**Exhibit      (10)(c)(7)**

**AGREEMENT**

**WHEREAS**

**WHEREAS**

**WHEREAS**

**NOW      THEREFORE**

**Defined      Terms**

**Term      of Agreement**

**General      Provisions**

**Payments      Due Upon a Payment Trigger**

**Gross-Up      Payments**

**Termination      Procedures**

**Protective      Covenants By The Executive**

**No      Mitigation**

**Disputes;      Remedies**

**Successors;      Binding Agreement**

**Notices**

**Miscellaneous**

**Validity**

**Counterparts**

**IN      WITNESS WHEREOF**

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | **ALLTEL              CORPORATION**                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| Attest:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| /s/              C. J. Duvall,              Jr.                                  | By: /s/              Scott T.              Ford                                                 |
| Name: C.J. Duvall, Jr.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                     Name:              Scott T. Ford                                                                                                                                           |
| Title: Executive              Vice-President - Human Resources                                                                                                                                                                                   |      Title:              President and Chief Executive Officer                                                                                                                                      |
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| Witness:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |  /s/              Sue              Mosley                              |
| /s/              Rick Massey                                                                                                                           | Sue                Mosley                                                                                                                                                                                                    |