**Exhibit 10.25****EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT**     This Employment Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into on this 20th day ofDecember 2005 (“Effective Date”) by Daniel Hopkins (“Mr. Hopkins”) and SunCom Wireless ManagementCompany, Inc. (“SunCom”) on behalf of itself and each of its respective affiliates as set forth inExhibit “A” (collectively, the “SunCom Affiliates”). As used herein, “SunCom Companies” shall meanSunCom and the SunCom Affiliates collectively.**RECITALS**     WHEREAS, SunCom is engaged in the business of providing wireless telecommunication services inthe southeastern United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “*Business*”);     WHEREAS, from July 13, 1998 through the Effective Date, Mr. Hopkins had been employed bySunCom on an “at-will” basis;     WHEREAS, SunCom and Mr. Hopkins have agreed to enter into this Agreement to set forth theterms and conditions of Mr. Hopkins’ continued employment with SunCom from and after the EffectiveDate;     WHEREAS, the parties agree it is in their best interests to set forth the terms and conditionsof Mr. Hopkins’ continued employment and the potential bonuses and benefits offered to him inexchange for his continued employment.     NOW THEREFORE, in exchange for mutual consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which arehereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as follows:     1. Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and continuefor a period of one (1) year (“Term”) unless earlier terminated in accordance with the terms ofthis Agreement. The term will extend automatically for successive one-year periods commencing onsuch date unless either party provides written notice to the other party at least sixty (60) daysprior to the renewal date.     2. Duties and Obligations. Mr. Hopkins agrees to remain employed as Senior VicePresident, Finance & Treasurer of SunCom and to continue performing the duties he has previouslyperformed in this capacity in a manner satisfactory to SunCom. Mr. Hopkins agrees to perform thoseadditional duties which may be reasonably assigned to him from time-to-time during his continuedemployment.     3. Compensation and Benefits**.**          (a) Base Salary. During the term of his employment, SunCom shall continue to pay Mr.Hopkins an annual salary of $190,307.52, subject to applicable withholdings.
 

 
SunCom shall pay Mr. Hopkins his salary in equal bi-weekly installments or in such otherinstallments as SunCom pays other similarly situated officers.          (b) Benefits.               (i) Benefits Plans. During the term of his employment, Mr. Hopkins shall continue tobe eligible to participate in any benefit plan sponsored or maintained by SunCom for the benefit ofits group of senior officers, including, without limitation, any group life, Flexible SpendingAccount, medical, disability insurance or similar plan or program of SunCom, whether now existingor established hereafter, to the extent that Mr. Hopkins is eligible to participate in any suchplan under the generally applicable provisions thereof.               (ii) Business Expenses. During the term of his employment, SunCom shall pay orreimburse Mr. Hopkins for all reasonable expenses incurred or paid by Mr. Hopkins during hisemployment in the performance of Mr. Hopkins’ duties hereunder; *provided*Mr. Hopkins shall accountfor and substantiate all such expenses in accordance with SunCom’s policies for reimbursement ofthe expenses of its officers.     (c) Bonus. During the term of his employment, Mr. Hopkins shall beeligible for the following bonuses.               (i) SunComwill pay Mr. Hopkins a bonus on the next regularly scheduledpayday after March 31, 2006 in the amount of $300,000.00, subject to applicable withholdings,guaranteed in lieu of the 2005 Management Business Objective (MBO) bonus payable in March 2006.               (ii) SunCom will pay Mr. Hopkins an additional bonus on the next regularly scheduled paydayafter June 30, 2006, in the amount of $250,000, subject to applicable withholdings, guaranteed inlieu of the Executive Bonus (*i.e.*, 30-30-40) to be paid in August 2006.     (d) Stock. During the term of his employment, Mr. Hopkins shall be eligiblefor the following               (i) SunCom will accelerate the lapsing ofrestrictions on 60,000shares of stock on March 31, 2006, the restrictions on such shares are currently scheduled to lapseafter March 2006.               (ii) SunCom will accelerate the lapsing of restrictions on 30,000 shares ofstock on June 30, 2006, the restrictions on such shares are currently scheduled to lapse after June2006.               (iii) Acceleration of vesting will be provided in lieu of any additional stock grants in2006 and all other shares of stock granted to Mr. Hopkins and not accelerated pursuant to Sections3(d)(i) or 3(d)(ii) and for which restrictions have not lapsed shall be forefeit and returned toSunCom.          (e) Other Compensation & Benefits. Other than the compensation and benefits set forthin this Section 3, Mr. Hopkins shall have no right to any additional compensation or benefits fromSunCom during the Term of his employment.
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     4. Severance. Should Mr. Hopkins or SunCom decide to terminate his employment at anytime after March 31, 2005 for any reason other than “for cause” as defined in Section 5 of thisAgreement, SunCom will pay Mr. Hopkins up to six (6) months of base salary continuation (the“Severance Payment”) payable over up to a six (6) month period following the end of the employmentif alternative employment is not secured and if a Separation Agreement and General Releasesubstantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “B” is executed (the “Severance Agreement”)The Severance Payment shall not include health and welfare or other benefits or payments. In orderto receive the Severance Payment as set forth in this Paragraph, each party agrees to give theother sixty (60) days prior written notice during the Term of this Agreement. In the event thatsuch benefits constitute “deferred compensation” payable to a “key employee” of a publicly-tradedcorporation pursuant to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, suchbenefits shall not be payable until six months following Mr. Hopkins’ separation from service.     5. Termination of Agreement. During the Term of this Agreement, SunCom shall have theright to terminate this Agreement for cause without notice at any time in its sole discretion. Forthe purposes of this Agreement, “for cause” shall be defined as: (1) Mr. Hopkins’ material breachof this Agreement or material failure to perform his duties for SunCom; (2) Mr. Hopkins’ negligencein the performance or intentional nonperformance of the duties and responsibilities hereunder; (3)Mr. Hopkins’ dishonesty, theft, or fraud with respect to the performance of his duties; (4) Mr.Hopkins’ conviction of, or plea of guilty or *nolo contendere*to, a felony or crime involving moralturpitude; or (5) Mr. Hopkins’ violation of (or causing SunCom Companies to violate) any rules orregulations of any governmental or regulatory body, which is materially injurious to SunComCompanies.     6. Restrictive Covenants.          (a) Non-Competition. During Mr. Hopkins’ employment with SunCom and for a period ofone (1) year following the termination of Mr. Hopkins’ employment with SunCom at any time and forany reason, Mr. Hopkins shall not, on Mr. Hopkins’ own behalf or on behalf of others, directly orindirectly (whether as an employee, consultant, investor, partner, sole proprietor or otherwise),be employed by, perform any services for, or hold any ownership interest in any business engaged inthe business of selling personal communications services or personal communications handsets andaccessories in SunCom’s service territory in which SunCom is doing business, or in which SunCom hasestablished plans to do business as of the date of the termination of Mr. Hopkins’ employment withSunCom. The above notwithstanding, the ownership, for investment purposes, of up to one percent(1%) of the total outstanding equity securities of a publicly traded company, shall not beconsidered a violation of this.          (b) Non-Disparagement. Mr. Hopkins further agrees that both during Mr. Hopkins’employment with SunCom and thereafter Mr. Hopkins will not make any disparaging or defamatorycomments about SunCom or the Company, or any of their officers, directors, management, oremployees, nor will you authorize encourage or participate with anyone on your behalf to make suchstatements.
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          (c) Confidentiality. Mr. Hopkins further agrees that both during Mr. Hopkins’employment with SunCom and thereafter Mr. Hopkins will not disclose to any third party or use inany way (except in performing Mr. Hopkins’ duties while employed by SunCom in furtherance of thebest interests of SunCom) any confidential information, business secrets, or business opportunityof SunCom, including without limitation, drawings, designs, blueprints, plans, marketing,advertising and promotional ideas and strategies, marketing surveys and analyses, technology,budgets, business plans, customer or supplier lists, research or financial, purchasing, planning,employment or personnel data or information. Immediately upon termination of Mr. Hopkins’employment or at any other time upon SunCom’s request, Mr. Hopkins will return to SunCom allmemoranda, notes and data, and computer software and hardware, records or other documents compiledby Mr. Hopkins or made available to Mr. Hopkins during Mr. Hopkins’ employment with SunComconcerning the business of SunCom, all other confidential information and all personal property ofSunCom, including without limitation, all drawings, designs, blueprints, plans, files, records,documents, lists, equipment, supplies, promotional materials, keys, phone or credit cards andsimilar items and all copies thereof or extracts therefrom.          (d) Intangible Property. Mr. Hopkins will not at any time during or after Mr.Hopkins’ employment with SunCom have or claim any right, title or interest in any trade name,trademark, patent, copyright, work for hire or other similar rights belonging to or used by SunComand shall not have or claim any right, title or interest in any material or matter of any sortprepared for or used in connection with the business or promotion of SunCom, whatever Mr. Hopkins’involvement with such matters may have been, and whether procured, produced, prepared, or publishedin whole or in part by Mr. Hopkins, it being the intention of the parties that Mr. Hopkins shalland hereby does, recognize that SunCom now has and shall hereafter have and retain the sole andexclusive rights in any and all such trade names, trademarks, patents, copyrights (all Mr. Hopkins’work in this regard being a work for hire for SunCom under the copyright laws of the UnitedStates), material and matter as described above. If any work created by Mr. Hopkins is not a workfor hire under the copyright laws of the United States, then Mr. Hopkins hereby assigns to SunComall rights, title and interests in each such work (including, but not limited to, copyrightrights). Mr. Hopkins shall cooperate fully with SunCom during Mr. Hopkins’ employment andthereafter in the securing of trade name, trademark, patent or copyright protection or othersimilar rights in the United States and in foreign countries and shall give evidence and testimonyand execute and deliver to SunCom all papers requested by it in connection therewith. Mr. Hopkinshereby irrevocably appoints SunCom as Mr. Hopkins’ attorney-in-fact (with a power coupled with aninterest) to execute any and all documents which may be necessary or appropriate in the securing ofsuch rights, including but not limited to, any copyright in Mr. Hopkins’ work.          (e) No Solicitation of Employees. Mr. Hopkins agrees that, both during Mr. Hopkins’employment with SunCom and for a period of one (1) year following the termination of Mr. Hopkins’employment with SunCom at any time and for any reason, Mr. Hopkins will not, directly orindirectly, on Mr. Hopkins’ own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity, hire or solicitto hire for employment or consulting or other provision of services, any person who is activelyemployed (or in the preceding six months was actively employed) by SunCom. This includes, but isnot limited to, inducing or attempting to induce, or influencing or attempting
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to influence, any person employed by SunCom to terminate his or her employment with SunCom.          (f) No Solicitation of Customers. Mr. Hopkins agrees that, both during Mr. Hopkins’employment and for a period of one (1) year following the termination of Mr. Hopkins’ employmentwith SunCom at any time and for any reason, Mr. Hopkins will not directly or indirectly, on Mr.Hopkins’ own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity, solicit the business of any entitywith which SunCom has an agreement, at the time of Mr. Hopkins’ termination, to provide services tosuch entity (a “*Customer*”); *provided*that the restrictions of this Paragraph 6(e) shall only applyto Customers with which Mr. Hopkins had personal contact, or for whom Mr. Hopkins had someresponsibility in the performance of Mr. Hopkins’ duties for SunCom, during Mr. Hopkins’ employmentwith SunCom.     7. Enforcement. Mr. Hopkins acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions containedin Section 6 are necessary to prevent the use and disclosure of confidential information and toprotect other legitimate business interests of SunCom. Mr. Hopkins acknowledges that all of therestrictions in this Section 6 are reasonable in all respects, including duration, territory andscope of activity. Mr. Hopkins acknowledges and agrees that SunCom competes with businessesnationwide and that a nationwide restriction is therefore reasonable and necessary to protectSunCom’s legitimate business interests. Mr. Hopkins agrees that the restrictions contained in thisSection 6 shall be construed as separate agreements independent of any other provision of thisAgreement or any other agreement between Mr. Hopkins and SunCom. Mr. Hopkins agrees that theexistence of any claim or cause of action by Mr. Hopkins against SunCom shall not constitute adefense to the enforcement by SunCom of the covenants and restrictions in this Section 6. Mr.Hopkins agrees that the injury SunCom will suffer in the event of the breach or threatened breachby Mr. Hopkins of any clause of this Section 6 will cause SunCom irreparable injury that cannot beadequately compensated by monetary damages alone. Therefore, Mr. Hopkins agrees that SunCom,without limiting any other legal or equitable remedies available to it, shall be entitled to obtainequitable relief by injunction or otherwise, without the posting of any bond, from any court ofcompetent jurisdiction, including, without limitation, injunctive relief to prevent Mr. Hopkins’failure to comply with the terms and conditions of this Section 6. The one-year period referencedin Section 6(a), (d) and (e) above shall be tolled on a day-for-day basis for each day during whichMr. Hopkins violates the provisions of Section 6(a), (d) and (e) in any respect, so that Mr.Hopkins is restricted from engaging in the activities prohibited by Section 6(a), (d) and (e) forthe full one-year period.     8. Notices. Any notice required or desired to be delivered under this Agreementshall be in writing and shall be delivered personally against receipt, by courier service or byregistered mail, return receipt requested, and shall be effective upon actual receipt by the partyto which such notice shall be directed, and shall be addressed as follows (or to such other addressas the party entitled to notice shall hereafter designate in accordance with the terms hereof):
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If to the Company, to:SunCom Wireless Management Company, Inc.