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Contact: Ed Moise, Investor Relations
         (337) 310-3500

                        US UNWIRED RECEIVES NASDAQ NOTICE

LAKE CHARLES, LA (February 5, 2003)--US Unwired Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:UNWR) today
announced that it has received notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market that it has
failed to comply with Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement for continued
listing pursuant to Marketplace Rules 4450(a)(5) and (b)(4). Therefore, US
Unwired's common stock is subject to delisting from the Nasdaq National Market
at the opening of business on February 10, 2003. US Unwired intends to request a
hearing before a Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel to respond to Nasdaq's
determination. Under Nasdaq rules, US Unwired's common stock will continue to
trade on the Nasdaq National Market pending the issuance of a written decision
by the Panel after the hearing. Should listing on the Nasdaq National Market
become unavailable to US Unwired, the company will pursue alternatives to ensure
availability of a liquid trading market. There is no assurance that the Panel
determination will be favorable.

About US Unwired

US Unwired Inc., headquartered in Lake Charles, La., holds direct or indirect
ownership interests in five PCS Affiliates of Sprint: Louisiana Unwired, Texas
Unwired, Georgia PCS, IWO Holdings and Gulf Coast Wireless. Through Louisiana
Unwired, Texas Unwired, Georgia PCS and IWO Holdings, US Unwired is authorized
to build, operate and manage wireless mobility communications network products
and services under the Sprint brand name in 67 markets, currently serving over
500,000 PCS customers. US Unwired's PCS territory includes portions of Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. In addition,
US Unwired provides cellular and paging service in southwest Louisiana. For more
information on US Unwired and its products and services, visit the company's web
site at http://www.usunwired.com. US Unwired is traded on the NASDAQ exchange
under the symbol "UNWR".

This press release may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements are statements about current and future business strategy,
operations, capabilities, construction plan, construction schedule, financial
projections, plans and objectives of management, expected actions of third
parties and other matters. Forward-looking statements often include words like
believes, belief, expects, plans, anticipates, intends, projects, estimates,
may, might, would, or similar words. Forward-looking statements are made
pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Since these forward looking statements are based on factors
that involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. Such factors
include: the ability to successfully integrate the business of US Unwired, IWO
Holdings and Georgia PCS; the competitiveness of and the financial impact of
Sprint PCS pricing plans, products and services; the ability of Sprint PCS to
provide back office, customer care and other services; consumer purchasing
patterns; potential fluctuations in quarterly results; an adequate supply of
subscriber equipment; risks related to our ability to compete with larger, more
established businesses; rapid technological and market change; risks related to
future growth and expansion; the ability to successfully complete the build-out
of the IWO Holdings' network; the potential need for additional capital; future
losses; the significant level of indebtedness of the companies; and volatility
of US Unwired's stock price. For a detailed discussion of these and other
cautionary statements and factors that could cause actual results to differ from
those contained in this press release, please refer to the following sections in
the filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that are identified
below:

Filing                                  Section(s)
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US Unwired's Form 10-K for the year     The two paragraphs that precede Part I.
ended December 31, 2001

US Unwired's Form 10-Q for the          The first two paragraphs of Item 2;
period ended September 30, 2002         and the Risk Factors in Item 5.


US Unwired does not undertake to update or revise any forward-looking statement
contained herein.