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EXHIBIT 4.5(b)
                                                             PREFERRED STOCK S-3

         NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES
ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"),
AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREUNDER AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS.

                                APA OPTICS, INC.

                                     WARRANT

Warrant No. ___   Dated: March 15, 2000

         APA Optics, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), hereby
certifies that, for value received, [ ] or its registered assigns ("Holder"), is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company up
to a total of 50,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share (the
"Common Stock"), of the Company (each such share, a "Warrant Share" and all such
shares, the "Warrant Shares") at an exercise price equal to $35.00 per share (as
adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 8, the "Exercise Price"), at
any time and from time to time from and after the date hereof and through and
including March 15, 2005 (the "Expiration Date"), and subject to the following
terms and conditions:

            1. Registration of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant,
upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the "Warrant
Register"), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The
Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute
owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the
Holder, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by
notice to the contrary.

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            2. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.

                  (a) The Company shall register the transfer of any portion of
this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the
Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Transfer
Agent or to the Company at the address for notice set forth in Section 12. Upon
any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in
substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a "New Warrant"),
evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the
transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant
not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The
acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the
acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder
of a Warrant.

                  (b) This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by
the Holder to the office of the Company at the address for notice set forth in
Section 12 for one or more New Warrants, evidencing in the aggregate the right
to purchase the number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased hereunder.
Any such New Warrant will be dated the date of such exchange.

            3. Duration and Exercise of Warrants.

                  (a) This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder
on any business day before 6:30 P.M., New York City time, at any time and from
time to time on or after the date hereof to and including the Expiration Date.
At 6:30 P.M., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this
Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value.
Prior to the Expiration Date, the Company may not call or otherwise redeem this
Warrant without the prior written consent of the Holder.

                  (b) Subject to Sections 2(b), 5 and 9, upon surrender of this
Warrant, with the Form of Election to Purchase attached hereto duly completed
and signed, to the Company at its address for notice set forth in Section 12 and
upon payment of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares
that the Holder intends to purchase hereunder, in the manner provided hereunder,
all as specified by the Holder in the Form of Election to Purchase, the Company
shall promptly (but in no event later than 3 business days after the Date of
Exercise (as defined herein)) issue or cause to be issued and cause to be
delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder and in such name or names
as the Holder may designate, a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon
such exercise, free of restrictive legends except (i) either in the event that a
registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares and naming the
Holder as a selling shareholder thereunder is not then effective or the Warrant
Shares are not freely transferable without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule
144(k) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the "Securities
Act"), or (ii) if this Warrant shall have been issued pursuant to a written
agreement between the original Holder and the Company, as required by such
agreement. Any person so designated by the Holder to receive Warrant Shares
shall be deemed to have become holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the
Date of Exercise of this Warrant. The Company shall, upon request of the Holder,
if available, use its best efforts to deliver Warrant Shares hereunder
electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another established
clearing corporation performing similar functions.

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                  A "Date of Exercise" means the date on which the Company shall
have received (i) this Warrant (or any New Warrant, as applicable), with the
Form of Election to Purchase attached hereto (or attached to such New Warrant)
appropriately completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price
for the number of Warrant Shares so indicated by the Holder hereof to be
purchased.

                  (c) This Warrant shall be exercisable, either in its entirety
or, from time to time, for a portion of the number of Warrant Shares. If less
than all of the Warrant Shares which may be purchased under this Warrant are
exercised at any time, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, at its
expense, a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of
Warrant Shares for which no exercise has been evidenced by this Warrant.

            4. Piggyback Registration Rights. During the Effectiveness Period
(as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, of even date herewith, between
the Company and the original Holder), the Company may not file any registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (other than registration
statements of the Company filed on Form S-8 or Form S-4, each as promulgated
under the Securities Act, pursuant to which the Company is registering
securities pursuant to a Company employee benefit plan or pursuant to a merger,
acquisition or similar transaction including supplements thereto, but not
additionally filed registration statements in respect of such securities) at any
time when there is not an effective registration statement covering the resale
of the Warrant Shares and naming the Holder as a selling shareholder thereunder,
unless the Company provides the Holder with not less than 20 days notice of its
intention to file such registration statement and provides the Holder the option
to include any or all of the applicable Warrant Shares therein, subject, in the
event of an underwritten offering, to customary cutbacks and lock-ups requested
by the managing underwriter of all selling stockholders thereunder, on a
pro-rata basis with such other selling stockholders. The piggyback registration
rights granted to the Holder pursuant to this Section shall continue until all
of the Holder's Warrant Shares have been sold in accordance with an effective
registration statement or upon the Expiration Date. The Company will pay all
registration expenses in connection therewith.

            5. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all documentary stamp
taxes attributable to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any
tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration
of any certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of
the Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may
arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant
Shares upon exercise hereof.

            6. Replacement of Warrant. If this Warrant is mutilated, lost,
stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange
and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and
substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and
indemnity, if requested, satisfactory to it. Applicants for a New Warrant under
such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and
procedures and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe.

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            7. Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that it will
at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized
but unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue
Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number of
Warrant Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this
entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent
purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account the
adjustments and restrictions of Section 8). The Company covenants that all
Warrant Shares that shall be so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance
and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms
hereof, be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and
nonassessable.

            8. Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant
Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from
time to time as set forth in this Section 8. Upon each such adjustment of the
Exercise Price pursuant to this Section, the Holder shall thereafter prior to
the Expiration Date be entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price resulting
from such adjustment, the number of Warrant Shares obtained by multiplying the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of
Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such
adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from
such adjustment.

                  (a) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, (i) shall pay a stock dividend (except scheduled dividends paid on
outstanding preferred stock as of the date hereof which contain a stated
dividend rate) or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares of
its Common Stock or on any other class of capital stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger
number of shares, or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction
of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) outstanding before such event and of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury
shares, if any) outstanding after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to
this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the
determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution
and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a
subdivision or combination, and shall apply to successive subdivisions and
combinations.

                  (b) In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock or any
compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into
other securities, cash or property, then the Holder shall have the right
thereafter to exercise this Warrant only into the shares of stock and other
securities and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of
Common Stock following such reclassification or share exchange, and the Holder
shall be entitled upon such event to receive such amount of securities or
property equal to the amount of Warrant Shares such Holder would have been
entitled to had such Holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such
reclassification or share exchange. The terms of any such reclassification or
share exchange shall include such terms so as to continue to give to the Holder
the right to receive the securities or property set forth in this Section 8(b)
upon any exercise following any such reclassification or share exchange.

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                  (c) If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to holders
of this Warrant) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants
to subscribe for or purchase any security (excluding those referred to in
Sections 8(a), (b) and (d)), then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be
determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the
record date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled to receive such
distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the Exercise Price
determined as of the record date mentioned above and of which the numerator
shall be such Exercise Price on such record date less the then fair market value
at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so
distributed applicable to one outstanding share of Common Stock as determined by
the Company's independent certified public accountants that regularly examines
the financial statements of the Company (an "Appraiser").

                  (d) If the Company or any subsidiary thereof, as applicable,
with respect to Common Stock Equivalents (as defined below), at any time while
this Warrant is outstanding, shall issue in excess of an aggregate of 50,000
shares of Common Stock (subject to equitable adjustments for stock splits,
recombinations and similar events) or rights, warrants, options or other
securities or debt that is convertible into or exchangeable for in excess of an
aggregate of 50,000 shares of Common Stock (subject to equitable adjustments for
stock splits, recombinations and similar events) ("Common Stock Equivalents"),
entitling any person to acquire shares of Common Stock at a price per share less
than the Exercise Price (such price per share, the "Trigger Price") (if the
holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent so issued shall at any
time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions,
floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to
warrants, options or rights issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled
to receive shares of Common Stock at a price less than the Exercise Price, such
issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Exercise Price),
then the Exercise Price shall be adjusted to equal the lesser of (i) 115% of the
Trigger Price and (ii) the Exercise Price. Such adjustment shall be made
whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. However, upon
the expiration of any Common Stock Equivalents the issuance of which resulted in
an adjustment in the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section, if any such Common
Stock Equivalents shall expire and shall not have been exercised, the Exercise
Price shall immediately upon such expiration be recomputed and effective
immediately upon such expiration be increased to the price which it would have
been (but reflecting any other adjustments in the Exercise Price made pursuant
to the provisions of this Section after the issuance of such Common Stock
Equivalents) had the adjustment of the Exercise Price made upon the issuance of
such Common Stock Equivalents been made on the basis of offering for
subscription or purchase only that number of shares of the Common Stock actually
purchased upon the exercise of such Common Stock Equivalents actually exercised.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the following shall not be
subject to the provisions of this Section: (1) issuances of any stock or stock
options under any employee benefit plan of the Company whether now existing or
approved by the Company and its stockholders in the future, (2) the rights,
options and warrants outstanding prior to the date hereof and specified in
Schedule 2.1(c) to the Purchase Agreement of even date herewith between the
original Holder and the Company, but not any modifications thereof and (3) the
issuance of shares of Common Stock in payment of the purchase price of a
Strategic Transaction (as defined below). For purposes of this Section, a
"Strategic Transaction" shall mean a transaction or relationship in which the
Company issues shares of Common

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Stock to an entity which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating
company in a business related to the business of the Company and in which the
Company receives material benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but
shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities
primarily for the purpose of raising capital.

                  (e) In case of any (1) merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into another Person, or (2) sale by the Company of more than one-half of
the assets of the Company (on a book value basis) in one or a series of related
transactions, the Holder shall have the right thereafter to exercise this
Warrant for the shares of stock and other securities, cash and property
receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such
merger, consolidation or sale, and the Holder shall be entitled upon such event
or series of related events to receive such amount of securities, cash and
property as the Common Stock for which this Warrant could have been exercised
immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale would have been
entitled. The terms of any such merger, consolidation or sale shall include such
terms so as continue to give the Holder the right to receive the securities,
cash and property set forth in this Section upon any conversion or redemption
following such event. This provision shall similarly apply to successive such
events.

                  (f) For the purposes of this Section 8, the following clauses
shall also be applicable:

                        (i) Record Date. In case the Company shall take a record
of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to
receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock or in
securities convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock, or (B) to
subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable
into shares of Common Stock, then such record date shall be deemed to be the
date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been
issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other
distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or
purchase, as the case may be.

                        (ii) Treasury Shares. The number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or
for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be
considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.

                  (g) All calculations under this Section 8 shall be made to the
nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.

                  (h) Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to
Section 8(c) above, the Holder, after receipt of the determination by the
Appraiser, shall have the right to select an additional appraiser (which shall
be a nationally recognized accounting firm), in which case the adjustment shall
be equal to the average of the adjustments recommended by each of the Appraiser
and such appraiser. The Holder shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to the
Company, a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and
setting forth a brief statement of the facts

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requiring such adjustment. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately
after the record date mentioned above.

                        If:

                                (i)     the Company shall declare a dividend (or
                                        any other distribution) on its Common
                                        Stock; or

                                (ii)    the Company shall declare a special
                                        nonrecurring cash dividend on or a
                                        redemption of its Common Stock; or

                                (iii)   the Company shall authorize the granting
                                        to all holders of the Common Stock
                                        rights or warrants to subscribe for or
                                        purchase any shares of capital stock of
                                        any class or of any rights; or

                                (iv)    the approval of any shareholders of the
                                        Company shall be required in connection
                                        with any reclassification of the Common
                                        Stock, any consolidation or merger to
                                        which the Company is a party, any sale
                                        or transfer of all or substantially all
                                        of the assets of the Company, or any
                                        compulsory share exchange whereby the
                                        Common Stock is converted into other
                                        securities, cash or property; or

                                (v)     the Company shall authorize the
                                        voluntary dissolution, liquidation or
                                        winding-up of the affairs of the
                                        Company,

then the Company shall cause to be mailed to each Holder at its last address as
it shall appear upon the Warrant Register, at least 10 calendar days prior to
the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating
(x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken,
the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to
such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be
determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or
close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of
record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for
securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, share exchange, dissolution, liquidation
or winding-up; provided, however, that the failure to mail such notice or any
defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the
corporate action required to be specified in such notice.

            9. Payment of Exercise Price. The Holder shall pay the Exercise
Price in one of the following manners:

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                  (a) Cash Exercise. The Holder may deliver immediately
available funds; or

                  (b) Cashless Exercise. The Holder may surrender this Warrant
to the Company together with a notice of cashless exercise, in which event the
Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined as
follows:

                      X = Y [(A-B)/A]

      where:          X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the
                      Holder.

                      Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which
                      this Warrant is being exercised.

                      A = the average of the closing sale prices of the Common
                      Stock for the five (5) trading days immediately prior to
                      (but not including) the Date of Exercise.

                      B = the Exercise Price.

For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been
commenced, on the issue date.

            10. Certain Exercise Restrictions.

                  A Holder may not exercise this Warrant to the extent such
exercise would result in the Holder, together with any affiliate thereof,
beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules
promulgated thereunder) in excess of 9.999% of the then issued and outstanding
shares of Common Stock, including shares issuable upon such exercise and held by
such Holder after application of this Section. Since the Holder will not be
obligated to report to the Company the number of shares of Common Stock it may
hold at the time of an exercise hereunder, unless the exercise at issue would
result in the issuance of shares of Common Stock in excess of 9.999% of the then
outstanding shares of Common Stock without regard to any other shares which may
be beneficially owned by the Holder or an affiliate thereof, the Holder shall
have the authority and obligation to determine whether the restriction contained
in this Section will limit any particular exercise hereunder and to the extent
that the Holder determines that the limitation contained in this Section
applies, the determination of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall
be the responsibility and obligation of the Holder. If the Holder has delivered
a Form of Election to Purchase for a number of Warrant Shares that, without
regard to any other shares that the Holder or its affiliates may beneficially
own, would result in the issuance in excess of the permitted amount hereunder,
the Company shall notify the Holder of this fact and shall honor the exercise
for the maximum portion of this Warrant permitted to be exercised on such Date
of Exercise in accordance with the periods described herein and, at the option
of the Holder, either keep the portion of the

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Warrant tendered for exercise in excess of the permitted amount hereunder for
future exercises or return such excess portion of the Warrant to the Holder. The
provisions of this Section may be waived by a Holder (but only as to itself and
not to any other Holder) upon not less than 61 days prior notice to the Company.
Other Holders shall be unaffected by any such waiver.

            11. Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue or
cause to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant.
The number of full Warrant Shares which shall be issuable upon the exercise of
this Warrant shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrant
Shares purchasable on exercise of this Warrant so presented. If any fraction of
a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section, be issuable on
the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to
the Exercise Price multiplied by such fraction.

            12. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or
deliveries hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective
on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this
Section prior to 6.30 p.m. (New York City time) on a business day (with
confirmation of transmission), (ii) the business day after the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile telephone number specified in this Section later than 6:30 p.m. (New
York City time) on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on
such date (with confirmation of transmission), (iii) the business day following
the date of mailing, if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier
service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is
required to be given. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to
the Company, to 2950 N.E. 84th Lane, Blaine, Minnesota 55449, facsimile number
763-784-2038, attention President, or (ii) if to the Holder, to the Holder at
the address or facsimile number appearing on the Warrant Register or such other
address or facsimile number as the Holder may provide to the Company in
accordance with this Section.

            13. Warrant Agent. The Company shall serve as warrant agent under
this Warrant. Upon thirty (30) days' notice to the Holder, the Company may
appoint a new warrant agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new
warrant agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation
to which the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any
corporation to which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers
substantially all of its corporate trust or shareholders services business shall
be a successor warrant agent under this Warrant without any further act. Any
such successor warrant agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as
warrant agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder
at the Holder's last address as shown on the Warrant Register.

            14. Miscellaneous.

                  (a) This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit
of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Warrant
may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder and their
successors and assigns.

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                  (b) Subject to Section 14(a), above, nothing in this Warrant
shall be construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company
and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause under this Warrant.
This Warrant shall inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and
the Holder.

                  (c) The corporate laws of the State of Minnesota shall govern
all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and its shareholders.
All other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to
the principles of conflicts of law thereof. The Company and the Holder hereby
irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of
any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction
contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waive, and agree
not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that they are not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, or that such suit,
action or proceeding is improper. Each of the Company and the Holder hereby
irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being
served in any such suit, action or proceeding by receiving a copy thereof sent
to the Company at the address in effect for notices to it under this instrument
and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of
process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in
any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

                  (d) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any
of the provisions hereof.

                  (e) In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant
shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and
enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good
faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a
commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall
incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.

                                APA OPTICS, INC.

                                By: /s/ Anil Jain
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                                Name: Anil K. Jain
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                                Title: President
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                          FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

(To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common
Stock under the foregoing Warrant)

         To APA Optics, Inc.:

         In accordance with the Warrant enclosed with this Form of Election to
Purchase, the undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to purchase _____________
shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of APA Optics, Inc. (the
"Common Stock") and , if such Holder is not utilizing the cashless exercise
provisions set forth in this Warrant, encloses herewith $________ in cash,
certified or official bank check or checks, which sum represents the aggregate
Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant) for the number of shares of Common
Stock to which this Form of Election to Purchase relates, together with any
applicable taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to the Warrant.

         The undersigned requests that certificates for the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon this exercise be issued in the name of

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                                                TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

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         If the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon this exercise
shall not be all of the shares of Common Stock which the undersigned is entitled
to purchase in accordance with the enclosed Warrant, the undersigned requests
that a New Warrant (as defined in the Warrant) evidencing the right to purchase
the shares of Common Stock not issuable pursuant to the exercise evidenced
hereby be issued in the name of and delivered to:

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Dated:____________,___           Name of Holder:

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                                    (By:)
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                                    (Name:)
                                    (Title:)
                                    (Signature must conform in all respects to
                                    name of holder as specified on the face of
                                    the Warrant)

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                               FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

           [To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto ________________________________ the right represented by the within
Warrant to purchase ____________ shares of Common Stock of APA Optics, Inc. to
which the within Warrant relates and appoints ________________ attorney to
transfer said right on the books of APA Optics, Inc. with full power of
substitution in the premises.

Dated:

________________, ___

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                                    (Signature must conform in all respects to
                                    name of holder as specified on the face of
                                    the Warrant)

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                                    Address of Transferee

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In the presence of:

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.28

                               __________ Shares

                                US UNWIRED, INC.

                                  Common Stock

                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
                             ----------------------

                                                                __________, 2000

DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
 SECURITIES CORPORATION
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC.
 As representatives of the
  several Underwriters
  named in Schedule I hereto
  c/o Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
   Securities Corporation
   277 Park Avenue
   New York, New York 10172

Dear Sirs:

     US Unwired, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (the "COMPANY"), proposes to
issue and sell ____________ shares of its Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value
(the "FIRM SHARES") to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the
"UNDERWRITERS").   The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several
Underwriters not more than an additional _______ shares of its Class A Common
Stock, $.01 par value  (the "ADDITIONAL SHARES") if requested by the
Underwriters as provided in Section 2 hereof.   The Firm Shares and the
Additional Shares are hereinafter referred to collectively as the "SHARES". The
shares of common stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to
the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the "COMMON STOCK".

     Section 1.  Registration Statement and Prospectus.  The Company has
prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"COMMISSION")  in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the "ACT"), a registration statement on Form S-1, including a
prospectus, relating to the Shares.  The registration statement, as amended at
the time it became

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effective, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the
registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under
the Act, is hereinafter referred to as the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT"; and the
prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Shares is hereinafter
referred to as the "PROSPECTUS". If the Company has filed or is required
pursuant to the terms hereof to file a registration statement pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Act registering additional shares of Common Stock (a "RULE
462(B) REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), then, unless otherwise specified, any reference
herein to the term "Registration Statement" shall be deemed to include such Rule
462(b) Registration Statement.

     Section 2.  Agreements to Sell and Purchase and Lock-Up Agreements .  On
the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and
subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to issue and sell, and
each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company
at a price per Share of $______ (the "PURCHASE PRICE") the number of Firm Shares
set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.

     On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to issue
and sell the Additional Shares and the Underwriters shall have the right to
purchase, severally and not jointly, up to _______ Additional Shares from the
Company at the Purchase Price.   Additional Shares may be purchased solely for
the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of
the Firm Shares.   The Underwriters may exercise their right to purchase
Additional Shares in whole or in part from time to time by giving written notice
thereof to the Company within 30 days after the date of this Agreement.  You
shall give any such notice on behalf of the Underwriters and such notice shall
specify the aggregate number of Additional Shares to be purchased pursuant to
such exercise and the date for payment and delivery thereof, which date shall be
a business day (i) no earlier than two business days after such notice has been
given (and, in any event, no earlier than the Closing Date (as hereinafter
defined)) and (ii) no later than ten business days after such notice has been
given.   If any Additional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter,
severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the number of
Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as
you may determine) which bears the same proportion to the total number of
Additional Shares to be purchased from the Company as the number of Firm Shares
set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I bears to the total
number of Firm Shares.

     The Company hereby agrees not to (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell,
sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to
sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or
dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (ii) enter
into any swap or other arrangement that transfers all or a portion of the
economic consequences associated with the ownership of any Common Stock
(regardless of whether any of the transactions described in clause (i) or (ii)
is to be settled by the delivery of Common Stock, or such other securities, in
cash or otherwise), except to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, for a
period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus without the prior written
consent of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, during such  period (i) the Company may grant stock options
pursuant to the Company's existing stock option plan and (ii) the Company may
issue shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the

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conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof.  The Company also
agrees not to file any registration statement with respect to any shares of
Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for Common Stock for a period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus
without the prior written consent of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
Corporation.  The Company shall, prior to or concurrently with the execution of
this Agreement, deliver an agreement executed by (i) each of the directors and
officers of the Company and (ii) each stockholder listed on Annex I hereto to
the effect that such person will not, during the period commencing on the date
such person signs such agreement and ending 180 days after the date of the
Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Corporation, (A) engage in any of the transactions described in the first
sentence of this paragraph or (B) make any demand for, or exercise any right
with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.

     The Company and the Underwriters agree that up to _________ of the Firm
Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters (the "RESERVED SHARES") shall be
reserved for sale by the Underwriters to certain eligible directors, officers,
employees, customers, subscribers and persons having business relationships with
the Company, as part of the distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters,
subject to the terms of this Agreement, the applicable rules, regulations and
interpretations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and all
other applicable laws, rules and regulations.  To the extent that such Reserved
Shares are not orally confirmed for purchase by such eligible employees and
persons having business relationships with the Company by the end of the first
business day after the date of this Agreement, such Reserved Shares may be
offered to the public as part of the public offering contemplated hereby.

     Section 3.  Terms of Public Offering.  The Company is advised by you that
the Underwriters propose (i) to make a public offering of their respective
portions of the Shares as soon after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement as in your judgment is advisable and (ii) initially to offer the
Shares upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.

     Section 4.  Delivery and Payment. The Shares shall be represented by
definitive certificates and shall be issued in such authorized denominations and
registered in such names as Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
shall request no later than two business days prior to the Closing Date or the
applicable Option Closing Date (as defined below), as the case may be.  The
Company shall deliver the Shares, with any transfer taxes thereon duly paid by
the respective Sellers, to Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment to the Company
of the Purchase Price therefore by wire transfer of Federal or other funds
immediately available in New York City.  The certificates representing the
Shares shall be made available for inspection not later than 9:30 A.M., New York
City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date or the applicable
Option Closing Date (as defined below), as the case may be, at the office of DTC
or its designated custodian (the "DESIGNATED OFFICE").  The time and date of
delivery and payment for the Firm Shares shall be 9:00 A.M., New York City time,
on ________, 2000 or such other time on the same or such other date as
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation and the Company shall agree
in writing.  The time and date of delivery for the Firm Shares are hereinafter
referred to as the  "CLOSING DATE".  The time and date of delivery

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and payment for any Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters shall
be 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date specified in the applicable
exercise notice given by you pursuant to Section 2 or such other time on the
same or such other date as Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
and the Company shall agree in writing. The time and date of delivery for the
Option Shares are hereinafter referred to as an "OPTION CLOSING DATE".

     The documents to be delivered on the Closing Date or any Option Closing
Date on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement
shall be delivered at the offices of Latham & Watkins, 885 Third Avenue, Suite
1000, New York, New York 10022 and the Shares shall be delivered at the
Designated Office, all on the Closing Date or such Option Closing Date, as the
case may be.

     Section 5.  Agreements of the Company.  The Company agrees with you:

     (a) To advise you promptly and, if requested by you, to confirm such advice
in writing, (i) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the
Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for
additional information, (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the suspension
of qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation of any proceeding for such purposes, (iii) when any amendment to the
Registration Statement becomes effective, (iv) if the Company is required to
file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement after the effectiveness of this
Agreement, when the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has become effective and
(v) of the happening of any event during the period referred to in Section 5(d)
below which makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus untrue or which requires any additions to or changes
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements
therein not misleading.  If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company
will use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at
the earliest possible time.

     (b) To furnish to you four signed copies of the Registration Statement as
first filed with the Commission and of each amendment to it, including all
exhibits, and to furnish to you and each Underwriter designated by you such
number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement as so filed and of each
amendment to it, without exhibits, as you may reasonably request.

     (c) To prepare the Prospectus, the form and substance of which shall be
satisfactory to you, and to file the Prospectus in such form with the Commission
within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Act; during the
period specified in Section 5(d) below, not to file any further amendment to the
Registration Statement and not to make any amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus of which you shall not previously have been advised or to which you
shall reasonably object after being so advised provided that such objections and
the rationale therefor shall have been delivered to the Company in writing and
counsel for the Company shall not have notified it in writing that such
amendment or supplement is nevertheless required by law despite such objections;
and, during such period, to prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon
your reasonable request, any amendment to the Registration Statement or
amendment or supplement to the Prospectus which may be necessary or advisable in
connection

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with the distribution of the Shares by you, and to use its best efforts to cause
any such amendment to the Registration Statement to become promptly effective.

     (d) Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the first business day
after the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter for such
period as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus is
required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or a
dealer, to furnish in New York City to each Underwriter and any dealer as many
copies of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus)
as such Underwriter or dealer may reasonably request.

     (e) If during the period specified in Section 5(d), any event shall occur
or condition shall exist as a result of which, in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the
Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of
counsel for the Underwriters,  it is necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare and file with the
Commission an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Prospectus so that the
statements in the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, will not in the
light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that
the Prospectus will comply with applicable law, and to furnish to each
Underwriter and to any dealer as many copies thereof as such Underwriter or
dealer may reasonably request.

     (f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, to cooperate with you and
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the registration or
qualification of the Shares for offer and sale by the several Underwriters and
by dealers under the state securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as
you may reasonably request, to continue such registration or qualification in
effect so long as required for distribution of the Shares and to file such
consents to service of process or other documents as may be necessary in order
to effect such registration or qualification; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign
corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or to take
any action that would subject it to general consent to service of process or
taxation other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Prospectus,
the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the offering or sale
of the Shares, in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so subject.

     (g) To mail and make generally available to its stockholders as soon as
practicable an earnings statement covering the twelve-month period ending June
, 2001 that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act, and to
advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available.

     (h) During the period of three years after the date of this Agreement, to
furnish to you as soon as available copies of all reports or other
communications furnished to the record holders of Common Stock or furnished to
or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any
class of securities of the Company is listed and such other publicly available
information concerning the Company and its subsidiaries as you may reasonably
request.

     (i) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are
consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all
expenses incident to the performance

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of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements
and expenses of the Company's counsel and the Company's accountants in
connection with the registration and delivery of the Shares under the Act and
all other fees and expenses (other than overhead expenses and legal fees of
counsel to the Underwriters) in connection with the preparation, printing,
filing and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial
statements and exhibits), any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and all
amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including the mailing and
delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers in the quantities
specified herein, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and
delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other
taxes payable thereon, (iii) all costs of printing or producing this Agreement
and any other agreements or documents in connection with the offering, purchase,
sale or delivery of the Shares, (iv) all expenses in connection with the
registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states and all costs of printing or
producing any Preliminary and Supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda in connection
therewith (including the filing fees and fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Underwriters in connection with such registration or qualification and
customary memoranda relating thereto), (v) the filing fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the review and clearance of the
offering of the Shares by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.,
(vi) all fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the
registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the Common Stock and all costs
and expenses incident to the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq National
Market, (vii) the cost of printing certificates representing the Shares, (viii)
the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar and/or depositary, and
(ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations
of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this
Section.

     (j) To use its best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on the Nasdaq
National Market and to maintain the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq National
Market for a period of three years after the date of this Agreement.

     (k) To use its best efforts to do and perform all things required or
necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to
the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and to satisfy
all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares.

     (l) If the Registration Statement at the time of the effectiveness of this
Agreement does not cover all of the Shares, to file a Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement with the Commission registering the Shares not so covered in
compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of
this Agreement and to pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement at the time of the filing thereof or to give irrevocable
instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act.

     Section 6.  Representations and Warranties of the Company.  The Company
represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:

     (a) The Registration Statement has become effective (other than any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the effectiveness
of this Agreement); any

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Rule 462(b) Registration Statement filed after the effectiveness of this
Agreement will become effective no later than 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on
the date of this Agreement; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are
pending before or threatened by the Commission.

     (b)  (i) The Registration Statement (other than any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the effectiveness of
this Agreement), when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended, if
applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement (other than
any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the
effectiveness of this Agreement) and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Act,
(iii) if the Company is required to file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
after the effectiveness of this Agreement, such Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement and any amendments thereto, when they become effective (A) will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading and (B) will comply in all material respects with the Act and (iv)
the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable,
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the
representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to
statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based
upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.

     (c) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration statement
as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the
Act, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth
in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in any preliminary
prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.

     (d) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or
formed, as the case  may be, is validly existing as a corporation, limited
liability company or partnership, as the case may be, in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as the case may be, and
has the corporate or other power and authority to carry on its business as
described in the Prospectus and to own, lease and operate its properties, and
each is duly qualified and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, limited
liability company or partnership, as the case may be, authorized to do business
in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or its ownership or
leasing of property requires such qualification, except where the failure to be
so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the business,
prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a "Material Adverse Effect").

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     (e) There are no outstanding subscriptions, rights, warrants, options,
calls, convertible securities, commitments of sale or liens granted or issued by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to or entitling any person to
purchase or otherwise to acquire any shares of the capital stock of the Company
or any of its  subsidiaries, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration
Statement.

     (f) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and not
subject to any preemptive or similar rights; and the Shares have been duly
authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Underwriters against payment
therefor as provided by this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any
preemptive or similar rights.

     (g) The entities listed on Schedule II hereto are the only subsidiaries,
direct or indirect, of the Company.  For purposes of this Agreement, a
subsidiary of the Company means any corporation, association or other business
entity of which the Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than
50% of the voting power with respect to the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof, and any partnership of which the Company or a subsidiary of
the Company is the sole general partner or the managing general partner or of
which the only general partners are the Company and one or more of its
subsidiaries.  All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other
ownership interests in each of the Company's subsidiaries have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and except
as set for in the Prospectus, are owned by the Company, directly or indirectly
through one or more subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest,
claim, lien, encumbrance or adverse interest of any nature.

     (h) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal
matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.

     (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its
respective charter, by-laws, operating agreement or partnership agreement or in
default in the performance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement
or instrument that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective property is bound.

     (j) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company, the compliance by the Company with all the provisions hereof and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) require any
consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or qualification with,  any
court or governmental body or agency (except such as may be required under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states), (ii) conflict with or
constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a default under,
the charter, by-laws, operating agreement or partnership agreement of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage,
lease or other agreement or instrument that is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their
respective property is bound, (iii) violate

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or conflict with any applicable law or any rule, regulation, judgment, order or
decree of any court or any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over
the Company, any of its subsidiaries or their respective property or (iv) result
in the suspension, termination or revocation of any Authorization (as defined
below) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other impairment of the
rights of the holder of any such Authorization.

     (k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or is threatened to be a party
or to which any of their respective property is or could be subject that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are
not so described; nor are there any statutes, regulations, contracts or other
documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not
so described or filed as required.

     (l) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has violated any
foreign, federal, state or local law or regulation relating to the protection of
human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental Laws"), any provisions of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any provisions
of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, except for such violations which, singly or in the aggregate, would
not have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial
condition or results of operation of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole.

     (m) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has such permits, licenses,
consents, exemptions, franchises, authorizations and other approvals (each,
subject to the exception set forth in this sentence, an "Authorization") of, and
has made all filings with and notices to, all governmental or regulatory
authorities and self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other
tribunals, including, without limitation, under any applicable Environmental
Laws, as are necessary to own, lease, license and operate its respective
properties and to conduct its business, except where the failure to have any
such Authorization or to make any such filing or notice would not, singly or in
the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects,
financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.  Each such Authorization is valid and in full
force and effect and each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance
with all the terms and conditions thereof and with the rules and regulations of
the authorities and governing bodies having jurisdiction with respect thereto;
and no event has occurred (including, without limitation, the receipt of any
notice from any authority or governing body) which allows or, after notice or
lapse of time or both, would allow, revocation, suspension or termination of any
such Authorization or results or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
result in any other impairment of the rights of the holder of any such
Authorization; and such Authorizations contain no restrictions that are
burdensome to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; except where such failure
to be valid and in full force and effect or to be in compliance, the occurrence
of any such event or the presence of any such restriction would not, singly or
in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects,
financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

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     (n) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws
(including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required
for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any
Authorization, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential
liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial condition or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

     (o) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.

     (p) Ernst & Young LLP are independent public accountants with respect to
the Company and its subsidiaries as required by the Act.

     (q) The consolidated financial statements included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto), together
with related schedules and notes, present fairly the consolidated financial
position, results of operations and changes in financial position of the Company
and its subsidiaries on the basis stated therein at the respective dates or for
the respective periods to which they apply; such statements and related
schedules and notes have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved,
except as disclosed therein; the supporting schedules, if any, included in the
Registration Statement present fairly in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles the information required to be stated therein; and the
other financial and statistical information and data set forth in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement
thereto) are, in all material respects, accurately presented and prepared on a
basis consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of the
Company.

     (r) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of
the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Prospectus, will not be, an "investment company" as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     (s) Except for (i) registration rights granted in favor of certain holders
of Class B common stock of the Company pursuant to the shareholder agreement
dated September 24, 1999 (the "Shareholder Agreement") and (ii) registration
rights granted in favor of The 1818 Fund III, L.P. and its affiliates in
connection with the issuance of 500,000 shares of the Company's Senior
Redeemable Preferred Stock to The 1818 Fund III, L.P. on October 29, 1999 for
$50 million (the "Preferred Stock Offering"), there are no contracts, agreements
or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the
right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with
respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include
such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration
Statement.

     (t) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Prospectus other than as set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), (i)
there has not occurred  any material adverse change or any development involving
a prospective material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
or the earnings, business, management or operations of the Company and its

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subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) there has not been any material adverse
change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in the
capital stock or in the long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any
material liability or obligation, direct or contingent.

     (u) Each certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to
the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters
covered thereby.

     (v) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all
real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by
them which is material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, in
each case free and clear of all liens and defects, except such as are described
in the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property
and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property
by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held
under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and
do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and
buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case except as described
in the Prospectus.

     (w) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on
reasonable terms, all patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights,
know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable
proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks,
service marks and trade names ("intellectual property") currently employed by
them in connection with the business now operated by them except where the
failure to own or possess or otherwise be able to acquire such intellectual
property would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of
infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any
of such intellectual property which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject
of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     (x)  The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are
engaged; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) has received
notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that substantial capital
improvements or other material expenditures will have to be made in order to
continue such insurance or (ii) has any reason to believe that it will not be
able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires
or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers at a cost that would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (y) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, no relationship, direct or
indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the
one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, other affiliates, customers
or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the other hand, which
would be required by the Act to be described in the Prospectus if the Prospectus
were a prospectus included in a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with
the Commission.

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     (z) There is no (i) significant unfair labor practice complaint, grievance
or arbitration proceeding pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries before the National
Labor Relations Board or any state or local labor relations board, (ii) strike,
labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii)
union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, except in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) for such actions which, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.  To the best knowledge of the Company, no collective
bargaining organizing activities are taking place with respect to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries.

     (aa) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i)
transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific
authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.

     (bb) All material tax returns required to be filed by the Company and each
of its subsidiaries in any jurisdiction have been filed, other than those
filings being contested in good faith, and all material taxes, including
withholding taxes, penalties and interest, assessments, fees and other charges
due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries have been paid, other than those being
contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided.

     (cc) The Company and each of its subsidiaries validly holds the Federal
Communication Commission ("FCC") licenses set forth opposite each entity's name
on Schedule 6(cc) attached hereto (the "PCS Licenses").  The PCS Licenses are in
full force and effect and are not subject to any conditions other than those
conditions listed thereon and those conditions generally applicable to entities
holding similar licenses issued by the FCC.  The PCS Licenses constitute all of
the licenses, permits, consents or authorizations required by the FCC to permit
operation of a PCS system in each of the markets indicated opposite each license
on Schedule 6(cc).  The PCS Licenses expire on April 28, 2007.  The five-year
buildout periods for the PCS Licenses expire on April 28, 2002 and the ten-year
buildout periods expire on April 28, 2007.  All applicable administrative and
judicial appeal, review and reconsideration periods of the orders granting the
PCS Licenses have expired, without the timely filing of any such appeal or
request for review or reconsideration and without the FCC having instituted
review of the grant of the PCS Licenses on its own motion.

     (dd) The Company validly holds the FCC licenses listed on Schedule 6(dd)
attached hereto (the "Cellular Licenses").  The Cellular Licenses are in full
force and effect and are not subject to any conditions other than those
conditions listed thereon and those conditions generally applicable to entities
holding similar licenses issued by the FCC.  The Cellular Licenses constitute

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all of the licenses, permits, consents or authorizations required by the FCC to
permit operation of the Company's cellular telephone system, as identified in
the Prospectus.  The Cellular Licenses expire on the dates set forth opposite
each license listed on Schedule 6(dd).  All applicable administrative and
judicial appeal, review and reconsideration periods of the orders granting the
Cellular Licenses have expired, without the timely filing of any such appeal or
request for review or reconsideration and without the FCC having instituted
review of the grant of the Cellular Licenses on its own motion.

     (ee) There are no judgments, decrees or orders issued by the FCC that could
result in suspension, revocation, material impairment, termination prior to its
expiration date, non-renewal or adverse modification of the PCS Licenses or the
Cellular Licenses, or that could have a Material Adverse Effect upon, or cause
material disruption to, the PCS operations pursuant to the PCS Licenses or the
cellular operations pursuant to the Cellular Licenses.  To the best of the
Company's knowledge, there is no complaint, investigation, action or proceeding
pending or threatened relative to the PCS Licenses relating to the PCS
operations or the Cellular Licenses relating to the cellular operations,
including, without limitation, any Notice of Violation, Notice of Apparent
Liability or Order to Show Cause, other than proceedings that affect the PCS or
the cellular telephone industry generally, that could result in a suspension,
revocation, material impairment, termination prior to its expiration date, non-
renewal or adverse modification of the PCS Licenses or the Cellular Licenses or
which could have a Material Adverse Effect upon, or cause material disruption
to, the Company's PCS or cellular operations.

     (ff) The Company and each of its subsidiaries has, or has timely filed
applications for, all permits, license, franchises and other authorizations
("permits") of governmental or regulatory authorities (including, as
appropriate, the state public utilities commissions of Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas) necessary to engage in the wireless
and competitive local exchange businesses currently conducted by the Company,
except where the failure to hold such permits would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and there is no
reason to believe that any governmental body or agency is considering limiting,
suspending or revoking any such permit, except where the limitation, suspension
or revocation of such permits would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.  All such permits are valid and
in full force and effect, except where the limitation, suspension or revocation
of such permits would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

     (gg) All fees required by the FCC in connection with the PCS Licenses,
including any and all down payments or installment payments required by FCC
rules to be paid as of the date hereof have been timely and fully paid.

     (hh) The Company and each of its subsidiaries validly holds all FCC
licenses necessary for the operation of its paging system, as described in the
Prospectus (the "Paging Licenses").  Except as set forth in Schedule 6(hh), the
Paging Licenses are in full force and effect and are not subject to any
conditions other than those conditions listed thereon and those conditions
generally applicable to entities holding similar licenses issued by the FCC.
The Paging Licenses constitute

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all of the licenses, permits, consents or authorizations required by the FCC to
permit operation of the paging system, as described in the Prospectus.

     (ii) There does not exist any FCC complaint, investigation, action or
proceeding pending or threatened relative to the Paging Licenses, including,
without limitation, any Notice of Violation, Notice of Apparent Liability or
Order to Show Cause, other than proceedings that affect the paging industry
generally, that could result in a denial of any of the Paging Licenses, or
suspension, revocation, material impairment, termination prior to its expiration
date, non-renewal or adverse modification of any of the Paging Licenses or which
could have a Material Adverse Effect upon, or cause material disruption to, the
Company's paging operations.

     (jj) LA Unwired was qualified to participate in the FCC's PCS license
auctions as a "Small Business," as defined by FCC Rules, and is qualified to
hold the licenses for LA Unwired's PCS operations according to the rules of the
FCC.  The Company's investment in LA Unwired does not violate the rules of the
FCC.

     (kk) To the Company's best knowledge, Sprint Spectrum L.P. and SprintCom,
Inc. validly hold the FCC licenses set forth on Schedule 6(kk) (the "Sprint PCS
Licenses").  To the Company's best knowledge, the Sprint PCS Licenses are in
full force and effect and are not subject to any conditions other than those
conditions listed thereon and those conditions generally applicable to entities
holding similar licenses issued by the FCC.  The Sprint PCS Licenses, together
with the PCS Licenses, constitute all of the licenses, permits, consents or
authorizations required by the FCC to permit operation of the PCS operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries, including the Company's planned PCS network
buildout, as described in the Prospectus.  All applicable administrative and
judicial appeal, review and reconsideration periods of the orders granting the
Sprint PCS Licenses have expired, without the timely filing of any such appeal
or request for review or reconsideration and without the FCC having instituted
review of the grant of the Sprint PCS Licenses on its own motion.

     (ll) Since the date of the Prospectus, there have been no material changes
to the Company's PCS network buildout plan, as described in the Prospectus.  The
proceeds from the sale of the Series A Notes, together with the other existing
financing sources described in the Prospectus, are sufficient to fund the entire
PCS network buildout plan as set forth in the Prospectus.

     Section 7.  Indemnification.

     (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its
directors, its officers and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")(13), from and against any
and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments (including, without
limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with
investigating or defending any matter, including any action, that could give
rise to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments) caused by
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by

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any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are
caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished in writing
to the Company by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein;
provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to any
preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter who
failed to deliver a Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented, provided by the
Company to the several Underwriters in the requested quantity and on a timely
basis to permit proper delivery on or prior to the Closing Date) to the person
asserting any losses, claims, damages and liabilities and judgments caused by
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
any preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, if such material misstatement or omission
or alleged material misstatement or omission was cured in such Prospectus and
such Prospectus was required by law to be delivered at or prior to the written
confirmation of sale to such person. In addition to the foregoing, in connection
with the offer and sale of the Reserved Shares, the Company agrees, promptly
upon a request in writing, to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters from
and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
incurred by them as a result of (i) the failure of purchasers of the Reserved
Shares (including eligible directors, officers, employees, customers,
subscribers and persons having business relationships with the Company) to pay
for and accept delivery of the Reserved Shares which, by the end of the first
business day following the date of this Agreement, were subject to a properly
confirmed application to purchase or (ii) any violation or alleged violation of
the Act or any other federal or state law or any liability based on common law,
in each case, arising out of or relating to the manner in which the Reserved
Shares are sold and pertaining to any actions or inactions by the Company (or by
the Company jointly with any other person), including without limitation any e-
mails or other communications by the Company (or by the Company jointly with any
other person) with customers or subscribers of the Company relating to the
Reserved Shares or possible opportunities to purchase Reserved Shares.

     (b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration
Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent
as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Underwriter but only with
reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished in writing to
the Company by such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) or any preliminary prospectus.

     (c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in respect
of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 7(a) or 7(b) (the
"indemnified party"), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the person
against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in writing
and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such action, including
the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and
the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that
in the case of any

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action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to both Sections
7(a) and 7(b), the Underwriter shall not be required to assume the defense of
such action pursuant to this Section 7(c), but may employ separate counsel and
participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel,
except as provided below, shall be at the expense of such Underwriter). Any
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the
employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing by
the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume
the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying
party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from
or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the
indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action
on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party
shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially
similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for
all indemnified parties and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as
they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by Donaldson, Lufkin
& Jenrette Securities Corporation, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant
to Section 7(a), and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant
to Section 7(b). The indemnifying party shall indemnify and hold harmless the
indemnified party from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement of any action (i) effected
with its written consent or (ii) effected without its written consent if the
settlement is entered into more than twenty business days after the indemnifying
party shall have received a request from the indemnified party for reimbursement
for the fees and expenses of counsel (in any case where such fees and expenses
are at the expense of the indemnifying party) and, prior to the date of such
settlement, the indemnifying party shall have failed to comply with such
reimbursement request. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of, or
consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened
action in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have been a party
and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by the
indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes
an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are or could have been the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to
act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party.

     (d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, and such
unavailability or insufficiency is otherwise than in accordance with the express
terms of Section 7(a) or 7(b), then each indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and judgments (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the
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clause 7(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause
7(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand
shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering (after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, but before
deducting expenses) received by the Company, and the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, bear to the total price
to the public of the Shares, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover
page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and
the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission.

     The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action,
that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
judgments.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public
were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.  The Underwriters' obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 7(d) are several in proportion to the respective number
of Shares purchased by each of the Underwriters hereunder and not joint.

     (e) The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall
not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any
indemnified party at law or in equity.

     Section 8.  Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations.  The several
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares under this Agreement
are subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

     (a) All the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this
Agreement shall be true and correct on the Closing Date with the same force and
effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date.

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     (b) If the Company is required to file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
after the effectiveness of this Agreement, such Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
date of this Agreement; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending before or contemplated by
the Commission.

     (c) You shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate dated the
Closing Date, signed by Robert W. Piper and Jerry E. Vaughn, in their capacities
as the President and Chief Finance Officer of the Company, confirming the
matters set forth in Sections 6(t), 8(a) and 8(b) and that the Company has
complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions herein
contained and required to be complied with or satisfied by the Company on or
prior to the Closing Date.

     (d) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Prospectus other than as set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), (i)
there shall not have occurred  any change or any development involving a
prospective change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings,
business, management or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, (ii) there shall not have been any change or any development involving
a prospective change in the capital stock or in the long-term debt of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries shall have incurred any liability or obligation, direct or
contingent, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause 8(d)(i),
8(d)(ii) or 8(d)(iii), in your judgment, is material and adverse and, in your
judgment, makes it impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

     (e) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion (satisfactory to
you and counsel for the Underwriters), dated the Closing Date, of Correro
Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley & Casterix, L.L.P., counsel for the Company, to
the effect that:

          (i) each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly
     incorporated or formed, as the case may be, is validly existing as a
     corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be,
     in good standing under the laws of Louisiana and has the corporate or other
     power and authority to carry on its business as described in the Prospectus
     and to own, lease and operate its properties, as described therein;

          (ii) each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified and is
     in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability
     company, as the case may be, authorized to do business in each jurisdiction
     in which the nature of its business or its ownership or leasing of property
     requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified
     would not have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects,
     financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
     subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

          (iii)  all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have
     been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable
     and not subject to any preemptive or similar rights;

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          (iv) the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and
     delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor as provided by this
     Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the
     issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar
     rights;

          (v) all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of or other
     ownership interest in each of the Company's subsidiaries have been duly
     authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and
     except as described in the Prospectus are owned by the Company, directly or
     indirectly through one or more subsidiaries, free and clear of any security
     interest, claim, lien, encumbrance or adverse interest of any nature;

          (vi) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
     by the Company;

          (vii)  the authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to
     legal matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus;

          (viii)  the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act,
     no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no
     proceedings for that purpose are, to the best of such counsel's knowledge
     after due inquiry, pending before or contemplated by the Commission;

          (ix) the statements under the captions "Certain Relationships and
     Related Transactions", "Sprint PCS Agreements", "Management-1999 Equity
     Incentive Plan", "Certain Indebtedness", "Description of Capital Stock" and
     "Underwriting" in the Prospectus and Items 14 and 15 of Part II of the
     Registration Statement, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of
     the legal matters, contracts or legal proceedings referred to therein (but
     not factual matters), fairly present the information called for with
     respect to such legal contracts, documents and legal proceedings;

          (x) to such counsel's knowledge, (i) neither the Company nor any of
     its subsidiaries is in violation of its respective articles of
     incorporation, by-laws, operating agreement or partnership agreement, (ii)
     and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default in the
     performance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained
     in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or
     instrument known to us that is material to the Company and its
     subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
     or their respective property is bound;

          (xi) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
     Company, the compliance by the Company with all the provisions hereof and
     the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (A)
     require any consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or
     qualification with,  any court or governmental body or agency (except such
     as may be required under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various
     states), (B) conflict with or constitute a breach of any of the terms or
     provisions of, or a default under, the articles of incorporation, by-laws,
     operating agreement or partnership agreement of the

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     Company or any of its subsidiaries or any indenture, loan agreement,
     mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument know by such counsel that
     is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which
     the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company
     or any of its subsidiaries or their respective property is bound, (C)
     violate or conflict with any applicable Louisiana or federal law or any
     rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree known to us of any court or any
     governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company, any of
     its subsidiaries or their respective property or (D) result in the
     suspension, termination or revocation of any Authorization (other than any
     Authorization relating to federal taxation law or any communications
     matters including without limitation matters regulated by the Federal
     Communications Commission, the Communications Act of 1934 or the Louisiana
     Public Service Commission) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries known
     to us or any other impairment of the rights of the holder of any such
     Authorization;

          (xii)  such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental
     proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries party or to which any of their respective property is subject
     that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
     Prospectus and are not so described, or of any statutes, regulations,
     contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the
     Registration Statement or the Prospectus or  to be filed as exhibits to the
     Registration Statement that are not so described or filed as required;

          (xiii)  to such counsel's knowledge, neither the Company nor any of
     its subsidiaries has violated any Environmental Law, any provisions of the
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any
     provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or the rules and
     regulations promulgated thereunder, except, in each case, for such
     violations which, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a material
     adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial condition or results
     of operation of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

          (xiv)  to such counsel's knowledge, each of the Company and its
     subsidiaries has such Authorizations of, and has made all filings with and
     notices to, all governmental or regulatory authorities and self-regulatory
     organizations and all courts and other tribunals, including, without
     limitation, under any applicable Environmental Laws, as are necessary to
     own, lease, license and operate its respective properties and to conduct
     its business (excluding, in each case, those relating to communications),
     except where the failure to have any such Authorization or to make any such
     filing or notice would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material
     adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial condition or results
     of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.  To
     such counsel's knowledge, (i)  each such Authorization (excluding, in each
     case, those relating to communications) is valid and in full force and
     effect and each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance with
     all the terms and conditions thereof and with the rules and regulations of
     the authorities and governing bodies having jurisdiction with respect
     thereto; (ii) no event has occurred (including, without limitation, the
     receipt of any notice from any authority or governing body) which allows
     or, after notice or lapse of time or

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     both, would allow, revocation, suspension or termination of any such
     Authorization (other than any Authorization relating to federal taxation
     law or any communications matters including without limitation matters
     regulated by the Federal Communications commission, the Communications Act
     of 1934 or the Louisiana Public Service Commission) or results or, after
     notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any other impairment of
     the rights of the holder of any such Authorization; and (iii) Authorization
     (other than any Authorization relating to federal taxation law or any
     communications matters including without limitation matters regulated by
     the Federal Communications commission, the Communications Act of 1934 or
     the Louisiana Public Service Commission) contains no restrictions that are
     burdensome to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; except where such
     failure to be valid and in full force and effect or to be in compliance,
     the occurrence of any such event or the presence of any such restriction
     would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on
     the business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations of
     the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

          (xv) the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
     sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described
     in the Prospectus, will not be, an "investment company" as such term is
     defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

          (xvi)  to such counsel's knowledge, there are no contracts, agreements
     or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person
     the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the
     Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company
     to include such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the
     Registration Statement, except for registration rights granted in favor of
     certain holders of Class B common stock of the Company pursuant to the
     Shareholder Agreement and registration rights granted in favor of The 1818
     Fund III, L.P. and its affiliates in connection with the Preferred Stock
     Offering; and

          (xvii)  (A) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any
     supplement or amendment thereto (except for the financial statements and
     other financial data included therein as to which no opinion need be
     expressed) comply as to form with the Act, (B) such counsel has no reason
     to believe that at the time the Registration Statement became effective or
     on the date of this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the
     prospectus included therein (except for the financial statements and other
     financial data as to which such counsel need not express any belief)
     contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
     material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
     statements therein not misleading and (C) such counsel has no reason to
     believe that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable
     (except for the financial statements and other financial data, as
     aforesaid) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
     state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
     the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

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     The opinion of Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley & Casterix, L.L.P.
described in Section 8(e) above shall be rendered to you at the request of the
Company and shall so state therein and shall be limited to the laws of the
United States of America and those of the state of Louisiana.

     (f) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion (satisfactory to
you and counsel for the Underwriters), dated the Closing Date, of Lukas, Nace,
Gutierrez & Sachs, Chartered, special communications counsel for the Company, to
the effect that:

          (i) the statements in the Prospectus under the captions "Risk
     Factors -- Government Regulation" and "Business of the Company," insofar as
     such statements constitute a summary of Communications Act of 1934, as
     amended, and the rules and regulations of the FCC promulgated thereunder
     (the "Communications Act"), are accurate in all material respects and
     fairly summarize all matters referred to therein;

          (ii) the Company holds the PCS Licenses, the Cellular Licenses and the
     Paging Licenses (together, the "Licenses").  The Licenses are in full force
     and effect and are not subject to any conditions other than those
     conditions listed on the Licenses and those conditions generally applicable
     to entities holding similar licenses issued by the FCC.  All applicable
     administrative and judicial appeal, review and reconsideration periods of
     the FCC's grant of the Licenses have expired, without the timely filing of
     any such appeal or request for review or reconsideration and without the
     FCC having instituted review of the grant of the Licenses on its own
     motion;

          (iii)  the Licenses (along with the Sprint PCS Licenses) provide all
     necessary FCC certificates, orders, permits, licenses, authorizations,
     consents or approvals required by the FCC for the Company to construct and
     operate a wireless communications network in the respective markets
     designated in the Licenses and to conduct its business in the manner
     described in the Prospectus;

          (iv) the Company has made all reports, filings and registrations with,
     and paid all fees required by the FCC, including any and all down payments
     or installment payments, except where such failure would not have Material
     Adverse Effect on the Company's operations as a whole;

          (v) to such counsel's knowledge, (a) there is no unsatisfied adverse
     FCC order, decree or ruling outstanding against the Company, or any of the
     Licenses; (b) there is no litigation, proceeding (including any rulemaking
     proceeding), complaint, inquiry or investigation against the Company or in
     respect of any of the Licenses, pending or threatened before the FCC
     (including any pending judicial review of such an action by the FCC),
     including without limitation, any Notice of Violation, Notice of Apparent
     Liability or Order to Show Cause, except for proceedings affecting the
     wireless industry generally to which the Company is not a specified party;
     (c) neither the Company nor any Guarantor has received any notice of
     proceedings relating to the violation, revocation or modification of any of
     the Licenses, certificates, orders, permits, licenses, authorizations,
     consents or approvals or the qualification or rejection of any FCC filing,
     the effect of which, singly or in

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     the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect upon, or cause material
     disruption to, the Company's operations, taken as a whole;

          (vi) to such counsel's knowledge, the Company is not in violation of,
     or in default under, the Communications Act, the effect of which, singly or
     in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or
     the Licenses, taken as a whole;

          (vii)  the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the
     performance of the Company of their obligations thereunder, will not
     violate the Communications Act or, to our such counsel's knowledge, the
     terms of any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree of the
     FCC;.

          (viii)  except to the extent that prior FCC approval is required in
     connection with the exercise of creditors' rights in the event of a
     default, no consent or approval by the FCC is required for the execution
     delivery or performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company or the
     Guarantors or for the consummation of the transactions described therein;

          (ix) LA Unwired was qualified to participate in the FCC's PCS license
     auctions as a "Small Business," as defined by FCC Rules, and is qualified
     to hold the licenses for LA Unwired's PCS operations according to the FCC's
     rules.  The Company's ownership interest in LA Unwired does not violate the
     FCC's rules;

          (x) to such counsel's knowledge, (i) the Sprint PCS Licenses are in
     full force and effect and are not subject to any conditions other than
     those conditions listed thereon and those conditions listed thereon and
     those conditions generally applicable to entities holding similar licenses
     issued by the FCC; (ii) all applicable administrative and judicial appeal,
     review and reconsideration periods of the Sprint PCS Licenses have expired,
     without the timely filing of any such appeal or request for review or
     reconsideration and without the FCC having instituted review of the grant
     of the Sprint PCS Licenses on its own motion; and

          (xi) the Company and each of its subsidiaries has, or has timely filed
     applications for, all permits of governmental or regulatory authorities
     (including, as appropriate, the state public utilities commissions of
     Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas) necessary to
     engage in the wireless and competitive local exchange businesses currently
     conducted by the Company, except where the failure to hold such permits
     would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its
     subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and such counsel has no reason to believe
     that any governmental body or agency is considering limiting, suspending or
     revoking any such permit.  All such permits are valid and in full force and
     effect.

     (g) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion (satisfactory to
you and counsel for the Underwriters), dated the Closing Date, of Jones, Walker,
Waechter, Poltevent, Carrere & Denegre LLP, tax counsel for the Company and the
Guarantors, to the effect that the statements under the caption "Important
United States Federal Tax Consequences of Our Common Stock to Non-U.S. Holders"
in the Prospectus, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of

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the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present
in all material respects such legal matters, documents and proceedings.

     (h) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion,
dated the Closing Date, of Latham & Watkins, counsel for the Underwriters, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.

     (i) In giving such opinions with respect to the matters covered by Section
8(e)(xvii) Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley & Casterix, L.L.P. and Latham
& Watkins may state that their opinion and belief are based upon their
participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and Prospectus
and any amendments or supplements thereto and review and discussion of the
contents thereof, but are without independent check or verification except as
specified.

     (j) You shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing
Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in
form and substance satisfactory to you, from Ernst & Young LLP, independent
public accountants, containing the information and statements of the type
ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to Underwriters with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

     (k) The Company shall have delivered to you the agreements specified in
Section 2 hereof which agreements shall be in full force and effect on the
Closing Date.

     (l) The Shares shall have been duly listed for quotation on the Nasdaq
National Market.

     (m) The Company shall not have failed on or prior to the Closing Date to
perform or comply with any of the agreements herein contained and required to be
performed or complied with by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date.

     The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase any Additional
Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option
Closing Date of such documents as you may reasonably request with respect to the
good standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of such
Additional Shares and other matters related to the issuance of such Additional
Shares.

     Section 9.  Effectiveness of Agreement and Termination.  This Agreement
shall become effective upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
parties hereto.

     This Agreement may be terminated at any time on or prior to the Closing
Date by you by written notice to the Company if any of the following has
occurred:  (i) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity or crisis or change in economic conditions or in the
financial markets of the United States or elsewhere that, in your judgment, is
material and adverse and, in your judgment, makes it impracticable to market the
Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus, (ii) the
suspension or material limitation of trading in securities or other instruments
on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board
of Options Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market or limitation on prices for

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securities or other instruments on any such exchange or the Nasdaq National
Market, (iii) the suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any
exchange or in the over-the-counter market, (iv) the enactment, publication,
decree or other promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule
or order of any court or other governmental authority which in your opinion
materially and adversely affects, or will materially and adversely affect, the
business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (v) the declaration of a banking
moratorium by either federal or New York State authorities or (vi) the taking of
any action by any federal, state or local government or agency in respect of its
monetary or fiscal affairs which in your opinion has a material adverse effect
on the financial markets in the United States.

     If on the Closing Date or on an Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase the Firm
Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which it has or they have
agreed to purchase hereunder on such date and the aggregate number of Firm
Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more
than one-tenth of the total number of Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the
case may be, to be purchased on such date by all Underwriters, each non-
defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated severally, in the proportion which the
number of Firm Shares set forth opposite its name in Schedule I bears to the
total number of Firm Shares which all the non-defaulting Underwriters have
agreed to purchase, or in such other proportion as you may specify, to purchase
the Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such
date; provided that in no event shall the number of Firm Shares or Additional
Shares, as the case may be, which any Underwriter has agreed to purchase
pursuant to Section 2 hereof be increased pursuant to this Section 9 by an
amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Firm Shares or Additional
Shares, as the case may be, without the written consent of such Underwriter.  If
on the Closing Date any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Firm Shares and the aggregate number of Firm Shares with respect to
which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm
Shares to be purchased  by all Underwriters and arrangements satisfactory to you
and the Company for purchase of such Firm Shares are not made within 48 hours
after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part
of any non-defaulting Underwriter and the Company.   In any such case which does
not result in termination of this Agreement, either you or the Company shall
have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than
seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be
effected. If, on an Option Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall
fail or refuse to purchase Additional  Shares and the aggregate number of
Additional Shares with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-
tenth of the aggregate number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such date,
the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their
obligation hereunder to purchase such Additional Shares or (ii) purchase not
less than the number of Additional Shares that such non-defaulting Underwriters
would have been obligated to purchase on such date in the absence of such
default.  Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of any such Underwriter
under this Agreement.

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     Section 10.  Miscellaneous.  Notices given pursuant to any provision of
this Agreement shall be addressed as follows: (i) if to the Company, to US
Unwired Inc., One Lakeshore Drive, Suite 1900, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70629,
Attention: General Counsel and (ii) if to any Underwriter or to you, to you c/o
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation, 277 Park Avenue, New York,
New York 10172, Attention:  Syndicate Department, or in any case to such other
address as the person to be notified may have requested in writing.

     The respective indemnities, contribution agreements, representations,
warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters set
forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall remain operative and in full
force and effect, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Shares,
regardless of (i) any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof,
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the officers or directors of any
Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter, the Company, the officers
or directors of the Company or any person controlling the Company, (ii)
acceptance of the Shares and payment for them hereunder and (iii) termination of
this Agreement.

     If for any reason the Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the
Company as provided herein (other than as a result of any termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 9), the Company agrees to reimburse the several
Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and
disbursements of counsel) incurred by them. Notwithstanding any termination of
this Agreement, the Company shall be liable for all expenses which it has agreed
to pay pursuant to Section 5(i) hereof.  The Company also agrees to reimburse
the several Underwriters, their directors and officers and any persons
controlling any of the Underwriters for any and all fees and expenses
(including, without limitation, the fees disbursements of counsel) incurred by
them in connection with enforcing their rights hereunder (including, without
limitation, pursuant to Section 7 hereof).  The Underwriters agree, severally,
to reimburse the Company, and its officers, managers, directors and each person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act for any and all fees and expenses (including
without limitation the fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by them in
connection with enforcing their rights under this Agreement (including without
limitation their rights under Section 7).

     Except as otherwise expressly provided, this Agreement has been and is made
solely for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company, the
Underwriters, the Underwriters' directors and officers, any controlling persons
referred to herein, the Company's directors and the Company's officers who sign
the Registration Statement and their respective successors and assigns, all as
and to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire
or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement.  The term "successors
and assigns" shall not include a purchaser of any of the Shares from any of the
several Underwriters merely because of such purchase.

     This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.

     This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

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     Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
between the Company and the several Underwriters.

                                 Very truly yours,

                                 US UNWIRED INC.

                                 By:
                                    -----------------------------
                                    Title:

DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
   SECURITIES CORPORATION
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC.

Acting severally on behalf of
   themselves and the several
   Underwriters named in
   Schedule I hereto

By DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
         SECURITIES CORPORATION

   By
     -----------------------------

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                                  SCHEDULE I
                                  ----------

                    Underwriters                          Number of Firm Shares
                                                             to be Purchased

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation

Credit Suisse First Boston

First Union Securities, Inc.

Total

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                                  SCHEDULE II

                                  SUBSIDIARIES

Louisiana Unwired, LLC

Unwired Telecom Corp.

LEC Unwired, LLC

Command Connect, LLC

Texas Unwired

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                                 SCHEDULE 6(CC)

                                  PCS LICENSES

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                                 SCHEDULE 6(DD)

                               CELLULAR LICENSES

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                                 SCHEDULE 6(HH)

                                PAGING LICENSES

   Paging licenses KNKP448 and KNLM672 are now being operated under a Station
Temporary Authority and are expected to be renewed by the FCC in the ordinary
course.

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                                 SCHEDULE 6(KK)

                              SPRINT PCS LICENSES

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