FINANCING, INC.,
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IBM CREDIT CORPORATION,
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIBERTY-STEIN ROE ADVISOR FLOATING RATE
    ADVANTAGE FUND,
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:

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    RFC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
STEIN ROE FLOATING RATE LIMITED
    LIABILITY COMPANY,
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
KEYPORT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COAST BUSINESS CREDIT,
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CARAVELLE INVESTMENT FUND, LLC,
    as Bank
 
 
By
 
         

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Name:
Title:

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    DG BANK DEUTSCHE GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK AG
    as Bank
 
 
By
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
By
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GALAXY CLO 1999-1, LTD.,
    as Bank
 
 
By
 
         

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Name:
Title:

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    KZH SOLEIL LLC,
    as Bank
 
 
By
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
KZH SOLEIL-2 LLC,
    as Bank
 
 
By
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
    as Bank
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
    as Bank
 
 
By
 
         

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Name:
Title:

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    SAWGRASS TRADING LLC,
    as Bank
 
 
By
 
         

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Name:
Title:

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Each of the undersigned, each being a Guarantor under, and as defined in, the
Credit Agreement referenced in the foregoing Amendment, hereby consents to the
entering into of the Amendment and agrees to the provisions thereof (including,
without limitation, Sections 6 and 7 of Part II thereof).

    UBIQUITEL INC.,
    as Guarantor
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIA HOLDING INC.
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIA BUILDING, LLC
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VIA WIRELESS LLC
 
 
By:
 
         

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Name:
Title:

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EXHIBIT 10.36

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT