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Exhibit 10.12(a)

INTERCARRIER MULTI-STANDARD ROAMING AND COLOCATION AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT is effective as of the 6th day of June, 2003 (“Effective Date”) by
CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC (“Cingular”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of
Delaware and acting under the authority and on behalf of its Affiliates (collectively “Cingular
Affiliates”); and by Rural Cellular Corporation (“Rural”) on behalf of itself and its Affiliates
(collectively “Rural Affiliates”). The parties will herein collectively be referred to as the
“Parties” or individually as a “Party.” Each of the Parties either is, or controls, a licensee or
permittee of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) to offer Cellular Radiotelephone Service
(“CRS”) or Personal Communications Service (“PCS”), as defined herein, under FCC regulations at 47
CFR Part 22 or Part 24, respectively.

RECITALS

     WHEREAS, the Parties desire to make arrangements to facilitate the provision of wireless
roaming services by Cingular and Cingular Affiliates to subscribers of Rural or Rural Affiliates
(“Rural Customers”) who desire to use Cingular and Cingular Affiliate systems and by Rural and
Rural Affiliates to subscribers of Cingular or Cingular Affiliates (“Cingular Customers”) who
desire to use Rural and Rural Affiliate systems in accordance with the TDMA Intercarrier Roaming
Service Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 1, and the GSM Roaming Agreement, attached hereto as
Exhibit 2 (Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2 are hereby specifically incorporated herein); and

     WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend and supersede any previous Roaming Agreements and to define
the wholesale service rates to be charged by each other for the provision of roamer service to the
other’s subscribers;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises herein set forth and intending to be legally
bound hereby, the Parties do hereby agree as follows:

     1. Definitions

	 	a.	 	“Affiliate” means any entity that directly or indirectly, through one
or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with
another entity. A Party’s Affiliates also include any entities that control, are
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	 	 	 	common control with, any other Affiliate of that Party. For purposes of this
Agreement, control shall be defined as (i) fifty percent (50%) or more ownership or
beneficial interest of income and capital of such entity; or (ii) ownership of at
least fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of voting equity; or (iii) sole or
shared management by a partner of the entity; or (iv) regardless of the percentage
ownership interest held, the ability to otherwise direct management policies of such
entity by contract or otherwise. Affiliate shall also mean Salmon PCS LCC
(“Salmon”) in which Cingular currently owns over a fifty percent (50%) equity
interest but which company Cingular does not control.
	 
	 	b.	 	“Authorized Roamer” means a Roamer (i) that uses equipment with the
NPA/NXX combinations or Mobile Network Codes provided by each Party and (ii) for
whom the Serving Carrier has not received a negative notification (in the case of
assume positive for validation purposes) or has received a positive notification
(in the case of assume negative for validation purposes).
	 
	 	c.	 	“Agreement” means this Intercarrier Multistandard Roamer Service
Agreement, including all exhibits attached hereto.
	 
	 	d.	 	“Cellular Radiotelephone Service” or “CRS” means a radio service in
which common carriers are authorized by the FCC under 47 CFR Part 22 and licensed
under 47 CFR Part 22, Subpart H to offer and to provide service for hire to the
general public through a cellular system utilizing the channels and bandwidths
assigned under 47 CFR Part 22, Subpart H, Section 22.905.
	 
	 	e.	 	“Effective Rate” shall mean ***.
	 
	 	f.	 	“GPRS” means General Packet Radio Service.
	 
	 	g.	 	“GSM” means the Global System for Mobile Communications.
	 
	 	h.	 	“GSM Technology” means both GSM and GPRS.
	 
	 	i.	 	“Home Carrier” means a Party (including an Affiliate of a Party) that
is providing Wireless Service to its registered customers in a geographic area
where it operates.

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	 	j.	 	“Personal Communications Service” or “PCS” means a radio service in
which common carriers are authorized by the FCC and licensed under 47 CFR Part 24,
Subpart F, as currently in effect to offer and to provide service for hire to the
general public utilizing the following frequency bandwidths: 1850-1910 MHz and
1930-1990 MHz (Broadband PCS) and including GSM (the DCS 1900 protocol for the
North American System). PCS does not include Cellular Radiotelephone Service
(“CRS”) as herein defined.
	 
	 	k.	 	“Preferred Roaming Provider” means that the Serving Carrier is the
preferred carrier for the Home Carrier’s subscribers when its subscribers are
roaming in a market served by the Serving Carrier and where the Home Carrier does
not provide Wireless Service.
	 
	 	l.	 	“Roamer” means a customer who seeks wireless service from a Serving
Carrier.
	 
	 	m.	 	“Secondary Preferred Roaming Provider” means that the Serving Carrier
is the second preferred carrier for the Home Carrier’s subscribers when its
subscribers are roaming in a market served by the Serving Carrier and where the
Home Carrier does not provide service.
	 
	 	n.	 	“Serving Carrier” means a Party who provides Wireless Service for
customers of another Party in the geographic area where the Serving Carrier
operates.
	 
	 	o.	 	. “TDMA” means Time Division Multiple Access.
	 
	 	p.	 	“Wireless Service” means either CRS or PCS as is appropriate or
technically feasible in the context it is used.

     2. Term of Agreement

     The initial term of this Agreement commences on the Effective Date shown above and continues
through December 31, 2007. Thereafter, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect
until terminated by either Party upon sixty (60) days advance written notice to the other Party.

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     3. Rural Build Schedule and Commitments

     Rural commits to build the following numbers of GSM cell sites in the markets listed in
Exhibit 3, Attachment D in the following 6-month periods. *** .

***

	 	 	 
	Period	 	Sites on Air
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     ***Nothing in this Agreement restricts either party or its Affiliates from the deployment of
GSM technology in current or future markets where the other party is a Home Carrier. Moreover,
nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as prohibiting either Party from building out in an
area or market.

     The Parties further agree that Cingular may terminate this agreement upon written notice to
Rural if Rural fails to execute a purchase agreement with a vendor for purchase of GSM
infrastructure equipment within sixty (60) days following the Effective Date of this Agreement.

     4. Preferred Roaming

	 	a.	 	Rural and Rural Affiliates will program their handsets such that
Cingular and Cingular Affiliates are the Secondary Preferred Roaming Providers in
all Cingular and Cingular Affiliate TDMA and GSM markets.
	 
	 	b.	 	Cingular and Cingular Affiliates will program their handsets such that
Rural and Rural Affiliates are the Preferred Roaming Providers in all Rural and
Rural Affiliate TDMA markets, except in those markets where Cingular or a Cingular
Affiliate is a Home Carrier or where TDMA roaming service is provided by an
alternate TDMA carrier in accordance with a contract existing as of the Effective
Date of this Agreement and such contract requires that Cingular prefer the
alternate carrier.
	 
	 	c.	 	Cingular and Cingular Affiliates will program their handsets such that
Rural and Rural Affiliates are the Preferred Roaming Providers in all Rural and
Rural Affiliate GSM markets in the Northeast as defined in Exhibit 3, except in
***.

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	 	d.	 	When each acts as a Home Carrier, Rural, Rural Affiliates, Cingular and
Cingular Affiliates shall program their handsets with Mobile Network Codes and/or
broadcast SIDs to effect the Preferences set forth in subsections 4 (a) — (c)
above.
	 
	 	e.	 	Nothing in this Agreement shall limit a Party’s right to restrict
roaming onto a SID or a SOC or via LAC restrictions in overlapping market areas.
	 
	 	f.	 	Service Level. Rural hereby agrees to adhere to the following
metrics to be used as performance measures of service quality for its GSM network
and to the remedy for failure to meet each metric, as set forth in subsection
4(f)(i)(C). Measurements for each metric shall be averaged ***.

	 	i.	 	Metrics

	 	A.	 	Dropped Call Target. If Dropped
Calls, as measured herein, exceed *** and ***, then a Quality
Impairment Threshold is in effect and ***. Dropped Calls will be
measured as more fully set forth on Exhibit 4 to this Agreement.
	 
	 	B.	 	Blocked Call Target. If the
Customer-Perceived Blocked Calls are greater than ***, then a
Quality Impairment Threshold is in effect and ***.
Customer-Perceived Dropped Calls are defined in and will be measured
as more fully set forth on Exhibit 4 to this Agreement.
	 
	 	C.	 	Penalties. In the event that a
Quality Impairment Threshold persists for a ***, the Parties agree
that the *** until the Quality Impairment Threshold has been
resolved.
	 
	 	D.	 	Process. Rural shall notify the
Operations Council upon its initial discovery that it has exceeded
the Quality Impairment Threshold. Upon such notification, Rural
shall then provide monthly reports to Cingular regarding the level
of the Quality Impairment Threshold for the next three months.

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	 	ii.	 	Audit Rights. Cingular reserves the right to audit to
determine Rural’s compliance with the build-out schedule and its service level
obligations, and Rural agrees to comply with such audit requests. Cingular may
not request an audit more often than *** times each calendar year. Rural
agrees to provide Cingular with any requested information necessary to
determine Rural’s compliance with the build-out schedule and service level
obligations. Any expenses incurred by the audit will be paid by Cingular.
	 
	 	iii.	 	Geographic Information. Rural will provide to
Cingular, on a semi-annual basis, maps reflecting current GSM coverage at a
***, and planned coverage for the ***. This information will be provided no
later than *** and *** or at any time upon Cingular’s request. This
information will be used by Cingular to monitor Rural’s compliance with the
build-out schedule set forth in Section 3 above. Cingular may rely upon this
data for inclusion in marketing materials and for purposes of educating
Cingular employees and customers where GSM services may be available or for use
by the Operations Council, unless Rural provides written consent to reliance
for another use.

	 	g.	 	Operations Council.

	 	1.	 	Purpose: The Parties agree to create a single point of
contact in each organization to oversee the coordination of all operational
issues. The council is also responsible for coordinating on feature
development, on taking steps to enable inter-company hyperband handoffs and
other activities that will improve the customer experience of roaming for both
parties. The Parties agree that the council will meet (via conference call)
during the GSM launch period on no less than a *** basis to ensure that the
operational issues associated with the launch are effectively addressed.
Following the GSM launch period, the council will meet to discuss issues as
needed, but no less than quarterly.

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	 	2.	 	Dispute Resolution: Operational disputes between the
companies are to first be escalated to the Operations Council. To the extent
they are unable to resolve the dispute, the issue will then be escalated to the
VP of Roaming Services at Cingular and the designated VP at Rural. If the
Parties still cannot reach agreement, either Party may invoke the arbitration
provisions pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement.
	 
	 	3.	 	Miscellaneous: The Parties agree that over the next
thirty (30) days they will further develop and document the operating process
and guidelines of the Operations Council.

     5. Rates

	 	a.	 	The Parties shall pay each other for the provision of roaming service
to each other’s subscribers as set forth in the Rate Addendum attached as Exhibit 3
to this Agreement.
	 
	 	b.	 	Regardless of when the Parties provide service, Rural and Cingular will
commence billing each other for GPRS and SMS when both implement a capable billing
system. For GPRS, the Parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to
implement such systems by ***. In the event one Party has a capable billing system
for GPRS and the other does not as ***, then the Party with the capability may
begin billing the other Party. For SMS, the Parties agree that either Party may
begin billing the other Party for such services as soon as the Party has the
capability to begin such billing. A Party shall be considered to have a capable
billing system when they can bill the other Party for actual and verifiable usage
that is recorded and transmitted via the TAP records. The billed Party shall pay
undisputed invoices even if that Party is unable to or chooses not to bill the
other Party. The billed Party shall have a right to audit the billing Party’s
records, including but not limited to network usage reports that reflect roaming by
the billed Party’s customers and in a matter not inconsistent with standard
industry procedures, for the specific purpose of verifying the accuracy and content
of the bill but no more often

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	 	 	 	than once every twelve months. GPRS AND SMS roaming usage for the Parties’
subscribers will be recorded and transmitted via TAP records. The exchange of these
records will follow current GSM voice usage process through the clearinghouse(s) and
will be included in net settlement.
	 
	 	c.	 	***.

     6. Terms and Conditions of TDMA roaming

     Roaming between Cingular or its Affiliates and Rural or its Affiliates in their respective
TDMA markets will be governed by the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit 1.

     7. Terms and Conditions of GSM roaming

     Roaming between Cingular or its Affiliates and Rural or its Affiliates in their respective
GSM/GPRS markets will be governed by the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit 2.

     8. Addition of Markets or Affiliates. 

     Either Party, upon no less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to the other Party, or
other such time period as mutually agreed by the parties, may add Affiliates or wireless markets
operated by its respective Affiliates. Said TDMA additions may be reflected in either a new
Appendix 1 to Exhibit 1 to this Agreement (“Appendix 1”), or by providing notices of additions via
the industry-accepted form known as a Technical Data Sheet (“TDS”). GSM additions may be reflected
in a new AA.14. Either the new Appendix 1, AA.14 or TDS shall be dated and executed by the
submitting Party and provided to the other Party. If additions are reflected on a new Appendix 1
or AA.14, the new document shall be substituted for the previous document, and shall be of full
force and effect as the controlling Appendix 1 or AA.14 to be attached hereto and incorporated
herein for all purposes.

     9. Deletion of Markets or Affiliates. 

     The Parties agree that if one Party notifies the other that a wireless market is deleted
because such wireless market has been sold or transferred to a non-Affiliate, then that transferee
has no rights as a third party beneficiary under this Agreement. In the event that a wireless
provider ceases to be an Affiliate of a Party, then that Party shall provide written notice of the
cessation of affiliation to the other Party as soon

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as reasonably practicable. The former Affiliate has no rights under this Agreement as of the
effective date of the cessation of affiliation.

     10. Seamless GSM/Features. 

     The Parties agree to establish a common set of features for which they will use commercially
reasonable efforts to deploy. Further, the Parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to
enable interoperability such that either party’s subscribers may utilize these features when
roaming. The Parties do not intend that either Party shall be required to deploy a feature that it
is not planning to implement for its own base of customers.

     11. Guaranteed Access to Markets. 

     Each Party when acting as a Serving Carrier shall be obligated to load into its network and to
place into service the Mobile Network Codes and/or NPA/NXXs of the other Party within fifteen (15)
days of the requesting Party’s written request. The Serving Carrier shall not remove, or
deactivate from service, the Mobile Network Codes and/or NPA/NXXs from its network once placed in
service without the express written consent of the other Party. Access to these markets or any
portion thereof by the Non-Serving Carrier shall be restricted only if requested by the Non-Serving
Carrier in accordance with Section 4 (“Preferred Roaming”) of this Agreement. Nothing in this
paragraph shall prevent either Party from exercising its rights under Section 14
(Suspension/Termination) of this Agreement.

     Each Party when acting as a Serving Carrier agrees to provide GPRS service to the other
party’s subscribers in all markets where GPRS service is available. Neither Party shall restrict
the other Party’s access to GPRS service in any of the markets subject to this agreement.

     12. Settlement 

     If both Parties are net settlement participants, the Parties agree to follow industry
settlement procedures and to make payments to each other pursuant to industry net settlement
procedures (now administered by CIBERNET), as now existing or hereafter amended, which are
incorporated herein by reference as if set forth herein in full, and to the extent there are any
inconsistencies between such procedures and this Agreement, such procedures shall be controlling.
The Parties agree to exchange their

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bank account information on a separate document to be updated with any changes, from time to
time, by either Party, with no less than thirty (30) days notice. Both Parties agree that if payments are not
received after thirty (30) days of original invoice, a late payment fee of the lesser of ***%) per month,
or the highest rate allowable by law, will be assessed on the invoice amount.

12.1. Overcharges. The Serving Carrier will refund charges in
excess of the agreed upon rates as outlined in this Agreement to the Home
Carrier within thirty (30) days of notification of overcharges by the Home
Carrier. Each Carrier has ninety (90) days from the end date of the applicable
settlement period to invoice amounts payable by the other carrier, after which
overcharges will be deemed non-recoverable. Invoices outstanding for sixty (60)
days will be subject to the late payment fee as set forth in Section 12 above.
Invoices outstanding for more than ninety (90) days may be sent to arbitration
(as set forth in Section 13 below) by the Home Carrier for resolution. Where
both carriers are net settlement participants, repayment of amounts incorrectly
overcharged will occur through the net settlement process.

12.2. Undercharges. Undercharges of rates on the part of the
Serving Carrier will not be reimbursed under any circumstances.

     13. Dispute Resolution

     Disputes between the Parties, their successors and assigns, relating to Billing, Remittance,
or Settlement sections under this Agreement shall conclusively and finally be settled in the first
instance through the industry net settlement procedures (now administered by CIBERNET). Any other
disputes or if the industry net settlement procedures fail to resolve a dispute, then those
disputes shall be resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration
Rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

13.1 Procedures. For disputes submitted to binding arbitration, either Party may
initiate arbitration by giving written notice to the other Party of intention to arbitrate,
which notice shall contain the name of the arbitrator selected by the Party, the nature of
the controversy, the amount

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involved, if any, the remedies sought, and any other pertinent matter. Within seven (7)
days after the giving of such notice, the other Party shall submit to the initiating Party
the name of an arbitrator whom it has appointed and may submit an answering statement.
Within fifteen (15) days thereafter the two (2) arbitrators so appointed shall select a
third arbitrator; the three arbitrators so selected shall resolve the controversy. If any
Party fails to choose an arbitrator within the seven (7) day period herein provided, or if
the arbitrators appointed by the Parties cannot agree on the third arbitrator within fifteen
(15) days of the appointment of the second arbitrator, the arbitrator(s) selected by the
Party(ies) shall appeal to an appropriate Judge. The arbitration hearings shall be held at
a mutually agreed upon location within the United States, unless otherwise agreed by both
Parties. All hearings shall be conducted in English, unless otherwise agreed by both
Parties.

13.2 Discovery. Any Party to the arbitration may send out requests to compel the
production of documents from the other Parties. Disputes concerning the scope of document
production and enforcement of the document request shall be subject to agreement by such
Parties or may be resolved by the arbitrators as to the extent reasonable. All discovery
requests shall be subject to the proprietary rights and rights of privilege of such Parties,
and the arbitrators shall adopt procedures to protect such rights. Except where contrary to
the provisions set forth in the Agreement, the rules of the AAA for commercial arbitration
shall be applied to all matters of procedure, including discovery; provided, however, that
the arbitration shall not be conducted under the auspices of the AAA and the fee schedule of
the AAA shall not apply. The arbitrators may obtain independent legal counsel to aid in
their resolution of legal questions presented in the course of arbitration to the extent
they consider that such counsel is absolutely necessary to the fair resolution of the
dispute, and to the extent that it is economical to do so considering the financial
consequences of the dispute.

13.3 Limits on Arbitration. The arbitrators shall be limited to interpreting the
applicable provisions of this Agreement, and shall have no authority or power to alter,
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revoke or suspend any condition or provision of this Agreement; or to create, draft or form
a new Agreement between the Parties; or to render an award which, by its terms, has the
effect of altering or modifying any condition or provision hereof; or to terminate this or
any Agreement.

13.4 Expenses of Arbitration. Said Parties will each bear their own expenses of the
arbitration and will share equally the expenses of the arbitrators.

13.5 Arbitrators’ Award. The arbitrators shall make an award which may include an
award of damages, and said award shall be in writing setting forth the facts found to exist.
Failure to comply with the arbitration requirements of this Section shall be a complete
defense to any suit, action or proceeding instituted in any federal, state or local court
with respect to any controversy or dispute relating to Billing, Remittance or Settlement of
charges under this Agreement.

13.6 Continuation of Service Pending Arbitration. Except where this Agreement
permits a Party to terminate or suspend Roamer Services, in whole or in part, the Parties
will continue to provide all services and honor all other commitments under this Agreement,
including, without limitation, making payments in accordance with this Agreement during the
course of resolution of disputes and arbitration pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

     14. Suspension of Wireless Service or Termination of Agreement.

     The Parties’ rights to suspend Wireless Service or to terminate this Agreement are set forth
below.

14.1 Suspension of Service. In the event roaming becomes operationally,
technically or administratively impracticable on either Party’s system(s), due, but not
limited, to system overload, either Party may suspend Wireless Service on five (5) business
days notice. Either Party may also suspend service to subscribers using equipment which is
defective or illegal, suspected fraudulent or unauthorized use or when authentication of the
subscription is not possible. The written notice of suspension shall be transmitted by
facsimile or by overnight mail and shall be deemed effective upon receipt. The Parties
shall work together to resolve as expeditiously as possible any difficulty that causes such
suspension. At such time as either Party

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concludes that the problem causing the suspension has been resolved, such Party shall
give the other Party written notice to this effect. Wireless Service shall resume in full
effect five (5) business days after receipt of such notice unless the Party receiving said
notice gives written notice, before the expiration of this five (5) business day period,
that in its reasonable view the problem necessitating the suspension has not been resolved.
If the problem giving rise to the suspension remains unresolved for thirty (30) days
following written notice of suspension, the problem shall be submitted to Arbitration
pursuant to Section 13 herein.

14.2 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the event of a default
as defined in Section 18 hereof, immediately upon written notice to the defaulting Party.

14.3 Rights of Parties Upon Termination/Suspension. The termination of the
Agreement or suspension of Wireless Service shall not affect the rights and liabilities of
the Parties under the Agreement with respect to all Authorized Roamer charges incurred prior
to the effective date of said suspension or termination. Further, any provisions of this
Agreement, which by their nature should survive the termination, including confidentiality,
indemnity, and arbitration provisions, shall survive termination of the Agreement.

     15. Confidential Information. 

     All disclosure of information (whether in writing, visually or orally disclosed) under this
Agreement will be deemed to be confidential unless specifically designated as non-confidential or
non-proprietary at the time of disclosure, or unless, by its nature, it is obviously
non-confidential or non-proprietary. The receiving Party can freely use, have used, or disclose to
others non-confidential or non-proprietary information. Nothing contained in this Section shall be
deemed to grant any license under any intellectual property right.

     Except as provided below in this Section, the receiving Party of such confidential information
agrees to treat the same as strictly confidential and shall not divulge, directly or indirectly, to
any other person, firm, corporation, association or entity confidential information so received,
and shall not make use of or copy confidential information, except for the purpose of this
Agreement. Such confidential

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information may be disclosed only to such of the employees, consultants and subcontractors of
the receiving Party who reasonably require access to such information for the purpose for which it
was disclosed and who have secrecy obligations to the receiving Party.

     The commitment shall impose no obligation upon either Party with respect to any portion of
such information that:

	 	a.	 	was known to the receiving Party prior to its receipt from the other
Party;
	 
	 	b.	 	is now or which (through no act or failure on the part of the receiving
Party) becomes generally known;
	 
	 	c.	 	is supplied to the receiving Party by a third party which the receiving
Party in good faith believes is free to make such disclosure and without
restriction on disclosure;
	 
	 	d.	 	is disclosed by the disclosing Party to a third party generally,
without restriction on disclosure;
	 
	 	e.	 	is independently developed by the receiving Party without use of any
confidential information provided by the disclosing Party.

The obligation of confidentiality shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement for
a period of five (5) years.

     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13 (“Dispute Resolution”) of this Agreement, the
Parties agree that either Party may enforce the provisions of this Section regarding restrictions
on confidentiality by an action for injunctive relief or other equitable remedies.

     16. Indemnification. 

     Each Party hereby agrees to indemnify the other Party, its Affiliates and partners, and any
and all of their officers, directors, employees, agents and/or affiliates, against, and hold them
harmless from, all claims, suits, demands, losses and expenses (including, but not limited to,
reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements) which may result in any way whatsoever from the
indemnified Party’s denial of Roamer

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Wireless Service:

	 	a.	 	to any wireless telephone or device having an NPA/NXX combination or
Mobile Network Code that (i) the indemnifying Party has not listed as a valid
NPA/NXX combination or Mobile Network Code to be accepted by the indemnified Party
for Wireless Service to an Authorized Roamer, or (ii) the indemnifying Party has
deleted as a valid NPA/NXX combination or Mobile Network Code to be accepted by the
indemnified Party for Wireless Service to an Authorized Roamer, or (iii) has been
determined through an agreed-upon validation method to be an invalid NPA/NXX or
Mobile Network Code combination not to be accepted by the indemnified Party for
Wireless Service to an Authorized Roamer; or,
	 
	 	b.	 	to any exchanges for which Wireless Service has been suspended as
requested in a notice given by the indemnifying Party, for fraud or pursuant to
Sections 14 hereof.

     17. Notices. Unless otherwise specified in the Agreement:

	 	a.	 	All notices required under this Agreement shall be given in writing.
	 
	 	b.	 	All notices shall be either personally delivered, delivered and
received the next day via overnight mail, dispatched by facsimile, or dispatched by
certified mail return receipt requested to the persons specified below or to such
other persons at such other addresses as a Party may designate by written notice to
the other Party.
	 
	 	c.	 	The notices should be sent to the following addresses:

Rural Cellular Corporation

3905 Dakota St. SW

Alexandria, MN 56308

ATTN: Intercarrier Services

FAX: 320-808-2466

Cingular Wireless LLC

5565 Glenridge Connector

16th Floor Suite 1616

Atlanta, GA 30342

Attn.: Manager- Intercarrier Contracts

FAX: (404) 236-6259

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     18. Default

     A Party will be in default under this Agreement upon the occurrence of any of the following
events:

	 	a.	 	Said Party’s violation of any term of the Agreement (including the
industry net settlement procedures, now administered by CIBERNET, incorporated
herein by reference), if such violation shall continue for forty-five (45) days
after written notice thereof;
	 
	 	b.	 	Said Party’s voluntary liquidation or dissolution;
	 
	 	c.	 	A final order by the FCC revoking or denying renewal of the wireless
license granted to said Party;
	 
	 	d.	 	Said Party (i) files pursuant to a statute of the United States or of
any state, a petition for bankruptcy or insolvency or for reorganization or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee of all or a portion of said Party’s property,
(ii) has filed against it pursuant to a statute of the United States or of any
state, a petition for bankruptcy or insolvency or for reorganization or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee of all or a portion of said Party’s property,
provided that within sixty (60) days after the filing of any such petition said
Party fails to obtain a discharge hereof, or (iii) makes assignment for the benefit
of creditors or petitions for or voluntarily enters into an arrangement of such
nature, and provided that such filing, petition or appointment is still continuing.
	 
	 	e.	 	Violation of the obligations regarding Confidential Information
contained in Section 15 of this Agreement.

     19. Entire Agreement

     The Agreement and any appendices attached hereto constitute the full and complete agreement of
the Parties. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any of its
appendices or exhibits hereto, the terms of this Agreement shall control. Unless otherwise stated
in this Agreement, any prior written or oral agreements among the Parties with respect to this
subject matter shall be superseded and of no force and effect. This Agreement may not be modified
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written consent of both Parties. Waiver of any breach of any provision of the Agreement must
be in writing signed by the waiving Party and such waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any
preceding or succeeding breach of the same or an, other provision. The failure of a Party to
insist upon strict performance of a covenant or an obligation under this Agreement shall not be a
waiver of a Party’s right to demand strict compliance therewith in the future.

     The Parties agree that this Agreement supersedes the Intercarrier Roamer Service Agreement
between the Parties dated July 16, 2002.

     20. Use of Trademarks. 

     The Parties agree that they will not use the name, service marks or trademarks of the other
Party or any of its affiliated companies in any advertising, publicity releases or sales
presentations, without such Party’s written consent. Neither Party is licensed hereunder to
conduct business under any logo, trademark, service or trade name (or any derivative thereof) of
the other Party.

     21. Limits of Liability. 

     Except for obligations under Section 16, Indemnification, neither Party shall be liable to the
other Party for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages.

     22. No Partnership or Agency Relationship Created. 

     Nothing contained in this Agreement shall constitute the Parties as partners with one another
or render any Party liable for any debts or obligations of another Party, nor shall any Party
hereby be constituted the agent of another Party.

     23. Future Amendments. 

     The Parties agree to use their respective best, diligent and good faith efforts to fulfill all
their obligations under the Agreement. The Parties recognize however, that to effectuate all the
purposes of the Agreement, it may be necessary either to enter into future agreements or to modify
the Agreement or both. For example, and without limitation, the Parties agree that as technology
develops, they may desire to expand this Agreement to cover new technology. In such event, the
Parties agree to cooperate with each other in good faith.

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     24. Compliance with Laws. 

     The Parties agree to comply with, conform to, and abide by all applicable and valid laws,
regulations, rules and orders of all governmental agencies and authorities, and agree that the
Agreement is subject to such laws, regulations, rules and orders. Without limitation, each Party
shall comply, at its own expense, with the provisions of all applicable federal, state and
municipal laws, regulations, and requirements applicable to the Party as an employer.

     25. Paragraph Headings

     The headings in the Agreement are inserted for convenience and identification only and are not
intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of the Agreement or
any provision hereof.

     26. Original Counterparts

     This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

     27. Controlling Law

     Disputes concerning service provided under this Agreement shall be construed in accordance
with the internal laws of the state of Delaware.

     28. Force Majeure. 

     The Parties shall not be responsible for failure to render service due to causes beyond their
control, including, but not limited to accidents, storms, acts of war and/or terrorism, acts of
governmental authorities or common carriers, work stoppages, strikes, fires, civil disobedience,
riots, rebellions, acts of God and similar occurrences. Services shall be rendered as soon as
possible after the cessation of such cause.

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     29. Successors and Assigns

     This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties, their
Affiliates and their respective successor and permitted assigns. No Party or Affiliate may assign
their rights herein without the written consent of the other Party (or non-Affiliated Party as the
case may be).

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly
authorized representatives:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION

 	 	CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC on behalf of its Affiliates

 
	 
	 	Date:  	 	 	Date:  	 
	 
	 	Signature:  	 	 	Signature:  	 
	 
	 	Name:  	 	 	Name:  	 Alison Hall

	 
	 	Title:  	 	 	Title:  	 V.P. Roaming Strategy and Realization
	 

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AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

INTERCARRIER MULTI-STANDARD ROAMING AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION

AND

CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC

     This Amendment No. 1 to the INTERCARRIER MULTI-STANDARD ROAMING AGREEMENT (hereinafter the
“Agreement”) is entered into by and between RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION (“Rural”), on behalf of
itself and its Affiliates, and CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC (“Cingular”), on behalf of itself and its
Affiliates.

WITNESSETH

     WHEREAS, Rural and Cingular entered into the Agreement effective June 6, 2003; and

     WHEREAS, Rural and Cingular desire to promote GSM technology generally and to increase the
availability of roaming services; and

     WHEREAS, Rural and Cingular desire to amend the Agreement as hereinafter set forth (the
“Amendment”):

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants hereinafter contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

	 	1.	 	Effective Date. This Amendment shall be effective as of the date of
signature by both Parties (“Effective Date”).
	 
	 	2.	 	Term. The term of this Amendment shall be coterminous with the
Agreement. The initial term of the Agreement is hereby extended until December 31,
2009.
	 
	 	3.	 	Definition of Affiliate. Section 1, Subsection a. of the Agreement is
hereby replaced in its entirety as follows:

1(a). “Affiliate” means as of the Effective Date of this Amendment an entity that
directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled
by or is under common control with another entity. A Party’s Affiliates also
include entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with,
any other Affiliate of that Party. For purposes of this Agreement, control shall be
defined as (i) fifty percent (50%) or more ownership or beneficial interest of
income and capital of such entity; or (ii) ownership of at least fifty percent (50%)
of the voting power of voting equity; or (iii) sole or shared management by a
partner of the entity; or (iv) regardless of the percentage ownership interest held,
the ability to otherwise direct management policies of such entity by contract or
otherwise. Affiliate shall also mean Salmon PCS LCC (“Salmon”) in which

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Cingular currently owns over a fifty percent (50%) equity interest but which company
Cingular does not control. Cingular Affiliates included in the Agreement are listed
in Schedule 1 hereto and Rural Affiliates included in the Agreement are listed in
Schedule 2 hereto.

	 	4.	 	2005-2006 Coverage and Deployment. Rural will complete the following
build out commitments by the dates specified below. If Cingular identifies a specific
cell site or geographical areas within a proposed build as having a business priority,
Rural agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to expedite that build.

	 	a.	 	Voice Coverage Commitment.

	 	(i)	 	Alabama/Mississippi. Rural shall complete a
full overlay of GSM Technology, deployed on 850MHz where available,
throughout all cell sites in its existing TDMA network in Alabama and
Mississippi in order to provide a service level and coverage area
consistent with its current TDMA network by ***. Rural shall further
build out the routes in *** as set forth in Exhibit 1 to this
Amendment.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Northeast. Rural agrees to build *** cell
sites in the *** region as referenced on Exhibit 1. Rural agrees that
the buildout for this region shall be completed in the general area
depicted by the propagation of the cell sites in Exhibit 1. The ***
shall be completed by ***, and remaining *** sites will be complete by
***. Rural further agrees to complete the remaining cell site build
for the *** region by ***. The Parties acknowledge this region to be a
business priority for Cingular and therefore Rural agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts to accelerate the completion date for
the buildout in this region to be during ***. Rural further agrees to
discuss with Cingular methods for completing this buildout on an
accelerated timeline.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Washington RSA 2, 3. Rural agrees to complete
the buildout of *** cell sites in Washington RSA 2 and RSA 3 as
referenced on Exhibit 1 by ***.
	 
	 	(iv)	 	Kansas. By December 31, 2005, Rural shall
complete an 850 MHz overlay of GSM Technology throughout *** of the
cell sites in its existing TDMA network in Kansas by ***. Rural shall
complete the remaining cell sites necessary to ensure compliance with
the quality metrics set forth in Exhibit 2 by ***.
	 
	 	(v)	 	Oregon. Rural shall complete *** of its GSM
build out throughout its existing TDMA network in Oregon by ***, and
complete the

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	 	 	 	remaining cell sites necessary to ensure compliance with the quality
metrics set forth in Exhibit 2 by ***. For the avoidance of doubt,
TDMA repeater sites shall not be considered separate cell sites for
purposes of calculating the *** build commitment for ***.
	 
	 	(vi)	 	Maine. Rural shall complete an overlay of GSM
Technology throughout *** by ***. Rural will complete an additional
thirty-six (36) sites by ***, and will complete the remaining cell
sites to ensure compliance with the quality metrics set forth in
Exhibit 2 by ***.

	 	b.	 	GPRS Coverage Commitment. Rural agrees to deploy GPRS
simultaneous with the deployment of GSM voice coverage as set forth in Section
4.A above.
	 
	 	c.	 	EDGE Coverage Commitment. Rural agrees to deploy EDGE
service in at a minimum of all cell sites in Rural markets covering cities
and/or towns with populations of *** or more by ***. Rural further agrees to
deploy EDGE service in Rural markets covering cities and/or towns with
populations of *** POPs or more no later than ***. The Parties agree that if
there is a need to accelerate the deployment of EDGE service in a certain area,
the Parties will meet and discuss options for completing the deployment on an
accelerated timeline. ***
	 
	 	d.	 	Network Design Metrics. Rural will design and maintain
all of its GSM systems in the Rural Markets to conform to the quality metrics
listed on Exhibit 2. The “Rural Markets” shall be defined as: (i) Maine; (ii)
Northeast (includes VT, NH, MA, and NY RSA 2), (iii) Alabama and Mississippi,
(iv) Kansas, (v) Oregon and Washington RSA 2, 3 and 8. Cingular will design
and maintain the GSM systems in the Cingular Markets to conform to the quality
metrics listed on Exhibit 2. The “Cingular Markets” shall be defined as: (i)
Northeast (includes VT, NH, ME, MA, and markets contiguous to NY RSA 2); (ii)
Alabama and Mississippi; (iii) Kansas; (iv) Oregon and (v) Washington. The
Parties agree to adhere to the quality metrics to be used as performance
measures of service quality for its GSM network.
	 
	 	e.	 	Cingular or a designated Cingular Affiliate will have the
option to enter into a ***.
	 
	 	f.	 	The Parties agree that nothing in this Amendment shall be
construed as restricting a Party from offering retail services in areas where
the Parties have overlapping licensed areas.

	 	5.	 	Transfer of Alabama Network Leases. Cingular shall sell to Rural its
GSM leases and potentially the cell site assets associated with the *** sites *** as
identified in

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	 	 	 	Exhibit 3 to this Agreement. The Parties will work together to determine the cell
site assets to be sold, if any, and Rural will elect whether to purchase such
assets, within forty-five (45) days of the Effective Date of this Amendment. ***
Rural agrees that at the time of launch it will launch EDGE service and the other
seamless feature requirements as set forth in Section 5 below in all of the sites
***. Rural further agrees that it will pay all lease transfer penalties associated
with the transfer of the leases of these cell sites. The Parties agree to develop a
transition services agreement to ensure that there is no interruption of GSM service
along ***.
	 
	 	6.	 	Seamless Features. The Parties will meet the 2005 seamless feature
requirements as specified in Exhibit 4. The Parties acknowledge and agree that Exhibit
4 will be updated by the Parties on an annual basis and shall reflect the current
year’s seamless feature requirements. On no less than on an annual basis, Cingular
will provide Rural with a listing of Core Enablement Network features that it is
deploying in its network over the next twelve (12) months and would be necessary for
its strategic roaming partners to deploy in order to provide nationwide seamless
network services (“Roaming Core Enablement Network Feature”). Cingular agrees that the
Core Enablement Network features that it requests Rural to deploy will be features that
are being deployed in similarly situated Cingular markets. If Rural requests, Cingular
will use its good faith efforts to provide further details of the value of the Roaming
Core Network Enablement Feature. Rural will use its *** efforts on an annual basis to
align with Cingular on the network feature roaming requirement and deployment timeline.
If Rural determines that it is not in its best interest to deploy the network feature
set across its entire network in the same time period that Cingular intends to deploy,
the parties will work together to align partial deployment to support the interest of
both parties and will assess in following periods the potential to further deploy the
requested Core Enablement Network features. Rural’s failure to deploy or to deploy
within the specified timeframe any Core Enablement Network features shall not be a
breach under the terms of this Agreement. ***. Rural will use its commercially
reasonable efforts to remain aligned with GSM and GSMNA industry technology standards
including TAP and TADIG requirements.
	 
	 	7.	 	Geographic Information. Section 4(f)(iii) of the Agreement is hereby
replaced in its entirety as follows:
	 
	 	 	 	The Parties agree to provide each other, on no less than a quarterly basis, maps
reflecting current GSM coverage ***. Either Party may rely upon this data for
inclusion in marketing materials and for purposes of educating its employees and
customers where GSM services may be available or for use by the Operations Council,
unless a Party provides written consent to reliance for another use.
	 
	 	8.	 	Rates. Rural and Cingular agree that Exhibit 3, Roaming Rates and
Terms, attached to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the Parties
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	 	 	 	pay each other for the provision of roaming service to each other’s subscribers as
set forth below.

	 	a.	 	GSM Rates for Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi markets.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Time	 	Cingular charges	 	Rural charges
	Period *	 	Rural**	 	Cingular **
	2004

	 	***
	 	***
	2005

	 	***
	 	***
	2006

	 	***
	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2007

	 	***
	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2008

	 	***
	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2009

	 	***
	 	***

	 	b.	 	GSM Rates for All Other Markets.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Time	 	Cingular charges	 	Rural charges
	Period *	 	Rural**	 	Cingular **
	2004

	 	***
	 	***
	2005

	 	***
	 	***
	2006

	 	***
	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2007

	 	***
	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2008

	 	***
	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2009

	 	***
	 	***
	 

	 	 
	 	 

	 	c.	 	TDMA Rates.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Time	 	Cingular charges	 	Rural charges
	Period *	 	Rural**	 	Cingular **
	2004

	 	***
	 	***
	2005 — 2009

	 	***
	 	***

 

	
	*TDMA rates will be effective as of
January 16th.
GSM rates will be effective as of January 1st.
	 
	** The first number listed applies to standard airtime and the second number to domestic toll per minutes of use (MOUs).

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	 	 	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	***
	 
	 	d.	 	GPRS/EDGE Rates. The rates for GPRS/EDGE shall continue at the
current rate of *** until ***, except that ***. Beginning January 1, 2007 and
continuing through ***, the GPRS/EDGE rate shall be $*** per kilobyte. The
Parties agree to pre-commercially launch GPRS service upon the completion of
IREG testing. The Parties will work together to implement a system in which
the Parties can bill each other for GPRS/EDGE service.
	 
	 	e.	 	SMS Rates. The rates for SMS shall continue at the current
rate of $***, except that *** $***. Beginning *** and continuing through ***,
the SMS rate shall be $***. The Parties agree to manually bill each other for
SMS usage.
	 
	 	f.	 	Surcharges and Interconnect Fees. The Parties agree that there
shall be no charges for Daily Surcharges. Landline interconnect fees may apply
to TDMA calls, but will not apply to GSM calls.
	 
	 	g.	 	Directory Assistance/International Toll Calls. Cingular will
charge Rural $*** per Directory Assistance Call. Rural will charge Cingular
$*** per Directory Assistance call until such time as Rural can affect a
billing change to charge Cingular $*** per call. International Toll calls
shall be at the rates set forth in Exhibit 12.

	 	9.	 	***
	 
	 	10.	 	***
	 
	 	11.	 	Preferred Status. Sections 4(a) — 4(c) of the Agreement are hereby
replaced in their entirety as follows:

***

	 	12.	 	Performance Liquidated Damages. The Parties agree to the following
performance liquidated damages which shall supersede the liquidated damages set forth
in Sections 4(f)(i)(A), 4(f)(i)(B) and 4(f)(i)(C) of the Agreement:

	 	a.	 	Build Out Requirements. Should Rural fail to comply with the
timeline for any of its GSM buildout commitments as set forth in Exhibit 11
(“Buildout Commitment Date”), *** Should Rural fail to comply with any of its
GPRS/EDGE Buildout Commitment Dates as set forth in Section 4, ***. The terms
of this Section 12(a) shall not apply if up to *** of the cell sites in a given
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	 	 	 	Commitment Date, so long the failure to comply with the Buildout Commitment
Date is due to circumstances beyond Rural’s control.
	 
	 	b.	 	Quality Metrics. If Rural fails to meet the Exhibit 2 quality
metrics in accordance with the dates set forth in Exhibit 11 for ***, Cingular
may, at its option, either (i) *** for the Rural Market that failed to meet the
quality metric or (ii) *** effective immediately. If Cingular elects option
(ii), these rate reductions will continue until Rural becomes compliant with
the quality metrics at which time the ***. Notification of quality metric
issues shall be in accordance with Section 4(f)(i)(D) of the Agreement or
through the audit process set forth in Section 4(f)(ii) of the Agreement. Upon
notification of a quality metric issue, Cingular has *** to notify Rural
whether it chooses option (i) or (ii) as set forth above. If Cingular elects
option (ii) and Rural does not cure its noncompliance with the quality metrics
***. The quality metrics outlined in Exhibit 2 will not apply for purposes of
this Section until ninety (90) days following the *** Date except as otherwise
set forth in Exhibit 11.
	 
	 	c.	 	*** Should Rural fail to comply with the timeline for any of
its feature deployment requirements as set forth in Section 6 and Exhibit 4 of
this Amendment (“Feature Commitment Date”), Cingular may, at its option,
either (i) *** for the Rural Market that failed to meet the quality metric or
(ii) the *** If Cingular elects option (ii), these *** will continue until
Rural meets its feature deployment requirements at which time ***.
Notification of feature deployment issues shall be in accordance with Section
4(f)(i)(D) of the Agreement or through the audit process set forth in Section
4(f)(ii) of the Agreement. Upon notification of a feature deployment issue,
Cingular has *** to notify Rural whether it chooses option (i) or (ii) as set
forth above. If Cingular elects option (ii) and Rural does not cure its
noncompliance with the feature deployment within ***, Cingular shall have the
***.

	 	13.	 	Intersystem Handoff. The Parties agree to meet annually to identify
appropriate intersystem handoffs at cell sites that border each others networks to
improve each Party’s customer experience when roaming. The Parties agree to then
commence deployment of such intersystem handoffs as currently specified in Exhibit 6
within *** of the Effective Date and to discuss on an annual basis to deploy any
additional intersystem handoffs as quickly as commercially reasonable, but agree that
this functionality will be deployed within *** from the date the Parties agree to
implement an intersystem handoff. The Parties will sign the Intersystem Handoff
agreement attached as Exhibit 7.
	 
	 	14.	 	***
	 
	 	15.	 	Home on Home Roaming. Upon request of the other Party, the Parties
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	 	 	 	financial or customer service impacts. As a method to minimize the negative
financial or customer service impacts associated with home on home roaming, the
Parties agree to work with each other in good faith to implement a request from a
Party for a Local Areas Calling (LAC) restriction in the other Party’s network.
Nothing in this Agreement shall limit a Party’s right to restrict roaming onto a SID
or a SOC via LAC restrictions in overlapping markets.
	 
	 	16.	 	Direct Network Connection. Upon request of the other Party, the
Parties agree to work with each other in good faith to facilitate direct connection
between the Parties networks, when it is beneficial to both Parties to arrange for such
direct connection.
	 
	 	17.	 	GSM Alliance. As long as both Cingular and Rural are members of the
GSM Alliance, the Parties agree to support the minimum requirements for features,
network quality, and coverage requirements endorsed by the GSM Alliance. Rural further
recognizes that Cingular vendor’s procurement, access to Cingular technology evolution
plans and other membership benefits can only be provided to Rural in the event the GSM
Alliance continues to function as an entity sponsored by Cingular and Rural is meeting
the agreed upon principles of that Alliance. In the event that the GSM Alliance ceases
to exists, ***.
	 
	 	18.	 	Operations Council. In addition to the duties of the Operations
Council set forth in Section 4(g) of the Agreement, the Operations Council shall meet
on a quarterly basis. The council shall further share measurement reports to ensure
compliance with the quality metrics. The Parties further agree to provide visibility
of their buildout sites for the areas listed in Exhibit 8 ***. The Parties will also
share propagation maps and other materials through the Operations Council to ensure
both Parties’ compliance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement and this
Amendment.
	 
	 	19.	 	Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO). The Parties agree that
neither party may extend the terms of the Agreement or this Amendment to a Mobile
Virtual Network Operator without the other Party’s express written consent. For
purposes of this Section, “MVNO” shall mean a mobile virtual network operator that
provides the SIM utilizing the Originating Operator’s air interface, and uses the
MVNO’s interconnection with the Originating Operator’s MSC, its own HLR, and conveyance
and interconnection with other networks.
	 
	 	20.	 	Addition of Markets or Affiliates. Section 8 of the Agreement is
hereby replaced in its entirety as follows:
	 
	 	 	 	Either Party, upon receiving prior written consent from the other Party, may add
Affiliates or wireless markets operated by its respective Affiliates. Adding an
Affiliate or wireless markets served by an Affiliate shall require a written
amendment to the Agreement signed by both Parties.

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	 	21.	 	Successors and Assigns. Section 29 of the Agreement is hereby replaced
in its entirety as follows:

	 	a.	 	Neither Party may, directly or indirectly, sell, assign,
transfer, or convey its interest in this Agreement or any of its rights or
obligations hereunder, including any assignment or transfer occurring by
operation of law, without the written consent of both Parties, except that (i)
either Party may assign or delegate its rights or obligations hereunder, except
as set forth in subsection (b) below, to an Affiliate of such Party without
consent of the other Party, but such assignment or delegation will not relieve
the Party of any of its obligations hereunder and (ii) a Party may assign its
rights and obligations hereunder to an assignee of its license or permit issued
by the FCC, provided that such assignee expressly assumes, by written
instrument, all obligations of such Party hereunder and thereby becomes a Party
hereunder.
	 
	 	b.	 	Notwithstanding the above, neither Party may, directly or
indirectly, sell, assign, transfer or convey, the rights and obligations set
forth in ***, 16 (“Direct Network Connection”), or 17 (“GSM Alliance”) without
the written consent of the other Party.

	 	22.	 	AWS Agreement. The Parties agree that the Operating Agreement and the
GSM/PCS Roaming Agreement between Rural and AWS both dated June 6, 2003 are hereby
terminated and superseded by this Amendment and the Agreement, except that Section 3.2
of the Operating Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Section 3.2 of the
Operating Agreement states as follows:
	 
	 	 	 	“AWS will permit RURAL to utilize the AWS SID in the St. Cloud BTA. If
however unanticipated problems associated with sharing the SID arise, it will
be necessary for RURAL to discontinue using AWS’ SID and begin using its own
SID. Thus, a) AWS reserves the right to require RURAL to change its SID on
90 (ninety) days written notice, and b) RURAL agrees to provide ninety (90)
days written notice if it decides to discontinue using the SID.”
	 
	 	23.	 	Partial Invalidity. Wherever possible, each provision hereof shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but in
case any one or more of the provisions contained herein shall, for any reason, be held
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent, but only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provision or provisions or any other provisions hereof, unless such a
construction would be unreasonable. If the Agreement or this Amendment or any portion
thereof cannot be reasonably saved by rendering the contested provision(s) or portions
thereof ineffective, the Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to
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	 	 	 	problem if reasonably possible. If the Agreement and the Amendment conflict, the
Amendment will control.
	 
	 	24.	 	Ratification. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement in all
other respects remain unmodified and in full force and effect.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Cingular and Rural have caused this Agreement to be executed in duplicate
counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original instrument.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION	 	 	 	CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	On behalf of itself and its Affiliates	 	 	 	On behalf of itself and its Affiliates
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By 
	 	 	 	 	 	By 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	(Authorized Signature)
	 	 	 	 	(Authorized Signature)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Ann K. Newhall
	 	 	 	 	 	Tom Keathley
	 

	 	Executive Vice President and COO
	 	 	 	 	 	Executive Director — SCM
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: 
	 	 	 	 	Date: 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT LIST

	1.	 	Build Locations
	 
	2.	 	Network Quality Design Standards
	 
	3.	 	GSM Leases for Sites along Route 331
	 
	4.	 	2005 Seamless Feature Requirements
	 
	5.	 	Rural Preferred Roaming Provider Markets
	 
	6.	 	Intersystem Handoffs
	 
	7.	 	Intersystem Handoff Agreement
	 
	8.	 	***
	 
	9.	 	***
	 
	10.	 	Cingular Footprint Exhibit
	 
	11.	 	Deployment Commitment Schedule
	 
	12.	 	International Toll Rates for Rural and Cingular

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EXHIBIT 1

Alabama/Mississippi Build Locations

2005 Alabama:

***

2006 Alabama:

***

2005 Mississippi:

***

2006 Future Mississippi:

***

Washington Build Locations

	 	 	 	 	 
	Market Name / Cell Site Name

	 	Latitude N NAD 83
	 	Longitude W NAD 83
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Washington RSA#2
	 	 	 	 
	  ***

	 	   ***
	 	   ***
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Washington RSA#3
	 	 	 	 
	  ***

	 	   ***
	 	   ***

*** Region, New Hampshire

The following site descriptions make up the *** Region design plan that was transferred to Rural
Cellular

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Projection	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Longitude/	 	 
	 	 	Latitude	 	Longitude	 	Latitude	 	Parameters
	Cell Name	 	Deg	 	Min	 	Sec	 	N/S	 	Deg	 	Min	 	Sec	 	E/W	 	X: Longitude	 	Y: Latitude
	Initial 21 Sites
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	***

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	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Next 33 Sites
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	***

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EXHIBIT 2

Network Quality Design Standards

Dropped Calls:

	 	•	 	Dropped call requirement = ***

Blocked Calls:

	 	•	 	Blocked call requirement = ***
	 
	 	•	 	Blocked call defined by call completion failing due to lack of radio resource at cell.
	 
	 	•	 	Blocking will be measured using ***.

Network Availability:

	 	•	 	Network Availability shall be better than ***.
	 
	 	•	 	Measure of the total hours of all base station outages measured in ***

GSM Rx Quality:

	 	•	 	Achieve GSM quality score ***

Both Parties will provide such statistics described above as the market is being launched.
Regular reporting of the above statistics will be part of the quarterly Operations Council
process.

RF Coverage Requirements

	 	•	 	Highway - Minimum ***

	 	•	 	Population Base - Minimum of ***.

	 	•	 	Urban Area - Minimum of - ***.

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EXHIBIT 3

ROAMING RATES AND TERMS

This Exhibit 3 is executed by and between Cingular Wireless LLC and its Affiliates (CINGULAR) and
Rural Cellular Corp. and its Affiliates (RCC). The following preferred rates have been agreed to
by both parties and all other terms and conditions of the Intercarrier Multi-Standard Roaming
Agreement dated June 6th, 2003 will remain in full effect unless otherwise noted.

	1.	 	Cingular 2003 TDMA Rates

	 	1.1	 	Effective January 16, 2003 through January 15, 2004, CINGULAR agrees to pay RCC
***), including all daily surcharges, airtime charges, domestic toll and interconnect
fees associated with those calls.

	 	1.1.1	 	Billing System Airtime/Toll Rates. For administrative
purposes only and effective ***, RCC will charge CINGULAR for customers from
the markets listed in Attachment A, a rate of *** per airtime minute when they
roam in the RCC Alabama and Mississippi markets and *** per airtime minute for
all other RCC markets listed in Attachment B and C. For administrative
purposes only and effective***, RCC will charge CINGULAR for customers from the
markets listed in Attachment A, *** per domestic toll minute when they roam in
the RCC markets listed in Attachment B and C.
	 
	 	1.1.2	 	Effective January 16, 2003 through January 15, 2004, for all
airtime minutes ***, RCC will charge CINGULAR for customers from the markets
listed in Attachment A., *** per airtime minute and *** per domestic toll
minute when they roam in the RCC markets listed in Attachment B and C.
	 
	 	 	 	***

	2.	 	Cingular 2004 – 2007 TDMA Rates in RCC North East markets

	 	2.1	 	Effective January 16, 2004 through January 15, 2005, RCC will charge CINGULAR
customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** and *** per airtime minute when
they roam in the RCC markets listed in Attachment B. RCC will charge CINGULAR
customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** per domestic toll minute when
they roam in the RCC markets listed in Attachment B.
	 
	 	2.2	 	Effective January 16, 2005 through January 15, 2006, RCC will charge CINGULAR
customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** and *** per
airtime minute when they roam in the RCC markets listed in Attachment B. RCC will
charge CINGULAR customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, ***

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per domestic toll minute when they roam in the RCC markets listed in Attachment B.

	 	2.3	 	Effective January 16, 2006 through January 15, 2007, RCC will charge CINGULAR
customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** and *** per airtime minute when
they roam in the RCC markets listed in Attachment B. RCC will charge CINGULAR
customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** per domestic toll minute when
they roam in the RCC markets listed in Attachment B.

	3.	 	Cingular TDMA Rates in RCC Markets Outside the North East

	 	3.1	 	Effective January 16, 2004 through January 15, 2005, RCC will charge CINGULAR
customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** and *** per airtime minute when
they roam in the RCC markets listed in Attachment C. RCC will charge CINGULAR
customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** per domestic toll minute when
they roam in the RCC markets listed in Attachment C.
	 
	 	3.2	 	Effective January 16, 2005 through January 15, 2007, RCC will charge CINGULAR
customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** and *** per airtime minute when
they roam in the RCC markets listed in Attachment C. RCC will charge CINGULAR
customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** per domestic toll minute when
they roam in the RCC markets listed in Attachment C.

	4.	 	Cingular GSM Rates

	 	4.1	 	Effective June 6, 2003 through December 31, 2003, RCC will charge CINGULAR
customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** and *** per airtime minute when
they roam in a RCC market served by a RCC GSM network as listed in Attachment D and E.
RCC will charge CINGULAR customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** per
domestic toll minute when they roam in the RCC market served by a RCC GSM networks as
listed in Attachment D and E.
	 
	 	4.2	 	Effective January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004, RCC will charge CINGULAR
customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** and *** per airtime minute when
they roam in the RCC market served by a RCC GSM networks as listed in Attachment D and
E. RCC will charge CINGULAR customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** per
domestic toll minute when they roam in the RCC market served by a RCC GSM networks as
listed in Attachment D and E.
	 
	 	4.3	 	Effective January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005, RCC will charge CINGULAR
customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** and *** per

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airtime minute when they roam in the RCC market served by a RCC GSM networks as
listed in Attachment D and E. RCC will charge CINGULAR customers from the
markets listed in Attachment A, *** per domestic toll minute when they roam in
the RCC market served by a RCC GSM networks as listed in Attachment D and E.

	 	4.4	 	Effective January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2007, RCC will charge CINGULAR
customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** and *** per airtime minute when
they roam in the RCC market served by a RCC GSM networks as listed in Attachment D and
E. RCC will charge CINGULAR customers from the markets listed in Attachment A, *** per
domestic toll minute when they roam in the RCC market served by a RCC GSM networks as
listed in Attachment D and E.
	 
	 	4.5	 	The Parties acknowledge and agree that to the extent RCC deploys GSM technology
in any of its existing TDMA network, the rates contained in this paragraph 4 shall
apply to those markets.

	5.	 	RCC TDMA Rates.

	 	5.1	 	Effective June 6, 2003 through January, 2004, *** period), then CINGULAR will
charge RCC customers from the markets listed in Attachments B and C; and D; and E, ***
and *** per airtime minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed on Attachment
A. CINGULAR will charge RCC customers from the markets listed in Attachment B and C;
and D; and E, *** per domestic toll minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets
listed in Attachment A. ***, then CINGULAR will charge RCC customers from the markets
listed in Attachments B and C; and D; and E, *** and *** per airtime minute when they
roam in the CINGULAR markets listed on Attachment A. CINGULAR will charge RCC
customers from the markets listed in Attachment B and C; and D; and E, *** per domestic
toll minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed in Attachment A.
	 
	 	5.2	 	Effective January, 2004 through January, 2005, ***, then CINGULAR will charge
RCC customers from the markets listed in Attachments B and C; and D; and E , *** and
*** per airtime minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed on Attachment A.
CINGULAR will charge RCC customers from the markets listed in Attachment B and C; and
D; and E, *** per domestic toll minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed in
Attachment A. If RCC does not send *** airtime minutes of use to CINGULAR as described
above, then CINGULAR will charge RCC customers from the markets listed in Attachments B
and C; and D; and E, *** and *** per airtime minute when they roam in the CINGULAR
markets listed on Attachment A. CINGULAR will charge RCC customers from the markets
listed in Attachment B and C; and D;
and E, *** per domestic toll minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed in
Attachment A.

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	 	5.3	 	Effective January, 2005 through January, 2006, CINGULAR will charge RCC
customers from the markets listed in Attachments B and C; and D; and E, *** and ***
per airtime minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed on Attachment A.
CINGULAR will charge RCC customers from the markets listed in Attachment B and C; and
D; and E, *** per domestic toll minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed in
Attachment A.
	 
	 	5.4	 	Effective January, 2006 through January, 2007, CINGULAR will charge RCC
customers from the markets listed in Attachments B and C; and D; and E, *** and ***
per airtime minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed on Attachment A.
CINGULAR will charge RCC customers from the markets listed in Attachment B and C; and
D; and E, *** per domestic toll minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed in
Attachment A.

	6.	 	RCC GSM Rates

	 	6.1	 	Effective June 6, 2003 through January, 2004, CINGULAR will charge RCC
customers from the markets listed in Attachments B and C; and D; and E, *** and ***
per airtime minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed on Attachment A.
CINGULAR will charge RCC customers from the markets listed in Attachment B and C; and
D; and E, *** per domestic toll minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed in
Attachment A.
	 
	 	6.2	 	Effective January, 2004 through January, 2005, CINGULAR will charge RCC
customers from the markets listed in Attachments B and C; and D; and E , *** and ***
per airtime minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed on Attachment A.
CINGULAR will charge RCC customers from the markets listed in Attachment B and C; and
D; and E, *** per domestic toll minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed in
Attachment A.
	 
	 	6.3	 	Effective January, 2005 through January, 2006, CINGULAR will charge RCC
customers from the markets listed in Attachments B and C; and D; and E , *** and ***
per airtime minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed on Attachment A.
CINGULAR will charge RCC customers from the markets listed in Attachment B and C; and
D; and E, *** per domestic toll minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed in
Attachment A.
	 
	 	6.4	 	Effective January, 2006 through January, 2007, CINGULAR will charge RCC
customers from the markets listed in Attachments B and C; and D; and E , *** and ***
per airtime minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed on Attachment A.
CINGULAR will charge RCC customers from the markets listed in Attachment B and C; and
D; and E, *** per domestic toll minute when they roam in the CINGULAR markets listed in
Attachment A.

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	7.	 	Short Message Service (SMS) Rates

Effective June 6, 2003 — through December 31, 2007, the Parties agree to begin offering Roaming
Mobile-Originated and Mobile-Terminated SMS for both TDMA and GSM subscribers as soon as a Party is
capable of billing for SMS. The Parties agree to charge *** per Mobile-Originated SMS and *** for
Mobile-Terminated SMS. In the event that a Party does not have the capability to bill for both
TDMA and GSM SMS messages, the Parties agree that a Party may bill for one technology, but not the
other, until such time as it is able of billing for both technologies.

	8.	 	General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Rates

Effective June 6, 2003 — through December 31, 2007, the Parties shall apply the standard rate of
*** per kilobyte for GPRS Service.

	9.	 	Surcharges and Interconnect Fees

The parties agree that there shall be ***.

	10.	 	Markets

The rates set forth in this Exhibit 3 apply to:

	 	(i)	 	all roaming service provided under the Agreement; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	all Future Market(s), as reflected on subsequent technical data sheets, unless
the Party adding the Future Market(s) provides written notice to the contrary.

	11.	 	Calls not included in preferred rate agreement

This Exhibit 3 does not address rates for Directory Assistance, or International Toll calls.

Concurred:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CINGULAR

	 	 
	 	 	 	RCC
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	Initials	 	 	 	 	 	Initials	 	 

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EXHIBIT 4

2005 Required Seamless Feature List

	•	 	911 – Support for 911 services based on local public safety agencies.
	 
	•	 	Airlink Quality Monitoring  – The mobile end station (MES) shall
support GPRS standard mobility management features.
	 
	•	 	Authentication  – Process that validates the subscriber’s identity
when the phone is turned on (i.e. registers). The SIM, handset and network perform
authentication of the user.
	 
	•	 	Barring All Incoming/Outgoing Calls (BAIC & BAOC)  – Feature initiated
by carrier or subscriber that intercepts (i.e. bars) all incoming/outgoing calls to/from
the subscriber’s mobile. Barred calls receive treatment rather than going to voice mail.
Subscribers with BAIC feature will not receive/place calls while on the home network or
while roaming on other networks. Emergency and customer care calls are allowed.
	 
	•	 	Barring/Allowing Outgoing International Calls (BOIC)  – Feature
initiated by home carrier that intercepts (i.e. bars) outgoing international calls placed
from the subscriber’s mobile. Subscribers with the BOIC feature will not be able to
originate calls to international destinations on the home network or while roaming on
another network
	 
	•	 	Call Delivery  – Feature that permits subscriber to receive incoming
calls while in the home market or while roaming in other networks.
	 
	•	 	Call Forwarding  –Feature that allows subscribers to forward
unconditionally calls to any number defined by the subscriber that falls within the
pre-defined rules (e.g. no call forwarding to 800, 900, international, etc.).
	 
	•	 	Call Forwarding Unconditional  – Calls are forwarded immediately when
the mobile subscriber’s number is dialed subject to the same restrictions as Call
Forwarding.
	 
	•	 	Call Origination  – Feature that permits subscriber to make a call
depending on the subscriber’s call category while in home market or while roaming in other
networks.
	 
	•	 	Call Waiting  – Feature that informs the subscriber of an incoming
call and allows the subscriber to toggle between the initial and incoming call.
	 
	•	 	Calling Number ID Presentation (CNIP)  – Feature that allows the
originating caller to present its Caller ID on a per call basis using *82. This feature is
only applicable to subscribers who have requested their Caller ID to be blocked for all
calls.
	 
	•	 	Calling Number ID Restrict (CNIR) – Feature that allows the
originating caller to block its Caller ID on a per call basis using *67.
	 
	•	 	Data Support  – Subscribers roaming while using data services will be
routed back to home SGSN. Some examples of features supported via this arrangement
include:

	 	•	 	Native Internet Behavior for Mobile - same internet behavior as on-net experience

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	 	•	 	WCO Frame Relay – VPN service and equipment will offer secure connection through the
foreign network to private third party sites

	 	•	 	Layer 2 Connection to Enterprises – VPN service and equipment will offer secure
connection through the foreign network to private third party sites or RIM Blackberry
type services

	 	•	 	Public Address Space for Mobiles – MES roaming on a foreign network shall have
publicly addressable IP addresses

	•	 	Directory Assistance and Call Completion (DACC)  – Feature that allows
a subscriber to utilize nationally consistent dialing patterns to reach a directory
assistance call center (i.e. “411”, “NPA-555-1212”, “0”) to request a listed local or long
distance number and have the call automatically completed to the requested number. Call
completion should be offered to all customers other than toll restrict customers.
	 
	•	 	GPRS Transport 1-4 slots  – Feature that allows subscribers with
capable handsets or devices to set up a wireless data session using up to 4 timeslots at a
time using a minimum of CS2. Each timeslot provides 10 Kb/s GPRS data throughput rate
using CS2.
	 
	•	 	International Direct Dialing (IDD)  – Feature that allows subscribers
to direct dial international numbers.
	 
	•	 	Location Area Code
(LAC) – A group of sites that have been assigned
to an identifier within a serving domain. When moving between LACs the mobile requests an
update of the VLR with the new LAC.
	 
	•	 	Multi-Party Service (3-Way)  – Feature that allows the mobile
subscriber to create a call with additional parties (i.e. conference call). The number of
parties that can be included in the call is limited to three. The mobile subscriber that
invokes this service can selectively remove parties from the call through their phone.
	 
	•	 	Short Messaging Service (SMS) – Feature that allows subscribers to
send (i.e. mobile originate) and receive (i.e. mobile terminate) text messages.
	 
	•	 	Single Number Hotline  – Feature that allows subscribers to call a
single number only (like 911 or 611 customer care).
	 
	•	 	Standard Dialing  – Feature that supports #, +, ten digit dialing as
required, blocking 900 numbers.
	 
	•	 	Subscriber Identifier  – Subscriber ID is the numeric ID used in the
network and billing system to uniquely identify the subscriber. The IMSI is the subscriber
ID used for the GSM networks and is composed of three parts:

	 	•	 	Mobile Country code (MCC) = 3 digits
	 
	 	•	 	Mobile Network code (MNC) = 2/3 digits
	 
	 	•	 	Mobile Subscriber ID / Number (MSIN) = up to 10 digits

	•	 	Voice Mail Support While Roaming  – Feature that allows for efficient
routing to voice mail from the mobile’s home MSC rather than the serving MSC when roaming.

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	•	 	Voice Privacy  – Feature in the network and handsets to enable
increased voice security through encryption of the voice channel over the air.
	 
	•	 	Over the Air Programming (OAP)  – Service that is used periodically to
send PLMN updates (i.e. roaming carrier information) and other data (i.e. dynamic IP
address, MSISDN, voice mail access number) to customer’s devices.
	 
	•	 	International + Code Dialing  – Also known as International Access
Code, is the number defined for the serving country that must be dialed prior to the
country code and destination number. Since the international access code is different for
every country, the GSM standard has defined the + dialed character to mean the serving
system’s international access code. In the U.S. this would be 011.
	 
	•	 	611 Home Customer Care Routing
	 
	•	 	OPTIMAL ROUTING (LATE CALL FORWARDING ONLY) – A NETWORK FEATURE WHICH ENABLES THE CALLS
DIRECTED TO A MOBILE SUBSCRIBER TO BE ROUTED DIRECTLY TO THE MOBILE SUBSCRIBER’S
FORWARDED-TO DESTINATION VIA THE HPLMN AND NOT THE VPLMN UPON A LATE CALL FORWARDING (LCF)
CONDITION.
	 
	•	 	TTY Connectivity – Feature that provides full support of using Teletype (TTY) service
while roaming, for the hearing impaired, per the FCC mandate.
	 
	•	 	Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) – Enhanced technology providing data speeds
up to three times as fast as GPRS per timeslot.
	 
	•	 	CAMEL II — Support dialed triggers and VLR triggers using CAMEL technology for Roaming
only.
	 
	•	 	Cingular Abbreviated Dialing codes and Star codes as referenced:

	 	 	 	 	 
	National ADC Codes	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	ADC	 	Status	 	Destination #
	***

	 	***
	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Midwest Regional ADC Codes
	 	 	 	 
	None
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	West Regional ADC Codes
	 	 	 	 
	***

	 	***
	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 
	South Regional ADC Codes
	 	 	 	 
	None
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Northeast Regional ADC Codes
	 	 	 	 
	***

	 	***
	 	***

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States included in each Region

Midwest***

West***

South***

Northeast***

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EXHIBIT 5

Rural Preferred Roaming Provider Markets

	 	 	 	 	 
	Northeast

	 	TDMA
	 	GSM
	***

	 	***
	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Midwest

	 	TDMA
	 	GSM
	***

	 	***	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Kansas, Washington, Oregon

	 	TDMA
	 	GSM
	***

	 	***
	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Alabama, Mississippi

	 	TDMA
	 	GSM
	***

	 	***
	 	***

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EXHIBIT 6

Intersystem Handoffs

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Market	 	Location	 	 	 	Location RCC
	 	 	Cingular	 	 	 	 
	Boston_Connecticut

	 	Bernadston CW
	 	to
	 	Catden (NH) Northfield (MA) West Brattleboro (VT)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Boston_Connecticut

	 	Keene Rt 101
	 	to
	 	West Hill (NH) DT Keene (NH)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Boston_Connecticut

	 	N. Woodstock NH
	 	to
	 	Lincoln (NH)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Boston_Connecticut

	 	Plymouth NH
	 	to
	 	Plymouth (NH) Plymouth State University
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Boston_Connecticut

	 	West Lebanon NH
	 	to
	 	Hurricane Hill (VT) Craft Hill (NH)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Upstate NY

	 	Albany NY
	 	to
	 	Johstown (NY) Braodalbin (NY) Foutlon (NY)
Gloversville (NY)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Upstate NY

	 	Glen Falls NY
	 	to
	 	Scroon Lake (NY) Granpas Knob (VT)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Upstate NY (New England)

	 	Athol. MA Rt 2
	 	to
	 	Greenfield (MA) Northfield (MA)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Upstate NY (New England)

	 	Keene Rt 101
	 	to
	 	West Hill (NH) DT Keene (NH)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Upstate NY (New England)

	 	N. Woodstock NH
	 	to
	 	Lincoln (NH)

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EXHIBIT 7

Intersystem Handover Attachment to Intercarrier Roamer

and Local Wholesale Service Agreement

     This Inter-System Handover Attachment, including any appendices (the “Attachment”) is by and
between Rural Cellular Corporation (“Rural”) having an office at 3905 Dakota St SW, Alexandria, MN
56308, and Cingular Wireless LLC, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates (“Cingular”), having an
office at Glenridge Highlands Two, 5565 Glenridge Connector, Suite 1520, Atlanta, Georgia 30342
(hereafter collectively called “Cingular “).

     WHEREAS, CARRIER and Cingular have entered into an MULTISTANDARD ROAMER SERVICE AGREEMENT as
of June 6, 2003 (hereinafter “Roaming Agreement”) which sets forth the obligations of each carrier
for handling roaming traffic of the other carrier; and

     WHEREAS, CARRIER and Cingular wish to establish a more detailed agreement regarding the
handover of GSM traffic between their respective networks;

     NOW THEREFORE, CARRIER and Cingular agree as follows:

	 	1.	 	Attachment. This Attachment shall be appended to the Roaming Agreement as is
fully set forth therein and all terms and conditions of the Roaming Agreement shall
apply to this Attachment, including but not limited to the Term set forth in Section 2.
	 
	 	2.	 	Definitions. In addition to the Definitions contained in the Roaming
Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:

	 	a.	 	Inter-System Handover: the process of transferring a GSM call
from one switch to another without service interruption. This definition
includes handovers from 1900 MHz to 850 MHz, 850 MHz to 1900 MHz, 1900 MHz to
1900 MHz, or 850 MHz to 850Mz systems. Handover functionality requires
interconnecting circuits between the switches and database updates associated
with Border Cell Site configurations.
	 
	 	b.	 	Drive Test: the process by which a carrier’s representative
analyzes how the Inter-System Handover functionality is working by physically
moving through the area to be covered by that agreement and sampling the
technical interface by causing the systems to handover multiple times and
verifying such according to the agreed-upon test parameters.
	 
	 	c.	 	Border Cell Sites: a collection of cell sites physically
located along the edges of each carrier’s serving area that are involved in the
Handover process. As a caller moves outside the range of one MSC, the call
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	 	 	 	handed off to another MSC. Border Cell Sites will act as the interface
point to facilitate handover between different switches.
	 
	 	d.	 	Affiliate: any entity that directly or indirectly, through one
or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control
with another entity. A Party’s Affiliates also include any entities that
control, are controlled by, or are under common control with, any other
Affiliate of that Party. For purposes of this Attachment, control shall be
defined as *** or more ownership or beneficial interest of income and capital
of such entity; or (ii) ownership of at least *** of the voting power or voting
equity; or (iii) sole or share management by a general partner of the entity;
or (iv) regardless of the percentage ownership interest held, the ability to
otherwise direct management policies of such entity by contract or otherwise.
Affiliate shall also mean Salmon PCS LLC (“Salmon”) in which Cingular currently
owns over an eighty percent (80%) equity interest but which company Cingular
does not control.

	 	3.	 	Initial Requests. Either party may request GSM Inter-system Handover
capability from the other party in areas served by Border Cell Sites. Requests must be
made in writing and submitted to the designated contact for the party. The Party
receiving the request shall have up to *** to approve or disapprove the request. Upon
approval of the Party receiving the request, the request will then be coordinated and
implemented by the respective local market network personnel.
	 
	 	4.	 	Operational Requirements

	 	a.	 	Implementation: Inter-System Handover implementations will be
monitored by the Operations Council as established in Section 4.g of the
Roaming Agreement. Each party will use commercially reasonable efforts to
implement Inter-System Handover capability within *** of the approval of a
request. Requests should be submitted with enough advance notice to ensure
adequate time to install, integrate and test Inter-System Handover
functionality. All information will be kept private and confidential in
accordance with the confidentiality provisions of the Roaming Agreement.
	 
	 	b.	 	Interconnect Costs: ***
	 
	 	c.	 	Integration: Both parties will work together to develop a
reasonable implementation schedule and test plan for Inter-System Handovers.
	 
	 	d.	 	Testing: Both parties will mutually agree upon the Drive Test
routes to measure and ensure that the performance metrics are met. Drive test
routes shall be developed to ensure that all major roadways in the coverage
area will be measured, as practically as possible, while
representing the mobility patterns of typical subscribers at the time of the
data collection. Data samples collected during the Drive Test shall be

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	 	 	 	evenly distributed along the Drive Test route to avoid over-collection of
samples in any one specific area to the extent of practicability. Each
party will work together to verify handover functionality and use
commercially reasonable efforts to resolve problems in a timely manner.
	 
	 	e.	 	Features & Functionality: Commercially reasonable efforts will
be made to support the home party features and functionality of roaming
subscribers. This includes, but is not limited to, hyper-band handover.
[These other features are not part of an intersystem handoff, they are related
to interoperability.]
	 
	 	f.	 	Charges for Handover calls: ***

	 	5.	 	Operational Performance

	 	a.	 	Service Level Agreement
	 
	 	 	 	The party receiving the handover will maintain Inter-System Handover trunk
group congestion at 1% Grade of Service (P.01 G.O.S), or less. An average
of the 10 busiest hours in a given month shall be used to determine trunk
group congestion. It is the responsibility of each party receiving the
handover to monitor and report trunk group congestion to the adjacent party.
	 
	 	 	 	The party receiving the handover will use commercially reasonable efforts to
maintain trunk group availability at ***%.
	 
	 	 	 	The Parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to add necessary
trunk group capacity as needed to support traffic growth.
	 
	 	b.	 	Network Modifications
	 
	 	 	 	Each party agrees to notify the other party *** in advance of all new Border
Cell Site Additions and provide the appropriate information to ensure new
sites will handover properly.
	 
	 	 	 	Each party agrees to notify the other party thirty (30) days in advance of
all Border Cell Site modifications that may affect Inter-System Handovers.
These include, but are not limited to, changes of antenna type, ERP, antenna
height and frequency re-tunes.
	 
	 	c.	 	Sharing of Information
	 
	 	 	 	Each party agrees to meet regularly to discuss network performance and
operational issues. These meetings will be scheduled at the discretion of
the local market network teams. The local market teams will share and
maintain contact information and escalation procedures for problem

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resolution. Any issues that are not resolved at the local market level will
be escalated to the Operations Council for resolution.

	 	d.	 	Trouble Reporting
	 
	 	 	 	Each party will directly notify the other party of system performance
issues. Each party agrees to respond with commercially reasonable efforts
upon notification of problems affecting this service. Notification shall be
sent in accordance with the procedures to be established by the Operations
Council.

	 	6.	 	Dispute Resolution Process. Disputes arising under this Attachment shall be
handled in accordance with Section 4.g.2 of the Roaming Agreement. A party may not
terminate the Roaming Agreement or this Attachment for a violation of a term contained
in this Attachment until the parties have first brought the matter to the attention of
the Operations Council and exhausted the dispute resolution process.
	 
	 	7.	 	Entire Agreement. This Attachment may not be modified or otherwise amended
except by a written consent of both parties signed by an authorized representative of
each party. No course of dealing or failure of either party to strictly enforce any
term, right or condition of this Attachment shall be construed as a general waiver or
relinquishment of such term, right or condition. A waiver by either party of any
default shall not be deemed a wavier of any other default.
	 
	 	8.	 	Partial Invalidity. Wherever possible, each provision hereof shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but in
case any one or more of the provisions contained herein shall, for any reason, be held
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent, but only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provision or provisions or any other provisions hereof, unless such a
construction would be unreasonable. If the Attachment or any amendment hereto, or any
portion thereof cannot be reasonably saved by rendering the contested provision(s) or
portions thereof ineffective, the Parties shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to negotiate and to agree upon a cure to the problem if reasonably possible.
	 
	 	9.	 	Ratification. All other terms and conditions of the Roaming Agreement continue
to govern the general roaming relationship of the parties and Inter-System Handover to
the extent not set forth above. Such terms and conditions include, but are not limited
to, additional definitions, default, dispute resolution, confidentiality, and rates.
In the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of that Roaming Agreement
and this Attachment, this Attachment shall control.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CARRIER and Cingular have caused this Attachment to be executed in
duplicate counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original instrument.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CARRIER	 	 	 	CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC
	 	 	 	 	 	 	On behalf of itself and its Affiliates
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By

	 	 	 	 	 	By	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 

	(Authorized Signature)
	 	 	 	(Authorized Signature)

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	(Print or type)	 	 	 	(Print or type)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date:

	 	 	 	 	 	Date:	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT 8

******

	 	 	 
	Description	 	Comments
	Northeast
	 	 
	***

	 	***
	 
	 	 
	Northwest
	 	 
	***

	 	***
	 
	 	 
	South
	 	 
	***

	 	***

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EXHIBIT 9

***

All

     ***

Northeast

     ***

AL/MS

     ***

Washington

     ***

Maine

     ***

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EXHIBIT 10

Map of Cingular Footprint

***

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EXHIBIT 11

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Buildout Commitment	 	Quality Measurement	 	RF Quality Measurement
	Market	 	Date	 	Starts	 	Starts
	***

	 	***
	 	***
	 	***

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EXHIBIT 12

Cingular’s Schedule — International Toll Charges

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	1

	 	Australia; Austria; Bahamas; Belgium; Bermuda;
Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Hong Kong;
Ireland; Italy/Vatican City; Israel; Japan;
Luxembourg; Monaco; Netherlands; New Zealand;
Norway; Singapore; South Africa; Sweden;
Switzerland; Taiwan; United Kingdom
	 	***
	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	2

	 	Andorra; Anguilla; Antigua/Barbuda; Argentina;
Aruba; Barbados; Belize; Bolivia;
Bosnia-Herzegovina; Brazil; British Virgin Islands;
Bulgaria; Cayman Islands; Chile; Colombia; Costa
Rica; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Dominica;
Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Faeroe
Islands; French Antilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique,
Montserrat); French Guyana; Gibraltar; Greece;
Greenland; Grenada; Guatemala; Honduras; Hungary;
Iceland; Jamaica; Liechtenstein; Macau; Malaysia;
Malta; Mexico; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua;
Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Poland;
Portugal; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; South Korea;
Spain; St. Kitts & Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Pierre &
Miquelon; St. Vincent & the Grenadines; Trinidad &
Tobago; Turkey; Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus;
Turks & Caicos Islands; Uruguay; Venezuela;
Yugoslavia
	 	***
	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	3

	 	Albania; Bahrain; Belarus; Brunei; Cape Verde;
China; Comoros/Mayotte; Egypt; Estonia; Falkland
Islands (Malvinas); French Polynesia; Haiti; India;
Indonesia; Jordan; Kuwait; Latvia; Lebanon; Libya;
Lithuania; Macedonia; Mariana Islands; Marshall
Islands; Mauritius; Moldova; Morocco; Namibia;
Norfolk & Antarctica; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Papua
New Guinea; Qatar; Reunion; Romania; San Marino;
Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Syria; Thailand; United
Arab Emirates
	 	***
	 	***
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4

	 	Afghanistan; Algeria; Angola; Armenia; Ascension;
Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Benin; Bhutan; Botswana;
Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Central
African Republic; Chad; Congo; Cook Islands; Cuba;
Diego Garcia; Djibouti; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea;
Ethiopia; Fiji; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana;
Guinea — Bissau; Guinea Republic; Guyana; Iran;
Iraq; Côte d’Ivoire; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kiribati;
Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar;
Malawi; Maldives; Mali; Mauritania; Micronesia;
Mongolia; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nauru; Nepal; New
Caledonia; Niger; Nigeria; Niue Island; North Korea;
Russia; Rwanda; Sao Tome & Principe; Senegal; Sierra
Leone; Solomon Islands; Somali Republic; Sri Lanka;
St. Helena; Sudan; Surinam; Swaziland; Tajikistan;
Tanzania; Togo; Tokelau; Tonga; Tunisia;
Turkmenistan; Tuvalu; Uganda; Ukraine; Uzbekistan;
Vanuatu; Vietnam; Wallis-Futuna; Western Samoa;
Yemen Arab Republic; Dem. Rep. of Congo; Zambia;
Zimbabwe
	 	***
	 	***

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EXHIBIT 12

Rural’s Schedule

The toll (long distance) rate for International Calls is as follows and does not include taxes or
airtime. Any exception toll rates that exist for the countries below will take precedence over the
standard rate shown. All shown rates are in U.S. Dollars and include both peak and off peak times:

	 	 	 
	 	 	Standard
	Country	 	Rate (USD)
	Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium,
Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica,
Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom

	 	***
	 
	 	 
	Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra,
Angola, Anguilla, Antigua/Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba,
Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin,
Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,
Burnei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, BVI
(Tortola), Central African Republic, Chile, China,
Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El
Salvador, Faroe Islands, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia,
Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada,
Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland,
Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan,
Kazakhstan, Korea (South), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali,
Malta Republic, Martinique, Mauritania, Mexico,
Moldova, Mongolia, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia,
Netherlands Antilles, Niger, Papua New Guinea,
Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Reunion Island,
Romania, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Senegal,
Slovakia, Slovenia, St Kitts/Nevis, St Lucia, St
Pierre/Miquelon, St Vincent/Grenadine, Swaziland,
Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Turks/Caicos, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay,
Uzebekistan, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

	 	***
	 
	 	 
	Afghanistan, Armenia, Ascension Island, Belize,
Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Chad, Congo
Dem Rep (Zaire), Croatia, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Polynesia,
Greenland, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq,
Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (North), Laos, Lebanon,
Madagascar, Maldives Republic, Marshall Islands,
Mauritius, Mayotte Islands, Micronesia, Monaco,
Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, New Caledonia,
Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama,
Peru, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname,
Syria, Tanzania, Tonga, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates,
Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Yemen Republic

	 	***
	 
	 	 
	Australian Territories, Cook Islands, Cuba, Diego
Garcia, East Timor, Falkland Islands, Guinea-Bissau,
Nauru, Niue Islands, Sao Tome/Principe, Solomon
Islands, Somalia, St Helena, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu,
Wallis/Futuna Island

	 	***

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