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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10(II)

                          DIRECTORS' PHANTOM SHARE PLAN

           (Adopted by the Board of Directors on September 18, 1995)
    (Amended and restated by the Board of Directors as of December 2, 2003)

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has previously established a retirement income
program for certain Directors of the Company by resolution adopted on February
17, 1982 ("1982 Directors' Retirement Plan"); and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors wishes to replace the 1982 Directors' Retirement
Plan with a phantom share plan and establish certain transitional provisions;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the following plan, to be known as the
Directors' Phantom Share Plan is hereby established with the following terms and
conditions:

      Directors, except employees or former employees of the Company or its
      subsidiaries within five years of their termination of employment who are
      Directors ("Outside Directors"), shall receive annual grants of phantom
      shares ("Phantom Shares") (each Phantom Share to equal the fair market
      value of one share of Company common stock) equal in value to one times
      the then current annual retainer for Outside Directors on each Board
      service anniversary date (as hereinafter defined) following the date such
      Outside Director first became eligible to participate in the Plan.

      With respect to the current Outside Directors:

         -        Outside Directors with ten or more years of Board service as
                  of September 18, 1995 shall continue to be eligible to receive
                  benefits under the 1982 Directors' Retirement Plan.

         -        Outside Directors with at least five years but less than ten
                  years Board service as of September 18, 1995 shall receive an
                  annual grant of Phantom Shares equal in value to one times the
                  then current annual retainer for Outside Directors on each
                  Board service anniversary date commencing on their next Board
                  service anniversary date. Such Directors shall continue to be
                  eligible to receive benefits under the 1982 Directors'
                  Retirement Plan to the extent such benefits are accrued for
                  benefit computation purposes as of September 18, 1995 (rounded
                  to completed years of Board service).

         -        Outside Directors with less than five years of Board service
                  as of September 18, 1995, and Outside Directors elected to the
                  Board after that date, shall receive an initial grant of
                  Phantom Shares equal to the current annual retainer for
                  Outside Directors times the number of years (rounded to
                  completed years) of Board service. Such Directors shall
                  thereafter receive an annual grant of Phantom Shares equal to
                  one times the then current

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                  annual retainer for Outside Directors on each Board service
                  anniversary date commencing on their next Board service
                  anniversary date. Such Directors shall not be eligible for any
                  benefits under the 1982 Directors' Retirement Plan.

         Dividend equivalents will be accrued on all Phantom Shares granted
         under this Plan. Upon the payment date of each dividend declared on the
         Company's common stock, that number of additional Phantom Shares will
         be credited to each Outside Directors' account which is equivalent in
         value to the aggregate amount of dividends which would be paid if the
         number of Phantom Shares credited to each Outside Directors' account
         were actual shares of the Company's common stock.

         All Phantom Shares become fully vested at the earlier of:

                  (i)      five years from the date of grant;

                  (ii)     upon the Director's termination of service on the
                           Board on or after age 55; or

                  (iii)    a "Change in Control" as defined in the Company's Key
                           Employees' Stock Option Plan.

         Upon termination of Board service (the "termination date") the fair
         market value of all vested Phantom Shares shall be paid to each Outside
         Director in cash, subject to applicable withholding taxes, as follows:

         The value of each Outside Directors' account shall be paid in 12
         installments commencing on the first day of the month coincident with
         or next following the Director's termination date, and on the first day
         of the next 11 months thereafter (each an "installment date"). Each
         installment shall equal a fractional amount of each Outside Directors'
         account, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is
         equal to the number of months remaining between the installment date
         and 12 months after the first installment date.

         For all purposes of this Plan, the fair market value for the Company's
         common stock and Phantom Shares shall be the mean of the high and low
         prices of the Company's common stock on the relevant date as reported
         on the New York Stock Exchange - Composite Transactions Listing (or
         similar report) or if no sale was made on such date, then on the next
         preceding day on which such sale was made.

         The first Board service anniversary date for each Outside Director
         shall mean the date of the first Annual Meeting of Shareholders
         following election as a Director; provided, however, in the case of an
         Outside Director who is a former employee of the Company or its
         subsidiaries, the first Board service anniversary date shall mean the
         date of the first Annual Meeting of Shareholders following the date
         such Outside Director first became eligible to participate in the Plan.
         Each Board service anniversary thereafter shall be the date of the next
         Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

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         Any person who is entitled to benefits under the 1982 Directors'
         Retirement Plan as of the date hereof shall be fully vested in the
         right to receive such benefits. No additional accrual of years of
         service for benefit calculation purposes shall be made under the 1982
         Directors' Retirement Plan. Other than as expressly provided in these
         Directors' Phantom Share Plan resolutions, the resolutions of February
         17, 1982 are hereby rescinded and are of no further force and effect.

         No award of Phantom Shares shall be assignable or transferable by the
         Outside Directors, except by will or by the laws of descent and
         distribution.

         The number of Phantom Shares credited to an Outside Directors' account
         shall be adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend,
         combination of shares, merger, consolidation, reorganization, or other
         change in the structure of the Company or the nature of the Company's
         common stock (the "event") in the same manner as the event affects the
         Company's common stock.

         The Board of Directors may alter or amend this Plan, in whole or in
         part, from time to time, or terminate the Plan at any time, provided,
         however, no such action shall adversely affect any rights or
         obligations with respect to awards of Phantom Shares previously made
         under the Plan, without consent of the individual Outside Director.

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the officers of the Company be and they severally are
authorized to do and perform each and every act and thing and to execute and
deliver any and all documents as, on the advice of legal counsel of the Company,
such officers may deem necessary or advisable to implement the intent and
purpose of the preceding resolutions, such officer's execution thereof to be
conclusive evidence of the exercise of the discretionary authority herein
conferred.

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CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC

EXHIBITS - Subordination Agreement among SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth
           Corporation, Cellular Credit Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

                             SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT

                  SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT, dated as of November 17, 2003, among
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation ("SBC"), BELLSOUTH CORPORATION,
a Georgia corporation ("BellSouth"), and CELLULAR CREDIT CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation wholly-owned by BellSouth ("Cellular Credit"), (each of SBC,
BellSouth and Cellular Credit is referred to herein as a "Subordinated Creditor"
and, collectively, the "Subordinated Creditors"), and CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the "Borrower").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

                  WHEREAS, the Borrower has entered into a 364-day Credit
Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2003, among the Borrower, the Lenders party
thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent (as the same may be
amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, and any
replacement, substitution, refunding or refinancing of all or any portion
thereof which by its terms is stated to be entitled to the benefits hereof,
whether with the same or different lenders, the "Credit Agreement"); and

                  WHEREAS, the term "Debt" as defined in the Credit Agreement,
excludes financial obligations of the Borrower that constitute "Shareholder
Loans" within the meaning of the Credit Agreement; and

                  WHEREAS, each of the Subordinated Creditors has extended
credit, and may in the future extend credit, to the Borrower, and

                  WHEREAS, by entering into, or agreeing to be bound by, the
terms of this Subordination Agreement each Subordinated Creditor desires to
agree, for the benefit of the Lenders, to certain subordination and related
terms that shall apply to any such credit, provided that such credit is
identified on Schedule A hereto, in the case of SBC or any Subsidiary of SBC, or
Schedule B hereto, in the case of BellSouth or any Subsidiary of BellSouth (all
such indebtedness identified on such schedules, as such schedules they may from
time to time be supplemented in accordance with the terms hereof, the
"Shareholder Loans"); and

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties
hereto hereby agree as follows:

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CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC

EXHIBITS - Subordination Agreement among SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth
           Corporation, Cellular Credit Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

                  SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

                  1.1      Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the
Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Credit Agreement.

                  1.2      The following terms shall have the following
meanings:

                  "Agreement": This Subordination Agreement, as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

                  "Credit Agreement": The Credit Agreement as defined in the
preamble hereto.

                  "Senior Capital Markets Debt": all obligations payable from
         time to time by the Borrower pursuant to (i) each commercial paper note
         issued from time to time by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the
         Issuing and Paying Agent Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2000,
         between the Borrower and Chase Manhattan Bank, as issuing and paying
         agent, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to
         time, (ii) each other commercial paper note, commercial note or similar
         indebtedness for borrowed money having an original maturity of 390 days
         or less (but the maturity of which may be extendible, either
         automatically unless the holder elects to the contrary or on some other
         basis), and (iii) each other obligation of the Borrower to creditors
         other than the Subordinated Creditors (A) that each of SBC and
         BellSouth has approved as Senior Capital Markets Debt by executing a
         notice substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto and delivering a
         signed counterpart thereof to the Borrower and (B)(I) which by its
         terms is expressly stated to be "Senior Capital Markets Debt" under
         this Agreement or (II) which the Borrower from time to time after the
         issuance thereof has notified in writing the creditors for such
         obligation or their trustee, agent or other representative is "Senior
         Capital Markets Debt" under this Agreement, in each case with respect
         to obligations referred to in clauses (i) - (iii) above including,
         without limitation, all obligations for the payment of principal of and
         interest (including interest accruing on or after, or which would
         accrue but for, the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for
         reorganization relating to the

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CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC

EXHIBITS - Subordination Agreement among SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth
           Corporation, Cellular Credit Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

         Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-petition interest is allowed
         in such proceeding) on any amounts due thereunder.

                  "Senior Debt": all obligations payable from time to time by
         the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the notes issued
         thereunder (including, without limitation, all obligations for the
         payment of principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or
         after, or which would accrue but for the filing of any petition in
         bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Borrower, whether or
         not a claim for post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding)
         on the Loans).

                  "Senior Pari Passu Debt": all Senior Debt and all Senior
         Capital Markets Debt, together with any other obligations of the
         Borrower to other creditors the payment of which by their terms is
         expressly stated to be senior to payment of the Subordinated
         Obligations and which is expressly entitled to pro rata payment by the
         Borrower (on the basis of then outstanding unpaid obligations) on a
         pari passu basis with all payments by the Borrower to the holders of
         Senior Debt required hereunder.

                  "Subordinated Obligations": the collective reference to the
         unpaid obligations with respect to the Shareholder Loans, whether
         direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or
         now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or
         in connection with the Shareholder Loans, in each case whether on
         account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees,
         indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without
         limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Subordinated
         Creditors that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the
         terms of any Shareholder Loans).

                  1.3 The words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and section and
paragraph references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

                  1.4 The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

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CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC

EXHIBITS - Subordination Agreement among SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth
           Corporation, Cellular Credit Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

                  SECTION 2.  TERMS OF SUBORDINATION

                  2.1 Subordination. (a) Each Subordinated Creditor agrees, for
itself and each future holder of the Subordinated Obligations, that the
Subordinated Obligations are expressly subordinate and junior in right of
payment to all Senior Debt.

                  (b) As used herein, "subordinate and junior in right of
         payment" shall mean that:

                  (i) No payment or prepayment of any principal, premium (if
         any) or interest on account of a Subordinated Obligations and no
         repurchase, redemption or other retirement (whether at the option of
         the holder or otherwise) of a Subordinated Obligations shall be made so
         long as this Agreement is effective; provided that (A) payments of
         interest may be made from any source, and (B) payments or prepayments
         of principal may be made from any source other than the proceeds
         (whether used directly or indirectly, and whether the purpose of such
         use is immediate, incidental or ultimate) of Loans, in each case, if,
         at the time of such payment of interest or payment or prepayment of
         principal and immediately after giving effect thereto (x) there shall
         not exist a default in the payment or prepayment of any principal of or
         interest on any Senior Debt and (y) there shall not have occurred a
         default (other than a default in the payment or prepayment of principal
         of or interest on any Senior Debt) permitting (or which, with the
         giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would permit) the holder or
         holders of Senior Debt to accelerate the maturity thereof (unless such
         default shall have been cured or waived) (it being understood that for
         purposes of determining whether a default has occurred under Section
         5.09 of the Credit Agreement, such payment or prepayment shall be
         deemed to have occurred, and any related Debt shall be deemed to have
         been incurred, on the last day of the most recent period for which a
         certificate was required to have been delivered pursuant to Section
         5.01(c) of the Credit Agreement, and compliance with Section 5.09 shall
         be retested as of such date);

                  (ii) In the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings,
         or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar
         proceedings, relative to the Borrower or to its creditors, as such, or
         to its property, or in the event of any proceeding for voluntary
         liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the

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CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC

EXHIBITS - Subordination Agreement among SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth
           Corporation, Cellular Credit Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

         Borrower, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, then the
         holders of all Senior Pari Passu Debt shall be entitled to receive
         payment in full in cash of all Senior Pari Passu Debt before the
         holders of the Subordinated Obligations are entitled to receive any
         payment on account of the Subordinated Obligations, and to that end the
         holders of the Senior Pari Passu Debt shall be entitled to receive pro
         rata distributions of any kind or character, whether in cash or
         property or securities, which may be payable or deliverable in any such
         proceedings in respect of the Subordinated Obligations;

                  (iii) If any Subordinated Obligation is declared or otherwise
         becomes due and payable (under circumstances when the provisions of the
         foregoing paragraphs (i) or (ii) are not applicable, whether as a
         result of the occurrence of an event of default under such Subordinated
         Obligations or otherwise), the holders of Senior Pari Passu Debt
         outstanding at the time such Subordinated Obligations so become due and
         payable shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all Senior Pari
         Passu Debt before the holders of the Subordinated Obligations are
         entitled to receive any payment on account of the Subordinated
         Obligations;

                  (iv) If, notwithstanding the occurrence of any of the events
         described in paragraphs (i) (other than a payment permitted by the
         proviso thereto), (ii) and (iii), any such payment or distribution of
         assets of the Borrower of any kind or character, whether in cash,
         property or securities, shall be received by the holders of
         Subordinated Obligations before all Senior Pari Passu Debt is paid in
         full in cash, or provision made for such payment in a manner
         satisfactory to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and
         each other holder of Senior Pari Passu Debt (or such holder's
         representative), such payment or distribution shall be held in trust
         for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders
         of such Senior Pari Passu Debt or their representative or
         representatives, as their respective interests may appear, for
         application to the payment of all Senior Pari Passu Debt remaining
         unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Pari Passu Debt in
         full in cash, in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any
         concurrent payment or distribution to all holders of such Senior Pari
         Passu Debt; and

                  (v) No holder of Senior Debt shall be prejudiced in its right
         to enforce subordination of the Subordinated Obligations by any act or
         failure to act on the part of the Borrower; provided that the foregoing
         provisions are solely for the

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CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC

EXHIBITS - Subordination Agreement among SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth
           Corporation, Cellular Credit Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

         purpose of defining the relative rights of the holders of Senior Debt,
         on the one hand, and the holders of Subordinated Obligations, on the
         other hand, and that nothing herein shall impair, as between the
         Borrower and the holders of the Subordinated Obligations, the
         obligation of the Borrower, which shall be unconditional and absolute,
         to pay to the holders of the Subordinated Obligations the principal and
         premium (if any) thereof and interest thereon in accordance with its
         terms, nor shall anything therein prevent the holders of the
         Subordinated Obligations from exercising all remedies otherwise
         permitted by applicable law or the instruments pursuant to which the
         Subordinated Obligations were issued upon default thereunder, subject
         to the rights under paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) above of a
         holder of Senior Pari Passu Debt to receive cash, property or
         securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the holders of the
         Subordinated Obligations.

                  (c) The expressions "prior payment in full," "payment in
         full," "paid in full", "fully paid and satisfied" and any other similar
         terms or phrases when used in this Agreement with respect to the Senior
         Debt shall mean (i) the full and final payment in cash, in immediately
         available funds, of all of the Senior Debt, and (ii) the termination of
         the Credit Agreement.

                  To the extent any payment of Senior Debt (whether by or on
behalf of the Borrower, as proceeds of security or enforcement of any right of
set-off or otherwise) is declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or
required to be paid to a trustee, receiver or other similar party under any
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws,
then if such payment is recovered by, or paid over to, such trustee, receiver or
other similar party, the Senior Debt or part thereof originally intended to be
satisfied shall be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment
had not occurred. To the extent the obligation to repay any Senior Debt is
declared to be fraudulent, invalid or otherwise set aside under any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws, then the
obligations so declared fraudulent, invalid or otherwise set aside (and all
other amounts that would become due with respect thereto had such obligations
not been so affected) shall be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as Senior
Debt for all purposes hereof as if such declaration, invalidity or setting aside
had not occurred.

                  (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Borrower shall have the right to make, and the Subordinated Creditors shall have
the right to receive and to retain, any payment or voluntary prepayment by the
Borrower of any

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CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC

EXHIBITS - Subordination Agreement among SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth
           Corporation, Cellular Credit Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

Subordinated Obligation as contemplated by the proviso to paragraph (i) of
subsection 2.1(b) if, immediately after giving effect thereto, there shall not
exist a default in the payment or prepayment of any principal of or interest on
any Senior Debt.

                  2.2 Additional Subordinated Obligations. A Subordinated
Creditor may cause Schedule A or Schedule B hereto, as the case may be, to be
supplemented from time to time to add additional obligations of the Borrower to
the Subordinated Creditor (or its Subsidiary) as Subordinated Obligations by
executing a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and delivering
a signed counterpart thereof to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent.
Schedule A and Schedule B, as the case may be, will be deemed modified as of the
date such signed notices have been delivered.

                  2.3 Agreement to Cooperate. Each Subordinated Creditor hereby
agrees, under the circumstances set forth in paragraph (ii) of subsection
2.1(b), duly and promptly to take such action as may be requested at any time
and from time to time by the Senior Creditors (or their representative), to file
appropriate proofs of claim in respect of the Subordinated Obligations, and to
execute and deliver such powers of attorney, assignments of proofs of claim or
other instruments as may be requested by the Senior Creditors (or their
representative), in order to enable the Senior Creditors to enforce any and all
claims upon or in respect of the Subordinated Obligations and to collect and
receive any and all payments or distributions which may be payable or
deliverable at any time upon or in respect of the Subordinated Obligations.

                  2.4 Subrogation. (a) No Subordinated Creditor shall be
entitled to enforce its rights of subrogation to receive payments or
distributions of assets of the Borrower on the Senior Debt until the Senior Debt
has been paid in full.

                  (b) Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt, until
all amounts owing on the Subordinated Obligations shall be paid in full the
Subordinated Creditors shall be subrogated to the rights of the holder(s) of the
Senior Debt (to the extent of payments or distributions previously made to such
holders pursuant to the provisions of subsection 2.1(b)).

                  2.5 Capital Markets Debt Subordination Agreement. It is
intended that the Senior Debt constitutes "Senior Pari Passu Debt" for purposes
of the Capital Markets

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CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC

EXHIBITS - Subordination Agreement among SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth
           Corporation, Cellular Credit  Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

Debt Subordination Agreement, dated as of November 21,2000, among SBC,
BellSouth, any Subsidiary Lender and the Borrower.

                  SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS.

                  Each Subordinated Creditor represents and warrants as follows:

                  3.1 Power and Authority; Authorization; No Violation. The
Subordinated Creditor has corporate power, authority and legal right to execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on its part,
do not require any approval or consent of any trustee or holders of any
indebtedness or obligations of the Subordinated Creditor and will not violate
any provision of law, governmental regulation, order or decree or any provision
of any material indenture, mortgage, contract or other agreement entered into by
the Subordinated Creditor or by which the Subordinated Creditor is bound.

                  3.2 Consents. No consent, license, approval or authorization
of, or registration or declaration with, any governmental instrumentality,
domestic or foreign, is required in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by the Subordinated Creditor of this Agreement.

                  3.3 Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Subordinated Creditor enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to
the availability of equitable remedies.

                  SECTION 4. MODIFICATIONS OF SENIOR DEBT;
                             RELIANCE.

                  Each Subordinated Creditor consents that, without the
necessity of any reservation of rights against the Subordinated Creditors, and
without notice to or further assent by the Subordinated Creditors, (a) any
demand for payment of any Senior Debt may be rescinded in whole or in part, and
any Senior Debt may be continued, and the Senior Debt, or the liability of any
other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guaranty
therefor, or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from

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CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC

EXHIBITS - Subordination Agreement among SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth
           Corporation, Cellular Credit  Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, modified, accelerated,
compromised, waived, surrendered, or released and (b) the Credit Agreement and
any other document or instrument evidencing or governing the term of any other
Senior Debt or any other collateral security documents or guaranties or
documents in connection with the Credit Agreement or the Senior Debt (other than
this Agreement) may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole
or in part, as the Senior Creditors may deem advisable from time to time, the
manner, place or terms of payment or time of payment of the Senior Debt may be
amended or supplemented, any collateral security at any time held by the Senior
Creditors for the payment of any of the Senior Debt may be sold, exchanged,
waived, surrendered or released, in each case, except as provided above, all
without notice to or further assent by either Subordinated Creditor, and all
without impairing, abridging, releasing or affecting the subordination provided
for herein, notwithstanding any such renewal, extension, modification,
acceleration, compromise, amendment, supplement, termination, sale, exchange,
waiver, surrender or release. Each Subordinated Creditor waives any and all
notice of the creation, modification, renewal, extension, alteration, supplement
or accrual of any of the Senior Debt and notice of or proof of reliance by the
Senior Creditors upon this agreement, and the Senior Debt and any of them shall
conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance
upon this Agreement. Each Subordinated Creditor acknowledges and agrees that the
Senior Creditors have relied upon the subordination provided for herein in
entering into the Credit Agreement and in making funds available to the Borrower
thereunder. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Subordinated
Creditor waives notice or proof of reliance on this Agreement and protest,
demand for payment and notice of default.

                  SECTION 5. MISCELLANEOUS.

                  5.1 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

                  5.2 Further Assurances. Each Subordinated Creditor, at its own
expense and at any time from time to time, upon the written request of Borrower
will promptly and duly execute and deliver such further instruments and
documents and take such further actions as the Borrower reasonably may request
for the purposes of assuring that the holders of Senior Debt obtain or preserve
the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted.

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CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC

EXHIBITS - Subordination Agreement among SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth
           Corporation, Cellular Credit  Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

                  5.3 Provisions Define Relative Rights. This Agreement is
intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Senior
Debt, on the one hand and the Subordinated Creditors on the other, and no other
Person shall have any right, benefit or other interest under this Agreement.

                  5.4 Notices. All notices, requests and demands hereunder to or
upon the Senior Creditors, the Subordinated Creditors or the Borrower to be
effective shall be in writing (or by fax or similar electronic transfer
confirmed in writing) and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made (a)
when delivered by hand or (b) if given by mail, when deposited in the mails by
certified mail, return receipt requested, or (c) if by fax or similar electronic
transfer, when sent and receipt has been confirmed, addressed as follows:

                  If to the SBC:       175 East Houston Street
                                       San Antonio TX 78205
                                       Attention:  Vice President-Treasurer
                                       Fax:  210-351-3849

                  If to BellSouth:     1155 Peachtree Street
                                       Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4599
                                       Attention:  Vice President & Treasurer
                                       Fax:  404-249-2658

                  If to the Borrower or to the Senior Creditors, to the
addresses specified in the Credit Agreement.

The parties to this Agreement may change their addresses and transmission
numbers for notices by notice to the other parties in the manner provided in
this Section.

                  5.5 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                  5.6 Severability. All rights, powers and remedies provided
herein may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not
violate any applicable provisions of law and are intended to be limited to the
extent necessary so that they will

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           Corporation, Cellular Credit  Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

not render this Agreement invalid or unenforceable. If any term of this
Agreement or any application thereof shall be invalid or unenforceable, the
remainder of this Agreement and any other application of such term shall not be
affected thereby.

                  5.7 Controlling Agreement; Termination.

                           (a) Unless and until all Senior Debt has been paid in
full and all commitments to lend terminated, notwithstanding the provisions in
the Subordinated Obligations, the provisions of this Agreement shall be
controlling as to the matters set forth herein. This Agreement shall terminate
and have no further force or effect on and as of the date that the Senior Debt
has been paid in full.

                           (b) The Subordination and Extension Agreement dated
as of November 18, 2002 among SBC, BellSouth, certain BellSouth Subsidiaries and
the Borrower is hereby terminated and of no further force or effect.

                  5.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together
shall constitute one instrument.

                  5.9 Limitations on Amendment. So long as any Senior Debt is
outstanding, no modification, supplement or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement shall be effective with respect to the Senior Debt unless expressly
agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent (with the approval of the
Required Lenders).

                  5.10 Representatives. Each Subsidiary Lender that is a
subsidiary of SBC hereby appoints SBC as its agent and attorney-in-fact (a) for
all purposes under this Agreement, including agreement to waivers and
amendments, and (b) to execute and deliver other agreements pertaining to
subordination of Shareholder Loans. Each Subsidiary Lender that is a subsidiary
of BellSouth hereby appoints BellSouth as its agent and attorney-in-fact (a) for
all purposes under this Agreement, including agreement to waivers and
amendments, and (b) to execute and deliver other agreements pertaining to
subordination of Shareholder Loans.

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           Corporation, Cellular Credit  Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has caused this
Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the date and year first above written.

                                               CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC
                                               By: Cingular Wireless Corporation

                                               By: /s/ Sean Foley
                                                  ----------------------------
                                               Name: Sean Foley
                                               Title: Vice President - Treasurer

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           Corporation, Cellular Credit  Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

                                               BELLSOUTH CORPORATION

                                               By: /s/ Lynn Wentworth
                                                   -----------------------------
                                               Name: Lynn Wentworth
                                               Title: Vice President and
                                                      Treasurer

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           Corporation, Cellular Credit  Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

                                               CELLULAR CREDIT CORPORATION

                                               By: /s/ Linda S. Bubacz
                                                   -----------------------------
                                               Name: Linda S. Bubacz
                                               Title: Vice President

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           Corporation, Cellular Credit  Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

                                               SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.

                                               By: /s/ Michael J. Viola
                                                   -----------------------------
                                               Name: Michael J. Viola
                                               Title: Vice President-Treasurer

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           Corporation, Cellular Credit  Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

                                   Schedule A

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DEBTOR                     PAYEE/HOLDER                DATE OF NOTE      MATURITY DATE    PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
------                     ------------                ------------      -------------    ----------------
<S>                        <C>                         <C>               <C>              <C>
Cingular Wireless LLC      SBC Communications Inc.     7/1/03            6/30/08          $5,884,906,986.10
</TABLE>

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EXHIBITS - Subordination Agreement among SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth
           Corporation, Cellular Credit  Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

                                                                      Schedule B

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DEBTOR                 PAYEE/HOLDER                 DATE OF NOTE  MATURITY DATE  PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
------                 ------------                 ------------  -------------  ----------------
<S>                    <C>                          <C>           <C>            <C>
Cingular Wireless LLC  BellSouth Corporation           7/1/03        6/30/08     $    886,706,000

Cingular Wireless LLC  Cellular Credit Corporation     7/1/03        6/30/08     $     11,000,000

Cingular Wireless LLC  Cellular Credit Corporation     7/1/03        6/30/08     $  2,895,383,350
</TABLE>

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           Corporation, Cellular Credit  Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

                                                                       Exhibit A

                [FORM OF NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL SUBORDINATED DEBT]

Cingular Wireless LLC
[Address]

Re: Designation of Additional Subordinated Obligations

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  The undersigned hereby designates the following loan which has
been extended by the undersigned to you as a Subordinated Obligation under the
Subordination Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2003:

                                 [describe debt]

                  The foregoing description is hereby deemed added to Schedule
[A] [B] of the Subordination Agreement. [The undersigned hereby agrees that it
shall be deemed a Subsidiary Lender under the Subordination Agreement with
respect to the above-referenced debt.]*

                                                       Very truly yours,

                                                       [SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.]
                                                       [BELLSOUTH CORPORATION]
                                                       [SUBSIDIARY LENDER]

cc: JPMorgan Chase Bank
    as Administrative Agent

----------------
* Insert if delivered with respect to loan by subsidiary of SBC or BellSouth.

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EXHIBITS - Subordination Agreement among SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth
           Corporation, Cellular Credit  Corporation and Cingular Wireless LLC
           dated November 17, 2003

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.56

                                                                       Exhibit B

           [FORM OF NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL SENIOR CAPITAL MARKETS DEBT]

Cingular Wireless LLC
[Address]

Re: Approval of Additional Senior Capital Markets Debt

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  The undersigned hereby approves the following obligation that
you propose to issue or have issued as "Senior Capital Markets Debt" under the
Subordination Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2003 and the Capital Markets
Debt Subordination Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2000:

                              [describe obligation]

                                                       Very truly yours,

                                                       [SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.]
                                                       [BELLSOUTH CORPORATION]

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