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Exhibit 10.3

[SunCom Letterhead]

September 16, 2007

Mr. William A. Robinson

1100 Cassatt Road

Berwyn, PA 19312

Dear Mr. Robinson:

          You previously entered into an employment agreement with SunCom Wireless Management Company,
Inc. (f/k/a Triton Management Company, Inc.) (the “Company”) dated as of March 7, 2005 (the
“Original Employment Agreement”) and thereafter amended by a certain Letter Agreement (the “First
2005 Letter Agreement”) dated December 2, 2005, a certain Letter Agreement (the “Second 2005 Letter
Agreement”) dated December 14, 2005, a certain Letter Agreement (the “2006 Letter Agreement”) dated
September 11, 2006 and a certain Letter Agreement dated January 31, 2007 (the January 2007 Letter
Agreement”). The Original Employment Agreement as amended by the First 2005 Letter Agreement, the
Second 2005 Letter Agreement, the 2006 Letter Agreement and the January 2007 Letter Agreement is
referred to collectively herein as the “Existing Employment Agreement”. Except as otherwise
defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Existing
Employment Agreement.

          Each of the Company and SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc. (“SunCom”) pursuant to this letter
agreement (this “Agreement”) hereby agrees to modify the terms of your Existing Employment
Agreement as set forth below:

          3. Benefits Upon Termination. Section 1 of the January 2007 Letter Agreement is
hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:

Notwithstanding Sections 5(b) and 5(c) of the Original Employment Agreement, Section 7 of
the Second 2005 Letter Agreement, Section 1 of the 2006 Letter Agreement (or any other
provision of the Existing Employment Agreement), in the event of a termination of
Executive’s employment (i) by the Company Without Cause, (ii) by the Company or Executive
by notice of non-renewal pursuant to Section 1 of the Second 2005 Letter Agreement at the
conclusion of the current term (i.e. February 3, 2009), (iii) by Executive by notice of
Voluntary Termination at the conclusion of the current term (i.e. February 3, 2009), (iv)
by Executive for Good Reason, or (v) by reason of Executive’s death or Disability, then
Executive (or his estate, as applicable) shall be entitled (in addition to any non-cash
severance-related benefits, payments or compensation provided for in the Existing
Employment Agreement) to:

 

 

               (a) a salary continuation benefit in the amount of the product resulting from multiplying
Executive’s Base Salary on the date of such termination by two (2);

               (b) a bonus for the calendar year during which salary continuation is paid (without regard to
the date during such year that such termination occurs) in the amount of the product resulting from
multiplying Executive’s full target Management Business Objective bonus for such year by two (2),
which bonus shall be calculated (i) in accordance with Section 4 of the Second 2005 Letter
Agreement and (ii) as if Executive had achieved one hundred percent (100%) of his related
bonus-based goals for the Management Business Objective bonus for such calendar year;

               (c) payment of the amount of any Management Business Objective bonus to which the Executive
would otherwise be entitled for the calendar year during which the Executive’s termination occurs
(prorated appropriately to reflect the months worked prior to such termination); and

               (d) immediate vesting of all unvested shares of SunCom owned by Executive as of the date of
such termination (whether such shares are subject to the Plan or a restricted stock award letter
agreement or comparable agreement).

          The benefits described in Sections 1(a), 1(b) and 1(c) above shall be payable in a
single lump sum as soon as practicable, but in no event more than ten (10) business days, following
the end of the Employment Period; provided that in the event that such benefits constitute
“deferred compensation” payable to a “key employee” of a publicly-traded corporation pursuant to
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, on account of separation of service,
such benefits shall not be payable until six (6) months following Executive’s separation from
service and shall not accrue interest during such 6-month period.

          In the event of a termination of Executive’s employment under circumstances other than those
described in this Section 1, Executive shall be entitled to only those termination-related
benefits, payments or compensation provided for in the Existing Employment Agreement.

          The parties acknowledge and agree that the Company has previously deposited the aggregate
amount of Executive’s benefits described in Sections 1(a) and 1(b) into an irrevocable trust with a
third party trustee pursuant to an irrevocable trust agreement.

          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, payment to Executive of the
benefits described in this Section 1 shall be contingent upon the Executive (or his
executor, as applicable) executing and delivering to the Company a mutual general release of claims
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Release”).

          4. Sale Transaction Bonus. Section 2 of the January 2007 Letter Agreement is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:

          If (a) SunCom has executed an agreement to engage in a Sale Transaction (as hereinafter
defined) by December 31, 2007, (b) such Sale Transaction has been consummated by December 31, 2008,
(c) the Executive remains actively employed (not

 

 

on a leave of absence, other than an FMLA leave of absence) with the Company through the
consummation of the Sale Transaction, (d) the Executive is otherwise in compliance with the terms
of the Existing Employment Agreement as may be amended at any time in the future, including by the
terms of this Agreement, (e) the Executive complies with, and uses commercially reasonable efforts
to take such actions as are necessary to cause the Company and its Affiliates to comply with, the
terms and conditions of agreements entered into by the Executive or the Company or its Affiliates
effecting or otherwise relating to the Sale Transaction, and (f) the Executive takes such action
and uses commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Company or its Affiliates to implement or
otherwise execute the business plan previously provided to the purchaser in connection with the
Sale Transaction, the Executive will be eligible to receive a sale bonus in connection with such
Sale Transaction in the following amounts (the “Sale Bonus”) based on the Sale Proceeds (as
hereinafter defined):

	 	 	 	 	 
	Sale Proceeds	 	Sale Bonus Amount
	At least $2.2B
	 	$	3,904,412	 
	At least $2.3B
	 	$	4,963,235	 
	At least $2.4B
	 	$	6,022,059	 
	At least $2.6B
	 	$	8,139,706	 
	At least $2.8B
	 	$	10,257,353	 
	At least $3.0B
	 	$	12,375,000	 

          If the Sale Proceeds are less than $2,200,000,000, then the Sales Bonus amount will be
extrapolated in accordance with the foregoing calculations; provided that no amounts will be paid
if the Sale Proceeds are less than $1,700,000,000; further provided that such calculation shall
take into consideration the Sale Bonus amounts paid to other participating executives of the
Company for Sale Proceeds less than $2,000,000,000 (other than the six executives added to the Sale
Bonus arrangement following the preliminary review of the proposed participants by the Board at its
meeting held on August 8, 2007); and further provided that in the event the Sale Proceeds are less
than $2,000,000,000, the aggregate Sale Bonus pool will be based on two percent of the Sale
Proceeds. In the event that the Sale Proceeds fall between the amounts reflected above, the Sale
Bonus shall be calculated by interpolating on a straight line basis to the next highest Sale Bonus
amount. In the event that the Sale Proceeds exceed $3,000,000,000, the Sale Bonus Amount shall be
extrapolated in accordance with the foregoing calculations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Sale Bonus pool payable to all participating Company executives (other than the six executives
added to the Sale Bonus arrangement following the preliminary review of the proposed participants
by the Board at its meeting held on August 8, 2007) shall not exceed three percent of the Sale
Proceeds.

          The Sale Bonus shall be subject to applicable federal, state and local tax withholding
required by law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein: (i) if prior to the
consummation of the Sale Transaction, the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company
without Cause or the Executive dies, then the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) will be paid
the Sale Bonus as provided in the following paragraph; and (ii) if the Executive’s employment is
terminated by the Company for Cause prior to the consummation of the Sale Transaction, the
Executive will be ineligible to receive any portion of the Sale Bonus.

 

 

          The benefit described in this Section 2 shall be payable in a single lump sum as soon
as practicable, but not more than ten (10) business days following the consummation of the Sale
Transaction (or receipt of Sale Proceeds which are not Contingent Sale Proceeds (as hereinafter
defined) sufficient to trigger the Company’s obligation to pay a Sale Bonus); provided that any
Sale Bonus amount the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) is entitled to receive pursuant to
this Section 2, shall not be payable to the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) until such
time as SunCom’s stockholders have received payment with respect to their equity interests pursuant
to the terms of the agreement to engage in the Sale Transaction. In the event that:

          (x) any portion of the Sale Proceeds is required by the terms of the Sale Transaction to be
placed into escrow, retained or held back by the buyer, or the payment thereof is otherwise subject
to contingencies based upon the occurrence of future events (“Contingent Sale Proceeds”), the
Company will not pay the Executive the portion of the Sale Bonus attributable to the Contingent
Sale Proceeds until such time as, and only to the extent that, the Contingent Sale Proceeds are
released from escrow, no longer are retained or held back by the buyer, or otherwise no longer are
subject to payment contingencies, as the case may be (“Released Sale Proceeds”); and

          (y) the aggregate amount of Sale Proceeds in a Sale Transaction that do not constitute
Contingent Sale Proceeds is insufficient to trigger the Company’s obligation to pay a Sale Bonus,
then the Sale Bonus shall not be paid unless and until the Sale Proceeds which are not Contingent
Sale Proceeds are sufficient to trigger the Company’s obligation to pay a Sale Bonus (e.g., because
sufficient Contingent Sale Proceeds have been released from escrow, no longer are retained or held
back by the buyer, or no longer are subject to payment contingencies.

          In the event that the benefits described in this Section 2 constitute “deferred
compensation” payable to a “key employee” of a publicly-traded corporation pursuant to Section 409A
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, on account of separation from service, such
benefit shall not be payable until six (6) months following Executive’s separation from service and
shall not accrue interest during such 6-month period.

          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Executive’s receipt of the
benefits described in this Section 2 shall be contingent upon the Executive (or his
executor, as applicable) executing and delivering to the Company the Release.

As used in this Agreement:

          (A) The term “Sale Transaction ” means the transaction or series of transactions currently
contemplated by the Board of Directors of SunCom (the “Board”) as of the date of the execution of
this Agreement whereby directly or indirectly (I) an acquisition, merger, consolidation, or other
business combination pursuant to which the business or assets of SunCom are, directly or
indirectly, combined with a third party not controlled (by ownership of a majority of the voting
securities of such buyer or buyers) by SunCom’s current stockholders; (II) the acquisition,
directly or indirectly, by a buyer

 

 

or buyers (which term shall include a “group” of persons as defined in Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), of equity interests or options,
or any combination thereof constituting a majority of the then outstanding stock of SunCom or
possessing a majority of the then outstanding voting power of SunCom (except as may occur with
current stockholders or debtholders as a result of a restructuring), other than a buyer or buyers
controlled by the current SunCom stockholders by ownership of a majority of the voting securities
of such buyer or buyers; (III) any other purchase or acquisition, directly or indirectly, by a
buyer or buyers other than a buyer or buyers controlled by the current SunCom stockholders by
ownership of a majority of the voting securities of such buyer or buyers; or (IV) the formation of
a joint venture or partnership with SunCom or direct investment in SunCom for the purpose of
effecting a transfer of a significant interest in SunCom to a third party.

          (B) The term “Sale Proceeds” means (I) the total amount of cash and fair market value (on the
date of payment) of all property paid or payable (including amounts paid in escrow) in connection
with the Sale Transaction (or any related transaction), including amounts paid or payable in
respect of convertible securities, preferred equity securities, warrants, stock appreciation
rights, options or similar rights, whether or not vested, plus (II) in the event of a sale of the
capital stock of SunCom and/or its Affiliates, the principal amount of all indebtedness for
borrowed money or other liabilities of SunCom and/or its Affiliates outstanding as of the closing
date of the Sale Transaction, or, in the case of a sale of assets, all indebtedness for borrowed
money or other liabilities assumed by the buyer. Sale Proceeds shall also include the aggregate
amount of all dividends or other distributions declared by SunCom and/or its Affiliates after the
date hereof other than normal quarterly cash dividends, and, in the case of a sale of assets, the
net fair market value of any current assets not sold by SunCom and/or its Affiliates, less the book
value of the current liabilities not assumed by the applicable buyer. For purposes of calculating
Sale Proceeds, the value of securities, whether debt or equity, that are freely tradeable in an
established public market will be determined on the basis of the average closing price in such
market for the 10 trading days prior to the closing of the Sale Transaction (the “Valuation Date”);
and the value of securities that have no established public market or other property will be the
fair market value of such securities or other property on the Valuation Date. If Sale Proceeds
include any restricted stock (i.e. stock in a public company not freely tradeable), the value of
the restricted stock shall be calculated by the Board in good faith.

          (C) The term “Affiliate”, as applied to a specified person, is a person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, the person specified.

          5. Business Efforts. The parties acknowledge and agree that the payment of the Sale
Bonus pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement is intended as compensation for services rendered to
the Company and/or its Affiliates in connection with the consummation of a Sale Transaction. As a
condition to the payment of the Sale Bonus, the Executive shall be required to devote substantially
all of his business efforts, which shall be a minimum of 40 hours per week (and such additional
hours as may be necessary to fulfill his responsibilities under the terms of the Existing
Employment Agreement and this Agreement, as may be amended from time to time), to the management
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operations of the Company and its Affiliates pending the consummation of a Sale Transaction.
In performance of the Executive’s duties, the Executive will carry out and follow the directions of
the Board (including the Operating Committee of the Board) in conformance with all laws and Company
rules and policies. The Executive shall perform such duties (i) at the Company’s offices at 1100
Cassatt Road, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, or (ii) at any other business location of the Company or any of
its Affiliates as necessary to carry out the operations of the business, or (iii) at any other
location as the proper performance of the Executive’s duties may require with the direction of the
Board or the Operating Committee; provided that the frequency and duration of any such travel or
work at a location other than the Company’s offices in Berwyn, Pennsylvania at the direction of the
Board or the Operating Committee will be reasonable and take into consideration Executive’s family
and other personal obligations. The Executive shall be entitled to engage in other activities
permitted under Section 2 of the Original Employment agreement, as amended, subject to the prior
consent of the Board which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

          6. Expenses. Notwithstanding Section 4(c) (or any other provision) of the Original
Employment Agreement, as amended, from and after the date of execution of any agreement to engage
in a Sale Transaction, the Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for all reasonable expenses
incurred or paid by the Executive in performance of the Executive’s duties solely for the Company
and its Affiliates that are consistent with the policies of the Company and the business expense
policies of the purchaser under such agreement (to the extent that such purchaser requests
Executive’s compliance with such policies and discloses such policies to Executive).

          7. New Employment/Solicitation. The Executive represents that as of the date of this
Agreement, the Executive has not entered into any agreement (oral or written) to engage in any
employment, consulting or similar agreement or arrangement pursuant to which the Executive will
provide services for any remuneration for any period during which the Executive is employed by the
Company or for any period thereafter. The Executive further represents that he has not solicited
any current or former employee of the Company or its Affiliates for employment or consulting on
behalf of any other person or entity (other than the Company or its Affiliates). In the event that
during the term of employment, the Executive receives any proposal to provide any person or entity
(other than the Company or its Affiliates) employment, consulting or similar services by the
Executive or any other employee of the Company or its Affiliates for any such period from any third
party, the Executive shall not, without the prior consent of the Board: (i) enter into any such
agreement or arrangement; (ii) otherwise engage in any discussions, negotiations or other
communications with such third party or its representatives; (iii) solicit any current or former
employee of the Company or its Affiliates for employment or consulting on behalf of any person or
entity (other than the Company or its Affiliates); or (iv) induce or attempt to induce, influence
or attempt to influence any person employed by the Company or its Affiliates to terminate his or
her employment with such entity (other than in the normal course of carrying out his duties to the
Company); provided that Executive, without seeking or obtaining the prior consent of the Board,
shall be permitted to respond to unsolicited proposals for employment or the provision of
consulting or similar services by informing the person(s) making such proposal either (i) that
Executive is not interested in the proposal or (ii) that Executive is not permitted to

 

 

engage in discussions or negotiations with respect to such proposal until after the
consummation of the Sale Transaction.

          8. Remedies. In the event the Executive breaches any obligations under the terms of
his Existing Employment Agreement and this Agreement as may be amended from time to time, in
addition to any other available remedies under the Existing Employment Agreement and any other
plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company or any of its Affiliates, the Executive will be
ineligible to receive any portion of the Sale Bonus as set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement;
provided that Executive shall not be deemed ineligible for the Sale Bonus based upon any such
breach unless the Company and/or the Board has given him written notice of such breach, granted him
a period during which to cure such breach of not less than five (5) business days, and he has
failed to cure such breach during such period.

          9. Form of Release. The form of Release attached as an exhibit to the January 2007
Letter Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by the form of Release attached
hereto as Exhibit A.

          10. All Other Provisions Remain Effective. Except as otherwise expressly modified by
this Agreement, all other terms and conditions of the Existing Employment Agreement shall continue
in full force and effect. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Existing
Employment Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
This Agreement may be executed and delivered in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be
an original, but all of which shall collectively constitute the same instrument.

          Please evidence your acceptance of the foregoing modification to the Existing Employment
Agreement by executing this Agreement where provided below and returning it to Laura Porter, Senior
Vice President of Human Resources by October 1, 2007 in a sealed envelope marked “confidential”.
If you have not returned a signed copy of this letter to her by that date, this offer will be
automatically withdrawn and you will not be eligible to earn the Sale Bonus or the other benefits
provided in this Agreement. If you timely sign and return this Agreement, it shall constitute the
legally valid and binding obligation of the parties hereto, enforceable against such parties in
accordance with its terms, and future references to your Employment Agreement shall mean the
Existing Employment Agreement as amended by this Agreement.

[Signatures Contained on Next Page]

 

 

(Signature Page for Robinson Letter Agreement- September 16, 2007)

     Pending execution of this Agreement or in the event you elect not to accept this offer, your
employment shall continue under the terms of the Existing Employment Agreement.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Edward Evans
 

	 	 
	 	 	Edward Evans	 	 
	 	 	Chairman, Compensation Committee of 	 	 
	 	 	Board of Directors	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SunCom Wireless Management Company, Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ M. E. Kalogris
 

	 	 
	 	 	Michael E. Kalogris	 	 
	 	 	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Executive	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	/s/ William A. Robinson	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	William A. Robinson	 	 
	 	 	Executive Vice President, Operations	 	 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

Form of Release

MUTUAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS

          FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF the benefits to be provided to WILLIAM A. ROBINSON, an individual
(“Executive”), in connection with the termination of his employment, as set forth in that certain
Employment Agreement by and among SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
SunCom Wireless Management Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (collectively, the “Company”) and
Executive dated as of March 7, 2005, (the “Original Employment Agreement”), and thereafter amended
by certain Letter Agreements dated December 2, 2005(the “First 2005 Letter Agreement”), December
14, 2005 (the “Second 2005 Letter Agreement”), September 11, 2006 (the “2006 Letter Agreement”),
January 31, 2007 (the “January 2007 Letter Agreement”), and September ___, 2007 (the “September 2007
Letter Agreement”) (collectively, the “Employment Agreement”), which are conditioned upon Executive
signing this Release of Claims and to which Executive is not otherwise entitled, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Executive
does hereby REMISE, RELEASE, AND FOREVER DISCHARGE the Company and each of its past or present
subsidiaries and affiliates, its and their respective past or present officers, directors,
stockholders, managers, members, employees and agents, their respective successors and assigns,
heirs, executors and administrators, the pension and employee benefit plans of the Company, or of
its past or present subsidiaries or affiliates, and the past or present trustees, administrators,
agents, or employees of the pension and employee benefit plans (hereinafter collectively referred
to as the “Company Parties”), acting in any capacity whatsoever, of and from any and all manner of
actions and causes of actions, suits, debts, claims and demands whatsoever in law or in equity
(“Claims”), which Executive ever had, now has, or hereafter may have, or which Executive’s
successors, assigns, heirs, executors or administrators hereafter may have (collectively with
Executive, the “Executive Parties”), by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever from the
beginning of Executive’s employment with the Company to the date of this Release of Claims that
arises from, or relates in any way to, Executive’s employment relationship and/or the termination
of Executive’s employment relationship with the Company, including but not limited to, any such
Claims that have been asserted, could have been asserted, or could be asserted now or in the future
under any federal, state or local laws, including any claims under the Pennsylvania Human Relations
Act, 43 PA. C.S.A. §§ 951 et seq., as amended, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC §§ 701 et
seq., as amended, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 USC §§ 2000e et seq., as amended,
the Civil Rights Act of 1991, 2 USC §§ 60 et seq., as applicable, the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967, 29 USC §§ 621 et seq., as amended (“ADEA”), the Americans with Disabilities
Act, 29 USC §§ 706 et seq., and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 USC §§ 301
et seq., as amended, any contracts between the Company and Executive and any common law Claims now
or hereafter recognized and all Claims for counsel fees and costs; provided, however, that this
Release of Claims shall not apply to

 

 

          (a) Any entitlements arising under, or preserved by Sections 5(b) and 5(c) of the Original
Employment Agreement, Sections 5 and 7 of the Second 2005 Letter Agreement, Section 1 of the 2006
Letter Agreement, Sections 5 and 7 of the January 2007 Letter Agreement, and Sections 1 and 2 of
the September 2007 Letter Agreement;

          (b) Claims Executive may have as a holder of securities of the Company so long as Executive is
not the moving, initiating or lead party or that are based on criminal acts by any of the Company
Parties;

          (c) Claims by Executive for vested retirement plan benefits under the Company’s tax-qualified
retirement plans;

          (d) Claims for benefits under any insured group health plan maintained by the Company,
including any right to continuation coverage under COBRA;

          (e) Claims under any directors’ and officers’ liability (or similar) insurance policy
maintained by the Company that may provide coverage to Executive; or

          (f) Claims by Executive for indemnification under Section 4(d) of the Original Employment
Agreement and/or to the extent that the Company has provided indemnification pursuant to the terms
of its bylaws, a resolution of the board of directors or any directors and officers liability
policy maintained by the Company.

          Executive expressly waives all rights afforded by any statute that expressly limits the effect
of a release with respect to unknown claims. Executive acknowledges the significance of this
release of unknown claims and the waiver of statutory protection against a release of unknown
claims which provides that a general release does not extend to claims that the Executive does not
know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him
may have materially affected his settlement with the Company.

          Executive acknowledges that the restrictive covenants contained in Section 6 of the Original
Employment Agreement (as modified by Section 9 of the Second 2005 Letter Agreement and Section 6 of
the January 2007 Letter Agreement) will survive the termination of his employment to the extent set
forth therein. Executive affirms that those restrictive covenants are reasonable and necessary to
protect the legitimate interests of the Company, that he received adequate consideration in
exchange for agreeing to those restrictions and that he will abide by those restrictions.

          In signing this Release of Claims, Executive acknowledges his understanding that he may not
sign it prior to the termination of his employment under the Employment Agreement, but that he may
consider the terms of this Release of Claims for up to twenty-one (21) days (or such longer period
as the Company may specify) from the date Executive’s employment with the Company under the
Employment Agreement terminates. Executive also acknowledges that he is advised by the Company
Parties to seek the advice of an attorney prior to signing this Release of Claims; that Executive
has had sufficient time to consider this Release of Claims and to consult with an attorney, if he
wished to do so, or to consult with any other person of his choosing before signing; and that he is
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its terms. Executive further acknowledge that, in signing this Release of Claims, he has not
relied upon any promises or representations, express or implied, that are not set forth expressly
in the Employment Agreement. Executive understands that he may revoke this Release of Claims at
any time within seven (7) days after the date of his signing by written notice to the Company and
that this Release of Claims will take effect only upon the expiration of such seven-day revocation
period and only if Executive has not timely revoked it.

          In further consideration of Executive’s execution of this Release of Claims and other
consideration provided to the Company by Executive pursuant to the Employment Agreement, the
Company, on behalf of itself and the other Company Parties, hereby executes this Release of Claims
and does hereby REMISE, RELEASE, AND FOREVER DISCHARGE Executive and the other Executive Parties,
of and from any and all manner of Claims, which the Company Parties, now have, or hereafter may
have, by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever from the beginning of Executive’s
employment with the Company to the date of this Release of Claims that arises from, or relates in
any way to, Executive’s employment relationship with the Company or the termination thereof,
including but not limited to, any such Claims that have been asserted, could have been asserted, or
could be asserted now or in the future under any federal, state or local laws, any such Claims that
are based on contracts between the Company and Executive and any such Claims that are now or
hereafter recognized under the common law and any such Claims for counsel fees and costs, but in no
event shall this release apply to any Claim based upon any criminal act by Executive or upon any
act of Executive wholly outside the scope of his duties and employment.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 	 	Edward Evans	 	 
	 	 	Chairman, Compensation Committee of	 	 
	 	 	Board of Directors	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SunCom Wireless Management Company, Inc. 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 	 	Michael E. Kalogris	 	 
	 	 	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Executive	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 	 	William A. Robinson	 	 
	 	 	Executive Vice President, Operationsexv10w4

 

Exhibit 10.4

[SunCom Letterhead]

September 16, 2007

Mr. Raul Burgos

654 Munoz Rivera Avenue

Suite 2000

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918

Dear Mr. Burgos:

          You previously entered into an employment agreement with SunCom Wireless Management Company,
Inc. (the “Company”) dated as of September 6, 2006 (the “Employment Agreement”). Except as
otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning set forth in the
Existing Employment Agreement. Each of the Company and SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. (“SunCom”)
pursuant to this letter agreement (this “Agreement”) hereby agrees to modify the terms of your
Employment Agreement as set forth below:

     1. Sale Transaction Bonus. If (a) SunCom has executed an agreement to engage in the
Sale Transaction (as hereinafter defined) by December 31, 2007, (b) such Sale Transaction has been
consummated by December 31, 2008, (c) SunCom enters into the Sale Transaction and the Sale
Proceeds (as hereinafter defined) allocable to the sale of the PR Business (as defined below)
equals or exceeds Five Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars ($550,000,000), (d) the Executive remains
actively employed (not on a leave of absence, other than an FMLA leave of absence) with the Company
through the consummation of the Sale Transaction, (e) the Executive is otherwise in compliance with
the terms of the Existing Employment Agreement as may be amended ay any time in the future,
including by the terms of this Agreement, (f) the Executive complies with, and uses commercially
reasonable efforts to take such actions as are necessary to cause the Company and its Affiliates to
comply with, the terms and conditions of agreements entered into by the Executive or the Company or
its Affiliates effecting or otherwise relating to the Sale Transaction, and (g) the Executive takes
such action and uses commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Company or its Affiliates to
implement or otherwise execute the business plan previously provided to the purchaser in connection
with the Sale Transaction, the Executive will be entitled to the payment of a sale bonus of Three
Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($375,000) (the “Sale Bonus”). The determination of the
amount of Sale Proceeds allocable to the PR Business shall be made by SunCom’s Board in its sole
discretion.

     The Sale Bonus shall be subject to applicable federal, state and local tax withholding
required by law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein: (i) if prior to the
consummation of the Sale Transaction, the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company
without Cause or if the Executive dies, then the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) will be
paid the Sale Bonus as provided in the following paragraph; and (ii) if

 

 

the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause prior to the consummation of
the Sale Transaction, the Executive will be ineligible to receive any portion of the Sale Bonus.

     The benefit described in this Section 1 shall be payable in a single lump sum as soon
as practicable, but not more than ten (10) business days following the consummation of the Sale
Transaction (or receipt of Sale Proceeds which are not Contingent Sale Proceeds (as hereinafter
defined) sufficient to trigger the Company’s obligation to pay a Sale Bonus); provided that any
Sale Bonus amount the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) is entitled to receive pursuant to
this Section 1, shall not be payable to the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) until
such time as SunCom’s stockholders have received payment with respect to their equity interests
pursuant to the terms of the agreement to engage in the Sale Transaction. In the event that any
portion of the Sale Proceeds is required by the terms of the Sale Transaction to be placed into
escrow, retained or held back by the buyer, or the payment thereof is otherwise subject to
contingencies based upon the occurrence of future events (“Contingent Sale Proceeds”), the Sale
Bonus shall not be paid unless and until the Sale Proceeds which are not Contingent Sale Proceeds
allocable to the sale of the PR Business equal or exceed $550,000,000 (e.g., because sufficient
Contingent Sale Proceeds have been released from escrow, no longer are retained or held back by the
buyer, or no longer are subject to payment contingencies).

          In the event that the benefits described in this Section 1 constitute “deferred
compensation” payable to a “key employee” of a publicly-traded corporation pursuant to Section 409A
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, on account of separation from service, such
benefit shall not be payable until six (6) months following Executive’s separation from service and
shall not accrue interest during such 6-month period.

          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Executive’s receipt of the Sale
Bonus shall be contingent upon the Executive (or his executor, as applicable) executing and
delivering a general release of claims against the Company and its Affiliates in a form reasonably
consistent with the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

          As used in this Agreement:

          (A) The term “Sale Transaction ” means the transaction or series of transactions currently
contemplated by the Board of Directors of SunCom (the “Board”) as of the date of the execution of
this Agreement whereby directly or indirectly (I) an acquisition, merger, consolidation, or other
business combination pursuant to which the business or assets of SunCom are, directly or
indirectly, combined with a third party not controlled (by ownership of a majority of the voting
securities of such buyer or buyers) by SunCom’s current stockholders; (II) the acquisition,
directly or indirectly, by a buyer or buyers (which term shall include a “group” of persons as
defined in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)),
of equity interests or options, or any combination thereof constituting a majority of the then
outstanding stock of SunCom or possessing a majority of the then outstanding voting power of SunCom
(except as may occur with current stockholders or debtholders as a result of a restructuring),
other than a buyer or buyers controlled by the current SunCom stockholders by ownership of a
majority of the voting securities of such buyer or buyers;

 

 

(III) any other purchase or acquisition, directly or indirectly, by a buyer or buyers other than a
buyer or buyers controlled by the current SunCom stockholders; by ownership of a majority of the
voting securities of such buyer or buyers; or (IV) the formation of a joint venture or partnership
with SunCom or direct investment in SunCom for the purpose of effecting a transfer of a significant
interest in SunCom to a third party.

          With respect to the Executives performing services primarily in connection with the operation
of the businesses representing the Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands segment of SunCom (the “PR
Business”), the term “Sale Transaction” shall also include (I) an acquisition, merger,
consolidation, or other business combination pursuant to which the business or assets of the PR
Business are, directly or indirectly, combined with a third party not controlled (by ownership of a
majority of the voting securities of such buyer or buyers) by SunCom’s current stockholders; (II)
the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by a buyer or buyers (which term shall include a “group”
of persons as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, of equity interests or options, or any
combination thereof constituting a majority of the then outstanding equity interests in the PR
Business or possessing a majority of the then outstanding voting power of the equity interests in
the PR Business (except as may occur with current stockholders or debtholders as a result of a
restructuring), other than a buyer or buyer controlled by the current SunCom stockholders by
ownership of a majority of the voting securities of such buyer or buyers; (III) any other purchase
or acquisition of the PR Business, directly or indirectly, by a buyer or buyers other than a buyer
or buyers controlled by the current SunCom stockholders by ownership of a majority of the voting
securities of such buyer or buyers; or (IV) the formation of a joint venture or partnership with
SunCom or direct investment in SunCom for the purpose of effecting a transfer of a significant
interest in the PR Business to a third party.

          (B) The term “Sale Proceeds” means (I) the total amount of cash and fair market value (on the
date of payment) of all property paid or payable (including amounts paid in escrow) in connection
with the Sale Transaction (or any related transaction), including amounts paid or payable in
respect of convertible securities, preferred equity securities, warrants, stock appreciation
rights, options or similar rights, whether or not vested, plus (II) in the event of a sale of the
capital stock of SunCom and/or its Affiliates, the principal amount of all indebtedness for
borrowed money or other liabilities of SunCom and/or its Affiliates outstanding as of the closing
date of the Sale Transaction, or, in the case of a sale of assets, all indebtedness for borrowed
money or other liabilities assumed by the buyer. Sale Proceeds shall also include the aggregate
amount of all dividends or other distributions declared by SunCom and/or its Affiliates after the
date hereof other than normal quarterly cash dividends, and, in the case of a sale of assets, the
net fair market value of any current assets not sold by SunCom and/or its Affiliates, less the book
value of the current liabilities not assumed by the applicable buyer. For purposes of calculating
Sale Proceeds, the value of securities, whether debt or equity, that are freely tradeable in an
established public market will be determined on the basis of the average closing price in such
market for the 10 trading days prior to the closing of the Sale Transaction (the “Valuation Date”);
and the value of securities that have no established public market or other property will be the
fair market value of such securities or other property on the Valuation Date. If Sale Proceeds
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(i.e. stock in a public company not freely tradeable), the value of the restricted stock shall
be calculated by the Board in good faith.

     (C) The term “Affiliate”, as applied to a specified person, is a person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, the person specified.

     2. Business Efforts. The parties acknowledge and agree that the payment of the Sale
Bonus pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement is intended as compensation for services rendered to
the Company and/or its Affiliates in connection with the consummation of a Sale Transaction. As a
condition to the payment of the Sale Bonus, the Executive shall be required to devote substantially
all of his business efforts, which shall be a minimum of 40 hours per week (and such additional
hours as may be necessary to fulfill his responsibilities under the terms of the Existing
Employment Agreement and this Agreement, as may be amended from time to time), to the management
and operations of the Company and its Affiliates pending the consummation of a Sale Transaction.
In performance of the Executive’s duties, the Executive will carry out and follow the directions of
the Board (including the Operating Committee of the Board) in conformance with all laws and Company
rules and policies. The Executive shall perform such duties (i) at the Company’s offices at 654
Munoz Rivera Ave, Suite 200, San Juan, Puerto Rico, or (ii) at any other business location of the
Company or any of its Affiliates as necessary to carry out the operations of the business, or (iii)
at any other location as the proper performance of the Executive’s duties may require with the
direction of the Board or the Operating Committee; provided that the frequency and duration of any
such travel or work at a location other than the Company’s offices in San Juan, Puerto Rico at the
direction of the Board or the Operating Committee will be reasonable and take into consideration
Executive’s family and other personal obligations. The Executive shall be entitled to engage in
other activities permitted under Section 2 of the Employment Agreement, as amended, subject to the
prior consent of the Board which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

     3. Expenses. Notwithstanding Section 4(c) (or any other provision) of the Original
Employment Agreement, as amended, from and after the date of execution of any agreement to engage
in a Sale Transaction, the Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for all reasonable expenses
incurred or paid by the Executive in performance of the Executive’s duties            solely for
the Company and its Affiliates that are consistent with the policies of the Company and the
business expense policies of the purchaser under such agreement (to the extent that such purchaser
requests Executive’s compliance with such policies and discloses such policies to Executive).

     4. New Employment/Solicitation. The Executive represents that as of the date of this
Agreement, the Executive has not entered into any agreement (oral or written) to engage in any
employment, consulting or similar agreement or arrangement pursuant to which the Executive will
provide services for any remuneration for any period during which the Executive is employed by the
Company or for any period thereafter. The Executive further represents that he has not solicited
any current or former employee of the Company or its Affiliates for employment or consulting on
behalf of any other person or entity (other than the Company or its Affiliates). In the event that
during the term of employment, the Executive receives any proposal to provide any person or entity
(other

 

 

than the Company or its Affiliates) employment, consulting or similar services by the
Executive or any other employee of the Company or its Affiliates for any such period from any third
party, the Executive shall not, without the prior consent of the Board: (i) enter into any such
agreement or arrangement; (ii) otherwise engage in any discussions, negotiations or other
communications with such third party or its representatives; (iii) solicit any current or former
employee of the Company or its Affiliates for employment or consulting on behalf of any person or
entity (other than the Company or its Affiliates); or (iv) induce or attempt to induce, influence
or attempt to influence any person employed by the Company or its Affiliates to terminate his or
her employment with such entity (other than in the normal course of carrying out his duties to the
Company); provided that Executive, without seeking or obtaining the prior consent of the Board,
shall be permitted to respond to unsolicited proposals for employment or the provision of
consulting or similar services by informing the person(s) making such proposal either (i) that
Executive is not interested in the proposal or (ii) that Executive is not permitted to engage in
discussions or negotiations with respect to such proposal until after the consummation of the Sale
Transaction.

     5. Remedies. In the event the Executive breaches any obligations under the terms of
his Existing Employment Agreement and this Agreement as may be amended from time to time, in
addition to any other available remedies under the Existing Employment Agreement and any other
plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company or any of its Affiliates, the Executive will be
ineligible to receive any portion of the Sale Bonus as set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement;
provided that Executive shall not be deemed ineligible for the Sale Bonus based upon any such
breach unless the Company and/or the Board has given him written notice of such breach, granted him
a period during which to cure such breach of not less than five (5) business days, and he has
failed to cure such breach during such period.

     6. All Other Provisions Remain Effective. Except as otherwise expressly modified by
this Agreement, all other terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement shall continue in full
force and effect. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Employment Agreement
and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. This Agreement may be
executed and delivered in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of
which shall collectively constitute the same instrument.

          Please evidence your acceptance of the foregoing modification to the Employment Agreement by
executing this Agreement where provided below and returning it to Laura Porter, Senior Vice
President of Human Resources by October 1, 2007 in a sealed envelope marked “confidential”. If you
have not returned a signed copy of this letter to her by that date, this offer will be
automatically withdrawn and you will not be eligible to earn the Sale Bonus or the other benefits
provided in this Agreement. If you timely sign and return this Agreement, it shall constitute the
legally valid and binding obligation of the parties hereto, enforceable against such parties in
accordance with

its terms, and future references to your Employment Agreement shall mean the Employment Agreement
as amended by this Agreement.

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[Signature Page for Burgos Employment Agreement Amendment]

          Pending execution of this Agreement or in the event you elect not to accept this offer, your
employment shall continue under the terms of the Employment Agreement without regard to this
Agreement.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Edward Evans
 

	 	 
	 	 	Edward Evans	 	 
	 	 	Chairman, Compensation Committee of Board of Directors	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SunCom Wireless Management Company, Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ M.E. Kalogris
 

	 	 
	 	 	Michael E. Kalogris	 	 
	 	 	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Executive	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	/s/ Raul Burgos	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Raul Burgos	 	 
	 	 	Senior Vice President and	 	 
	 	 	President of SunCom Wireless- Puerto Rico	 	 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

Form of Release

RECEIPT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT

          I, the undersigned, hereby acknowledge receipt of                      ($                    ), minus applicable
withholding and deductions, as full payment of the Sale Bonus under the terms of the Letter
Agreement dated September ___, 2007. I acknowledge and agree that in consideration of the Sale
Bonus, I hereby irrevocably and unconditionally release SunCom Wireless Management Company, Inc.
(the “Company”) and its parent companies, subsidiaries and affiliates, together with all of its
and their respective employees, directors, shareholders, officers, members, managers, agents,
representatives, predecessors, successors, assigns, and the like and all persons acting by, through
or in concert with any of them (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all charges,
liabilities, damages or causes of action (including attorneys’ fees and costs actually incurred)
whatsoever that in any way relate to or arise out of my employment with the Company.

          I represent that in signing this Agreement I do not rely, and have not relied, on any
representation or statement not set forth in this Agreement made by any representatives of the
Releasees with regard to the subject matter, basis or effect of this Agreement or otherwise. This
Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between the parties, and fully supersedes any and all
prior agreements or understandings between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, without regard to the choice of law rules thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Agreement this                      day of                     ,
200_.

	 	 	 	 	 
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