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                                                                  Exhibit 4.1(d)

                           RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION
                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

      THIS AGREEMENT is made as of March 31, 2000, between Rural Cellular
Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), and Telephone and Data
Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its affiliates, "TDS").

      The parties to this Agreement are parties to a Recapitalization Agreement
dated October 31, 1999, as amended effective December 6, 1999, and March 31,
2000 (as amended, the "Recapitalization Agreement"). In order to induce TDS to
enter into the Recapitalization Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide the
registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement is a condition to the Closing under the Recapitalization
Agreement. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, capitalized terms used
herein shall have the meanings set forth in paragraph 8 hereof or in the
Recapitalization Agreement.

      The parties hereto agree as follows:

      1.    DEMAND REGISTRATIONS.

            (a) REQUESTS FOR REGISTRATION. At any time after the conversion of
      Class T Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock ("Registrable
      Securities", as further defined in Section 8(a) hereof), TDS may request
      up to three registrations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
      (the "Securities Act") of all or any portion of its Registrable
      Securities, provided that the aggregate offering value of the Registrable
      Securities requested to be registered in any registration under this
      paragraph 1(a) (any "Demand Registration") must equal at least $5 million.

            All requests for Demand Registrations shall be made by giving
      written notice thereof to the Company (a "Demand Notice"). Each Demand
      Notice shall specify the number of Registrable Securities requested to be
      registered.

            (b)   DEMAND EXPENSES.  The Registration Expenses (as defined in
      Section 5(a) hereof) in all Demand Registrations shall be paid by the
      Company.

            (c) RESTRICTIONS ON DEMAND REGISTRATIONS. The Company shall not be
      obligated to effect any Demand Registration within 270 days after the
      effective date of a previous Demand Registration or a previous
      registration in which TDS was given piggyback rights pursuant to paragraph
      2 and in which TDS was able to register and sell at least 60% of the
      Registrable Securities requested to be included therein.

            The Company may postpone for up to 90 days the filing or the
      effectiveness of a registration statement for a Demand Registration if the
      Company's board of directors determines in its reasonable good faith
      judgment that such Demand Registration could reasonably be expected to
      have a material adverse effect on any activities, operations or prospects
      of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether or not in the ordinary
      course of business); provided that in such event, TDS shall be entitled to
      withdraw such

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      request and, if such request is withdrawn, such Demand Registration shall
      not count as one of the permitted Demand Registrations hereunder and the
      Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with such
      registration. The Company may delay a Demand Registration hereunder only
      once in any twelve-month period.

            (d) SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS. TDS shall have the right to select
      the investment banker(s) and manager(s) to administer the offering,
      subject to the Company's approval, which shall not be unreasonably
      withheld or delayed.

      2.    PIGGYBACK REGISTRATIONS.

            (a) RIGHT TO PIGGYBACK. Whenever the Company proposes to register
      any of its equity securities under the Securities Act other than pursuant
      to a Demand Registration and the registration form to be used may be used
      for the registration of Registrable Securities and is not a Form S-4 or
      S-8 or a successor form (a "Piggyback Registration"), the Company shall
      give prompt written notice to TDS of its intention to effect such a
      registration and, subject to the terms of paragraphs 2(c) and 2(d) hereof,
      shall include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect
      to which the Company has received a written request for inclusion therein
      within 20 days after the receipt of the Company's notice.

            (B) PIGGYBACK EXPENSES. The Registration Expenses in all Piggyback
      Registrations shall be paid by the Company.

            (c) PRIORITY ON PRIMARY REGISTRATIONS. If a Piggyback Registration
      is an underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Company, and the
      managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion
      the number of securities requested to be included in such registration
      exceeds the number which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering
      within a price range acceptable to the Company, the Company shall include
      in such registration (i) first, the securities the Company proposes to
      sell, (ii) second, pro rata among the holders of the Registrable
      Securities to the extent requested to be included in such registration and
      the holders of securities requested to be included in such registration by
      persons having registration rights under the Registration Agreement
      between the Company and the purchasers of its Class M Redeemable Voting
      Convertible Preferred Stock to the extent requested to be included in such
      registration and (iii) third, any other securities requested to be
      included in such registration, pro rata among the holders of the other
      securities on the basis of the number of shares owned by each such holder.

            (d) PRIORITY ON SECONDARY REGISTRATIONS. If a Piggyback Registration
      is an underwritten secondary registration on behalf of holders of the
      Company's securities, and the managing underwriters advise the Company in
      writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be
      included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in an
      orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the
      holders initially requesting such registration, the Company shall include
      in such registration (i) first, the securities requested to be included
      therein by the holders requesting such registration, (ii) second, pro rata
      among the holders of the Registrable

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      Securities to the extent requested to be included in such registration and
      the holders of securities requested to be included in such registration by
      persons having registration rights under the Registration Agreement among
      the Company and the purchasers of its Class M Redeemable Voting
      Convertible Preferred Stock to the extent requested to be included in such
      registration, and (iii) third, any other securities requested to be
      included in such registration, pro rata among the holders of such
      securities on the basis of the number of shares owned by each such holder.

            (e) SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS. If any Piggyback Registration is an
      underwritten primary offering, the selection of investment banker(s) and
      manager(s) for the offering shall be made by the Company.

      3. HOLDBACK AGREEMENT. TDS shall not effect any public sale or
distribution (including sales pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the
Securities Act) of equity securities of the Company, or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during (i)
with respect to any underwritten Demand Registration or any underwritten
Piggyback Registration in which Registrable Securities are included, for a
period beginning seven days prior to and ending 90 days after the effective date
of such registration and (ii) upon notice from the Company of the commencement
of an underwritten distribution in connection with any registration pursuant to
Rule 415 under the Securities Act (a "Shelf Registration") for a period
beginning seven days prior to and ending 90 days after the date of commencement
of such distribution, in each case except as part of such underwritten
registration and in each case unless the underwriters managing the registered
public offering otherwise agree.

      4. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. Whenever TDS has requested that any
Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration and the
sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of
disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall as expeditiously as
practicable:

            (a) prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
      registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use
      commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to
      become effective (provided that before filing a registration statement or
      prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall
      furnish to the counsel selected by TDS copies of all such documents
      proposed to be filed, and the Company shall in good faith consider any
      comments of such counsel);

            (b) notify TDS of the effectiveness of each registration statement
      filed hereunder and prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement
      and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to
      keep such registration statement effective for a period of not less than
      90 days (or, in the case of a Shelf Registration, a period ending on the
      earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities have been sold
      pursuant to the Shelf Registration or have otherwise ceased to be
      Registrable Securities and (ii) the second anniversary of the effective
      date of such Shelf Registration) and comply with the provisions of the
      Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all

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      securities covered by such registration statement during such period in
      accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers thereof
      set forth in such registration statement;

            (c) furnish to TDS such number of copies of the prospectus included
      in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus),
      each amendment and supplement thereto and such other documents as TDS may
      reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the
      Registrable Securities;

            (d) use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify such
      Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of
      such jurisdictions as TDS reasonably requests and to do any and all other
      acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable
      TDS to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable
      Securities (provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify
      generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise
      be required to qualify but for this subparagraph, (ii) subject itself to
      taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (iii) consent to general service of
      process in any such jurisdiction);

            (e) notify TDS at any time when a prospectus relating to the
      Registrable Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities
      Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus
      included in such registration statement contains an untrue statement of a
      material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein
      not misleading, and the Company shall prepare a supplement or amendment to
      such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such
      Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not contain an untrue
      statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make
      the statements therein not misleading;

            (f) in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the
      effectiveness of a registration statement, or of any order suspending or
      preventing the use of any related prospectus or suspending the
      qualification of any common stock included in such registration statement
      for sale in any jurisdiction, the Company shall use commercially
      reasonable efforts promptly to obtain the withdrawal of such order.

      5.    REGISTRATION EXPENSES.

            (a) All expenses incident to the Company's performance of or
      compliance with this Agreement, including without limitation all
      registration and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with
      securities or blue sky laws, printing expenses, messenger and delivery
      expenses, fees and disbursements of custodians, and fees and disbursements
      of counsel for the Company (but not fees and disbursements of counsel for
      TDS) and all independent certified public accountants (excluding costs of
      accountants retained to conduct any special audits required in connection
      with a Demand Registration), underwriters (excluding discounts and
      commissions) and other Persons retained by the Company ( and fees and
      disbursements of underwriter's counsel if the underwriter is retained by
      the Company )(all such expenses being herein called "Registration
      Expenses"), shall be borne by the Company as provided in this Agreement,
      except that the Company shall, in any event, pay its internal expenses
      (including, without limitation,

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      all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal
      or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit or quarterly
      review, the expense of any liability insurance and the expenses and fees
      for listing the securities to be registered on each securities exchange on
      which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or on the
      Nasdaq Stock Market.

            (b) To the extent any expenses relating to a registration hereunder
      are not required to be paid by the Company, each holder of securities
      included in any registration hereunder shall pay those expenses allocable
      to the registration of such holder's securities so included, including the
      fees and disbursements of such holder's counsel and any expenses not so
      allocable shall be borne by all sellers of securities included in such
      registration in proportion to the aggregate selling price of the
      securities to be so registered.

            (c) Any obligation to pay Registration Expenses or other expenses
      provided for in this Agreement shall survive the termination of this
      Agreement.

      6.    INDEMNIFICATION.

            (a) The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law,
      TDS, its directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates, and each
      Person who controls TDS (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) against
      all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses caused by any
      untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any
      registration statement, prospectus, or preliminary prospectus or any
      amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged
      omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
      make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are
      caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the
      Company by TDS expressly for use by the Company in such registration
      statement or by TDS's failure to deliver a copy of the registration
      statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto after the
      Company has furnished TDS with such number of copies of the same as was
      previously requested by TDS. In connection with an underwritten offering,
      the Company shall indemnify such underwriters, their officers, directors,
      employees, agents, and each Person who controls such underwriters (within
      the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to substantially
      the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of
      TDS.

            (b) In connection with any registration statement in which TDS is
      participating, TDS shall furnish to the Company in writing such
      information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in
      connection with any such registration statement or prospectus and, to the
      extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors,
      officers, employees, agents, Affiliates, and each Person who controls the
      Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act)
      against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses caused by
      any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the
      registration statement, prospectus, or preliminary prospectus or any
      amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged
      omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or

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      necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the
      extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any
      information or affidavit so furnished in writing by TDS expressly for use
      by the Company in such registration statement; provided that the
      obligation to indemnify shall be limited to the net amount of proceeds
      received by TDS from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such
      registration statement.

            (c) Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give
      prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect
      to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give
      prompt notice shall not impair any Person's right to indemnification
      hereunder to the extent such failure has not prejudiced the indemnifying
      party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party's reasonable judgment a
      conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may
      exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume
      the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
      indemnified party. The indemnifying party shall not be subject to any
      liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its
      consent. An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to,
      assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and
      expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such
      indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable
      judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between
      such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with
      respect to such claim, in which case the indemnifying party shall be
      obligated to pay the fees and expenses of counsel for the indemnified
      party with whom the conflict of interest exists.

            (d) The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall
      remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or
      on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director, employee,
      agent, Affiliate, or controlling Person of such indemnified party and
      shall survive the transfer of securities and the termination of this
      Agreement. The Company also agrees to make such provisions as are
      reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution to such
      party in the event the Company's indemnification is unavailable for any
      reason.

      7. PARTICIPATION IN UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS. No Person may participate
in any registration hereunder that is underwritten unless such Person (i) agrees
to sell such Person's securities on the basis provided in any underwriting
arrangements approved by the Person or Persons entitled hereunder to approve
such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required
under the terms of such underwriting arrangements; provided that TDS shall not
be required to make any representations or warranties to the Company or the
underwriters (other than representations and warranties regarding TDS and its
intended method of distribution) or to undertake any indemnification obligations
to the Company or the underwriters with respect thereto, except as otherwise
provided in paragraph 6 hereof.

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      8.    DEFINITIONS.

            (a) "Registrable Securities" means (i) any Class A Common Stock or
      Class B Common Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion of any Class T
      Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Recapitalization Agreement and (ii)
      any Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock or other Common Stock
      issued or issuable with respect to any Registrable Securities by way of a
      stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of
      shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization.
      As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease
      to be Registrable Securities when they have been sold, transferred or
      otherwise disposed of pursuant to an offering registered under the
      Securities Act, through a broker, dealer, or market maker in compliance
      with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule then in
      force), or repurchased by the Company or any Subsidiary. For purposes of
      this Agreement, TDS shall be deemed to be a holder of Registrable
      Securities, and the Registrable Securities shall be deemed to be in
      existence, whenever TDS has the right to acquire directly or indirectly
      such Registrable Securities (upon conversion or exercise in connection
      with a transfer of securities or otherwise, but disregarding any
      restrictions or limitations upon the exercise of such right), whether or
      not such acquisition has actually been effected, and TDS shall be entitled
      to exercise the rights of a holder of Registrable Securities hereunder.

            (b) "Affiliate" shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 under
      the Exchange Act.

            (c) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
      venture, limited liability company, or other form of business entity or
      any government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

            (d) Unless otherwise stated, other capitalized terms contained
      herein have the meanings set forth in the Recapitalization Agreement.

      9. TERMINATION. Except as otherwise provided herein, the rights granted
herein shall terminate whenever TDS and any Affiliate with which it must
aggregate its sales of restricted securities for purposes of Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act may sell all of their restricted securities
during a single three-month period pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144.
Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall terminate at such time
as TDS has no rights hereunder.

      10.   MISCELLANEOUS.

            (a)   SUCCESSORS.  All covenants and agreements in this Agreement
      by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to
      the benefit of the respective successors of the parties hereto.  The
      rights of  the parties under this Agreement may not be assigned.
      Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. shall be the sole party entitled to
      exercise the rights of TDS hereunder on behalf of all TDS affiliates.

            (b) SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this
      Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid
      under applicable law, but if any

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      provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under
      applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of
      such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of this
      Agreement.

            (c) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in
      two or more counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures
      of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together shall
      constitute one and the same Agreement.

            (d) DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. The descriptive headings of this Agreement
      are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part
      of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in
      this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine, or
      neuter forms, and the singular forms of nouns, pronouns, and verbs shall
      include the plural and vice versa. Reference to any agreement, document,
      certificate, or instrument means such agreement, document, certificate, or
      instrument as the same is amended, waived, or otherwise modified from time
      to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, hereof.
      Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, words such as "herein,"
      "hereunder," "hereof," and the like shall be deemed to refer to this
      Agreement as a whole and not to any particular document or article,
      Section, paragraph, or other portion of a document. The use of the words
      "include" or "including" in this Agreement shall be by way of example
      rather than by limitation. The use of the words "or," "either," or "any"
      shall not be exclusive.

            (e) GOVERNING LAW. The laws of the State of Minnesota shall govern
      all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,
      interpretation, and enforcement of this Agreement, without giving effect
      to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions.

            (f) NOTICES. All notices, demands, or other communications to be
      given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement
      shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered
      personally to the recipient, telecopied to the recipient (with hard copy
      sent by overnight courier in the manner provided hereunder) if sent prior
      to 5:00 p.m. Minnesota time on a business day (and otherwise, on the
      immediately succeeding business day), one business day after being sent to
      the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or
      three business days after being mailed to the recipient by certified or
      registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid. Such
      notices, demands, and other communications shall be sent to the Company
      and TDS at the address indicated below:

            If to RCC:        Rural Cellular Corporation
                              3905 Dakota Street SW
                              Alexandria, Minnesota 56308
                              Attention: Chief Executive Officer
                              Telephone:  (320) 808-2100
                              Telecopy:  (320) 808-2120

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            with a copy to:   Moss & Barnett
                              4800 Norwest Center
                              90 South 7th Street
                              Minneapolis, Minnesota
                              Attention: Richard Kelber, Esq.
                              Telephone: (612) 347-0300
                              Telecopy: (612) 339-6686

            If to TDS:        Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
                              30 North LaSalle Street
                              Chicago, IL  60602
                              Attn:  LeRoy T. Carlson, Chairman
                              Telephone: (312) 630-1900
                              Telecopy: (312) 630-9299

            with a copy to:   Sidley & Austin
                              Bank One Plaza
                              10 South Dearborn
                              Chicago, Illinois  60603
                              Attn:  William S. DeCarlo, Esq.
                              Telephone: (312) 853-6094
                              Telecopy: (312) 853-7036

      or to such other address or to the attention of such other person as the
      recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending
      party.

            (g) BUSINESS DAYS. If any time period for giving notice or taking
      action hereunder expires on a day which is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
      holiday in the State of Minnesota or the jurisdiction in which the
      Company's or TDS's principal office is located, the time period shall
      automatically be extended to the business day immediately following such
      Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

            (h) DELIVERY BY FACSIMILE. This Agreement, the agreements referred
      to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in
      connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and
      any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by
      means of a facsimile machine, shall be treated in all manner and respects
      as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the
      same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version
      thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any
      such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall
      re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties.
      No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use
      of a facsimile machine to deliver a signature or the fact that any
      signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated
      through the use of a facsimile machine as a defense to the formation or
      enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such
      defense.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Agreement
as of the date first written above.

                                    RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION

                                    By:  /s/ Ann K. Newhall

                                    Its: Sr. Vice President

                                    TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC.

                                    By:  /s/ LeRoy T. Carlson

                                    Its: Chairman

     SIGNATURE PAGE TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN RURAL CELLULAR
                 CORPORATION AND TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
                            DATED: March 31, 2000<PAGE>

                                                                  Exhibit 4.1(e)

                   CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF VOTING POWER,
                            PREFERENCES AND RELATIVE,
                           PARTICIPATING, OPTIONAL AND
                              OTHER SPECIAL RIGHTS
                AND QUALIFICATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

                                       OF

                       CLASS T CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

                                       OF

                           RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION

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                       Pursuant to Section 302A.401 of the
                       Minnesota Business Corporation Act

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      Rural Cellular Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"),
certifies that pursuant to the authority contained in its Articles of
Incorporation, as amended (the "Articles of Incorporation"), and in accordance
with the provisions of Section 302A.401 of the Minnesota Business Corporation
Act (as amended from time to time, the "MBCA"), the Board of Directors of the
Company (the "Board of Directors") at a meeting duly called and held on March
23, 2000, duly approved and adopted the following resolution, which resolution
remains in full force and effect on the date hereof:

      RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors
by the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors does hereby designate,
create, authorize and provide for the issuance of a class of preferred stock
consisting of two series, each having a par value of $.01 per share, which shall
be designated as Class T Convertible Preferred Stock - Series A, consisting of
15,000 shares (the "Class T Preferred Stock - Series A") and Class T

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Convertible Preferred Stock - Series B, consisting of 10,000 shares (the "Class
T Preferred Stock - Series B"), and shall have the voting powers, preferences
and relative participating, optional and other special rights and
qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereon as follows:

      1. Certain Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms
defined in this Section 1 shall have, for all purposes of this Certificate of
Designation, the meanings herein specified (with terms defined in the singular
having comparable meanings when used in the plural).

      "Affiliate" of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with
respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

      "Articles of Incorporation" has the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph in this Certificate of Designation.

      "Board of Directors" has the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph to this Certificate of Designation.

      "Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City or the State of
Minnesota or the State of Illinois are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close.

      "Capital Stock" means any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or nonvoting) of equity of
the Company.

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      "Certificate of Designation" means this Certificate of Designation of
Voting Power, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional and Other
Special Rights and Qualifications, Limitations and Restrictions of Class T
Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company.

      "Class A Common Stock" means the Company's Class A Common Stock, $.01 par
value per share.

      "Class A Share Rights Agreement" means the Class A Share Rights Agreement,
dated as of April 30, 1999, by and among the Company and Norwest Bank Minnesota,
National Association, as Rights Agent, as amended and modified from time to
time.

      "Class B Common Stock" means the Company's Class B Common Stock, $.01 par
value per share.

      "Class B Share Rights Agreement" means the Class B Share Rights Agreement,
dated as of April 30, 1999, by and among the Company and Norwest Bank Minnesota,
National Association, as Rights Agent, as amended and modified from time to
time.

      "Class M Preferred Stock" means the Class M Redeemable Voting Convertible
Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company.

      "Class T Preferred Stock" means the Class T Preferred Stock - Series A and
Class T Preferred Stock - Series B, collectively.

      "Common Convertible Shares" has the meaning set forth in Section 6(e) of
this Certificate of Designation.

      "Common Stock" means the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock,
collectively.

      "Cross-Ownership Rules" mean Subpart H of Part 22 of Title 47 of the Code
of Federal Regulations, Section 22.942 entitled "Limitations on interest in
licensees for both channel blocks in an area," as amended and modified from time
to time, and all other rules of the Federal

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Communications Commission in effect from time to time applicable to the
ownership of competing channel blocks for the same cellular market.

      "Diluting Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 6(e).

      "Dividend Payment Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

      "Holder" means a Person in whose name a share of Class T Preferred Stock
is registered.

      "Issue Date" means the time and date of the first issuance of the Class T
Preferred Stock pursuant to the Recapitalization Agreement dated as of October
31, 1999, between the Company and Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., as amended
and modified from time to time.

      "Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock" means the 12 1/4% Junior
Exchangeable Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company.

      "Junior Stock" has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

      "Liquidation Preference" means $1,000 per share of Class T Preferred
Stock.

      "Mandatory Redemption Date" means the date which is twenty (20) years and
one (1) day after the Issue Date.

      "MBCA" has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this
Certificate of Designation.

      "Parity Stock" has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

      "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.

      "Preferred Stock" means any and all shares of Capital Stock of the Company
that have preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of the Company with
respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.

      "Senior Exchangeable Preferred Stock" means the 11 3/8% Senior
Exchangeable Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company.

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      "Senior Stock" has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

      "Series A Preferred Stock" means the Company's Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, which may be issued
pursuant to the Class A Share Rights Agreement.

      "Series B Preferred Stock" means the Company's Series B Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, which may be issued
pursuant to the Class B Share Rights Agreement.

      "Undesignated Shares" means the undesignated shares of the Capital Stock
of the Company which are authorized under its Articles of Incorporation.

      2. Ranking.

            (a) The Class T Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividend
      rights and rights upon the liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the
      Company, rank (i) junior to the Senior Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the
      "Senior Stock"), (ii) senior to the Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock,
      the Class M Preferred Stock, the Series A Preferred Stock, the Series B
      Preferred Stock, the Common Stock and each other class or series of
      Capital Stock established after the Issue Date by the Board of Directors
      the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior to Class T
      Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon the liquidation,
      winding-up and dissolution of the Company (collectively referred to as
      "Junior Stock"), and (iii) subject to certain conditions, described below,
      on a parity with each other class or series of Capital Stock established
      after the Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which
      expressly provide that it ranks on a parity with the Class T Preferred
      Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon the liquidation, winding-up
      and dissolution of the Company (collectively referred to as "Parity
      Stock").

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            (b) The Company may authorize, create and issue any new class or
      series of Senior Stock, Junior Stock and/or Parity Stock without the
      affirmative vote or consent of the Holders of any shares of Class T
      Preferred Stock. The Holders of the Class T Preferred Stock will have no
      right to dissent under Sections 302A.471 and/or 302A.473 of the MBCA in
      connection with the authorization, creation and/or issuance of any new
      class or series of Senior Stock and/or Parity Stock.

            (c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 6(d), the
      Class T Preferred Stock - Series A and Class T Preferred Stock - Series B
      shall have equal voting powers, preferences and relative participating,
      optional and other special rights and qualifications, limitations and
      restrictions thereon, and shall rank equally, share ratably, and be
      identical in all respects as to all matters.

      3. Dividends.

            (a) The Holders of the outstanding shares of the Class T Preferred
      Stock shall be entitled to receive, when declared by the Board of
      Directors out of funds of the Company legally available therefor,
      dividends on the Class T Preferred Stock which shall accrue at the rate of
      four percent (4%) per annum. All dividends will be cumulative from the
      Issue Date, and unless the Class T Preferred Stock is converted into
      Common Stock pursuant to Section 6, will be declared and paid in arrears
      fifteen (15) days after the Mandatory Redemption Date or, if such date is
      not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (the "Dividend
      Payment Date") to the Holders of record on the Mandatory Redemption Date;
      provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall not be required to
      declare or pay the cumulative dividend on the Class T Preferred Stock if
      then prohibited by the MBCA, the terms and conditions of any Senior Stock
      or Parity Stock, or any debt of the Company to which the Class T Preferred
      Stock is subordinate. No

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      dividends will be declared or paid pursuant to this section 3 (a) with
      respect to any Class T Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock
      pursuant to Section 6 hereof. Dividends payable on the Class T Preferred
      Stock will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
      (12) thirty (30) day months and shall be deemed to accrue on a daily
      basis, commencing on the Issue Date.

            (b) Dividends on the Class T Preferred Stock shall accrue whether or
      not the Company has earnings or profits, whether or not there are funds
      legally available for the payment of such dividends and whether or not
      dividends are declared. If the cumulative dividend (or portion thereof)
      payable on the Dividend Payment Date is not paid in full in cash on the
      Dividend Payment Date, the amount of the accumulated but unpaid dividend
      will continue to bear interest at the dividend rate on the Class T
      Preferred Stock from the Dividend Payment Date until paid in full.

            (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Certificate of Designation
      to the contrary, no dividends shall be declared or paid with respect to
      the Class T Preferred Stock unless and until any accrued dividends due and
      payable on any Senior Stock shall have been paid in full.

            (d) Prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date, this Certificate of
      Designation shall not impose any restrictions or limitations on the
      declaration and/or payment of any dividends on any or all of the Parity
      Stock and/or Junior Stock. From and after the Mandatory Redemption Date,
      no full dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid or funds set
      apart for the payment of dividends or distributions on any Parity Stock or
      any Junior Stock for any period unless full cumulative dividends on the
      Class T Preferred Stock shall have been or contemporaneously are declared
      and paid in full or declared and a sum in cash sufficient for such payment
      set apart for such payment. If full cumulative

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      dividends on the Class T Preferred Stock are not so paid, the Class T
      Preferred Stock will share dividends or distributions declared or paid on
      and after the Mandatory Redemption Date pro rata with the Parity Stock.
      Unless full cumulative dividends on all outstanding shares of Class T
      Preferred Stock shall have been declared and paid, or declared and a
      sufficient sum for the payment thereof set apart, then from and after the
      Mandatory Redemption Date: (i) no dividend (other than a dividend on
      Junior Stock payable solely in shares of any Junior Stock) shall be
      declared or paid upon (or deemed paid), or any sum set apart for the
      payment of dividends upon, any shares of Junior Stock; (ii) no other
      distribution shall be declared or made upon, or any sum set apart for the
      payment of any distribution upon, any shares of Junior Stock, other than a
      distribution consisting solely of Junior Stock; (iii) no shares of Junior
      Stock or Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired
      or retired by the Company; and (iv) no money shall be paid into or set
      apart or made available for a sinking or other like fund for the purchase,
      redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any shares of
      Junior Stock or Parity Stock by the Company.

            (e) In addition to the cumulative dividends at the rate provided for
      in Section 3(a) hereof, the Holders of issued and outstanding Class T
      Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, from time to time, out of
      any funds legally available therefor, dividends and other distributions at
      the same rate and at the same time as any dividends or other distributions
      declared on the Common Stock of the Company (other than distributions upon
      the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company), when, as and
      if declared by the Board of Directors; provided that, for purposes of this
      Section 3(e) only, the Holders of the Class T Preferred Stock shall be
      deemed to own the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares
      of Class T Preferred Stock are

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      convertible, pursuant to Section 6 herein, at the time such dividend or
      other distribution is declared.

            (f) The Company shall not be required to pay into or set apart or
      make available for a sinking or other like fund any money for the payment
      of the cumulative dividends on the Class T Preferred Stock.

      4. Liquidation Preference. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Company, Holders of Class T Preferred Stock
shall be entitled to payment, out of the assets of the Company legally available
for distribution to stockholders, of the Liquidation Preference per share of
Class T Preferred Stock, plus, without duplication, an amount in cash equal to
all accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to but excluding the date fixed for
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, before any distribution is made on any
Junior Stock. If, upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up of the Company, the amounts payable with respect to the Class T
Preferred Stock and all other Parity Stock are not paid in full, the Holders of
the Class T Preferred Stock and the Parity Stock shall share equally and ratably
in any distribution of assets of the Company in proportion to the full
liquidation preference to which each is entitled. After payment of the full
amount of the liquidation preference and accumulated and unpaid dividends to
which they are entitled, the Holders of shares of Class T Preferred Stock shall
not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets of
the Company. The Holders of shares of Class T Preferred Stock shall not be
entitled to participate in the distribution of any assets of the Company in
connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company unless
and until the holders of all Senior Stock shall have received the full
liquidation preference to which they are entitled. Neither the sale, conveyance,
exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other
consideration) of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the
Company nor the

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consolidation or merger of the Company with or into one or more Persons shall be
deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company

      5. Redemption by the Company.

            (a) On the Mandatory Redemption Date, the Company shall be required
      to redeem all of the outstanding shares of Class T Preferred Stock at a
      price in cash equal to 100% of the aggregate Liquidation Preference
      thereof, plus, without duplication, all accumulated and unpaid dividends,
      if any, to but excluding the Mandatory Redemption Date. Except as
      contemplated by Section 5(c) below, the Company shall not be required to
      pay into or set apart or make available for a sinking or other like fund
      any money for the redemption of the Class T Preferred Stock.

            (b) Notice of any such redemption shall be sent by or on behalf of
      the Company not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior
      to the Mandatory Redemption Date, by first class mail, postage prepaid, to
      all Holders of the Class T Preferred Stock at their registered address. In
      addition to any information required by law, such notice shall state (i)
      the Mandatory Redemption Date, (ii) the Liquidation Preference of, and the
      accrued and unpaid dividends on, the shares of Class T Preferred Stock to
      be redeemed; (iii) that on the Mandatory Redemption Date the redemption
      price shall become due and payable upon each share of Class T Preferred
      Stock to be redeemed; and (iv) the place or places where shares are to be
      surrendered for payment of the redemption price.

            (c) If a notice of redemption has been mailed in accordance with
      Section 5(b) above and, provided that on or before the Mandatory
      Redemption Date all funds necessary for such redemption shall have been
      irrevocably set aside by the Company, separate and apart from its other
      funds, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the Holders of

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      the shares so called for redemption, so as to be, and to continue to be
      available therefor, then, on and after the Mandatory Redemption Date,
      unless the Company defaults in the payment of the applicable redemption
      price, dividends on the shares of the Class T Preferred Stock so called
      for redemption shall cease to accumulate and all rights of the Holders of
      such shares shall terminate except for the right to receive from the
      Company the redemption price, without interest. Upon surrender, in
      accordance with said notice, of the certificates for any shares so
      redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Company shall
      so require and the notice shall so state), such shares shall be redeemed
      by the Company at the applicable redemption price. Shares of Class T
      Preferred Stock issued and reacquired by the Company shall, upon
      compliance with the applicable requirements of MBCA, have the status of
      authorized but unissued Undesignated Shares of the Company and may, with
      any and all other authorized but unissued Undesignated Shares of the
      Company, be designated or redesignated, and issued or reissued, as the
      case may be, as part of any class or series of Capital Stock of the
      Company.

            (d) Any deposit of funds with a bank or trust company for the
      purpose of redeeming Class T Preferred Stock shall be irrevocable except
      that:

                  (i) The Company shall be entitled to receive from such bank or
            trust company the interest or other earnings, if any, earned on any
            money deposited in trust, and the Holders of any shares redeemed
            shall have no claim to such interest or other earnings; and

                  (ii) any balance of monies so deposited by the Company and
            unclaimed by the Holders of the Class T Preferred Stock entitled
            thereto at the expiration of two years from the Mandatory Redemption
            Date shall be repaid, together with any interest or other earnings
            earned thereon, to the Company, and

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            after any such repayment, the Holders of the shares entitled to the
            funds so repaid to the Company shall look only to the Company for
            payment without interest or other earnings.

            (e) Notwithstanding any provision of this Certificate of Designation
      to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to redeem any Class T
      Preferred Stock if such redemption would cause the Company to violate the
      MBCA, the terms and conditions applicable to any Senior Stock or Parity
      Stock or the terms and conditions of any debt of the Company to which the
      Class T Preferred Stock is subordinate.

      6. Conversion.

            (a) At the option of each Holder, each share of Class T Preferred
      Stock shall be converted, at any time after the Issue Date and before the
      close of business two (2) days prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date, at
      the office of the Company (or at such other office or offices, if any, as
      the Company may designate), into fully paid and nonassessable shares of
      Common Stock of the Company; provided, however, that no such Holder may
      convert any shares of Class T Preferred Stock into Common Stock if such
      conversion would directly or indirectly result in a violation of the
      Cross-Ownership Rules. In order to voluntarily convert shares of Class T
      Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock, the Holder thereof shall (i)
      surrender at any office hereinabove mentioned the certificate or
      certificates evidencing such shares, duly endorsed to the Company or in
      blank, (ii) give written notice to the Company at such office that such
      Holder elects to convert such number of shares of Class T Preferred Stock
      specified in the notice, and (iii) deliver to the Company at such office a
      certificate of such Holder (which certificate shall be in a form
      reasonably acceptable to the Company) to the effect that the conversion of
      such shares into Common Stock shall not directly or indirectly

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      result in a violation of the Cross-Ownership Rules. The shares of Class T
      Preferred Stock voluntarily tendered by the Holder for conversion shall be
      deemed to have been converted into Common Stock as provided for herein at
      the close of business on the date which is three (3) Business Days after
      the date the Company receives the Holder's notice of conversion together
      with the duly endorsed certificates and the certificate of the Holder, and
      the Person entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
      such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of
      such shares of Common Stock at such time. As soon as reasonably
      practicable after the date the conversion is deemed to occur, the Company
      shall provide the Holder of the Class T Preferred Stock tendered for
      conversion with a newly issued certificate evidencing such Holder's
      ownership of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Class T Preferred
      Stock as provided for herein, together with a certificate representing any
      shares of Class T Preferred Stock which were represented by the
      certificate or certificates delivered to the Company in connection with
      such conversion but which were not converted.

            (b) At the option of the Company, all or any part of the issued and
      outstanding shares of Class T Preferred Stock held by any Holder shall be
      converted, at any time after the Issue Date and prior to the close of
      business two (2) days prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date, at the
      office of the Company (or at such other office or offices, if any, as the
      Company may designate), into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common
      Stock of the Company; provided, however, that the Company may not convert
      any shares of Class T Preferred Stock into Common Stock if such conversion
      would directly or indirectly result in a violation of the Cross-Ownership
      Rules. In order to cause the conversion of shares of Class T Preferred
      Stock into shares of Common Stock, the Company shall (i) send written
      notice thereof to the Holder of the Class T Preferred Stock being
      converted specifying the effective date of the conversion, the number of
      shares being converted, the terms of the conversion and the place or
      places where certificates evidencing the shares of Class T Preferred Stock
      being converted are to be surrendered and (ii) deliver to the Holder of
      the Class T Preferred

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      Stock being converted a certificate of the Company to the effect that the
      conversion of such shares into Common Stock shall not directly or
      indirectly result in a violation of the Cross-Ownership Rules. Each Holder
      so notified shall be required to surrender for conversion the
      certificate(s) evidencing the shares of Class T Preferred Stock being
      converted, endorsed to the Company or in blank, within five (5) Business
      Days of receipt of such notice from the Company. The conversion of the
      Class T Preferred Stock shall be deemed to occur on the date specified in
      the Company's notice regardless of whether the Holder of the Class T
      Preferred Stock shall have then tendered its certificates evidencing such
      shares duly endorsed, and the Person entitled to receive the shares of
      Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all
      purposes as the recordholder of such shares of Common Stock at such time.
      As soon as reasonably practicable after the date the certificates
      evidencing the Class T Preferred Stock shall have been tendered to the
      Company for conversion, the Company shall provide the Holders of the Class
      T Preferred Stock so tendered with newly issued certificates evidencing
      such Holder's ownership of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the
      Class T Preferred Stock as provided herein, together with a certificate
      representing any shares of Class T Preferred Stock which were represented
      by the certificate or certificates delivered to the Company in connection
      with such conversion but which were not converted.

            (c) In connection with the conversion of Class T Preferred Stock
      into Common Stock, whether initiated by the Holder thereof or the Company,
      no dividends

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      then accrued or cumulated on the Class T Preferred Stock pursuant to
      section 3 (a) hereof shall be paid or payable by the Company in cash,
      shares of Common Stock or otherwise.

            (d) Except as hereinafter provided in this Section 6(d), each share
      of Class T Preferred Stock - Series A shall be converted into the number
      of shares of Class A Common Stock calculated by dividing the Liquidation
      Preference by 50.625 and each share of Class T Preferred Stock - Series B
      shall be converted into the number of shares of Class B Common Stock
      calculated by dividing the Liquidation Preference by 50.625.
      Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any shares of Class T Preferred Stock -
      Series B are ever, voluntarily or involuntarily, sold, assigned or
      otherwise transferred by the original Holder or any subsequent Holder
      thereof to any Person which is not an affiliate of the original Holder
      thereof, then such shares of Class T Preferred Stock - Series B shall no
      longer be convertible into shares of Class B Common Stock as provided
      herein but each such share of Class T Preferred Stock - Series B shall
      thereafter be convertible into the number of shares of Class A Common
      Stock calculated by dividing the Liquidation Preference by 50.625. If
      requested by the Company at the time of the conversion of the Class T
      Preferred Stock - Series B, the Holder thereof shall provide the Company
      with evidence reasonably acceptable to the Company that such Holder is an
      affiliate of the original Holder of such shares of Class T Preferred Stock
      - Series B. For purposes of this subsection (d) only, the term "affiliate"
      shall be defined as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation of the
      Company.

            (e) In the event that, prior to the conversion of Class T Preferred
      Stock into Common Stock pursuant to Section 6(a) or Section 6(b), the
      Company shall effect: (w) a dividend upon its Common Stock payable in
      shares of Common Stock or other property other than cash (including common
      stock, preferred stock or other securities of a

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      subsidiary of the Company); (x) a combination of its Common Stock into a
      smaller number of shares of such Common Stock, by reclassification or
      otherwise; (y) a subdivision of its Common Stock into a larger number of
      shares of such Common Stock, by reclassification or otherwise; or (z) any
      reorganization or reclassification of its Common Stock, or any
      liquidation, consolidation or merger with another Person, or the sale of
      all or substantially all of its assets to another Person, in such a way
      that the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive (either
      directly, or upon subsequent liquidation) common stock, preferred stock,
      securities or other property (including cash) with respect to or in
      exchange for such shares of Common Stock (any such event set forth in (w)
      - (z) above referred to as a "Diluting Event"), then, as a condition of
      such Diluting Event, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby
      each Holder shall, unless it results in a duplication of the dividends and
      other distributions provided for in Section 3 and the other provisions of
      this Certificate of Designation, be entitled to receive, (under the same
      terms otherwise applicable to such Holder's receipt of Common Stock) upon
      the conversion of the shares of Class T Preferred Stock held by such
      Holder in accordance with the provisions of Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof,
      (hereinafter such shares are referred to as the "Common Convertible
      Shares"), the following: (A) if the Diluting Event results in an exchange
      of Common Stock for common stock, preferred stock, securities or other
      property, each Holder shall be entitled to receive in lieu of the Common
      Convertible Shares to which such Holder was entitled immediately prior to
      the Diluting Event but which such Holder had not yet received, such shares
      of common stock, preferred stock, securities or other property as may be
      issued or payable by virtue of the Diluting Event in exchange for that
      number of Common Convertible Shares to which such Holder was entitled
      immediately prior to the Diluting Event but which such

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      Holder had not yet received; and/or (B) if the Diluting Event results in
      an issuance or payment with respect to Common Stock, such Holder shall be
      entitled to receive, in addition to the Common Convertible Shares to which
      such Holder was entitled immediately prior to the Diluting Event but which
      it had not yet received, such shares of common stock, preferred stock,
      securities or other property as may be issued or payable by virtue of the
      Diluting Event with respect to that number of Common Convertible Shares to
      which such Holder was entitled immediately prior to the Diluting Event but
      which it had not yet received. If any Diluting Event occurs, provision
      shall be made with respect to each Holder's rights and interests resulting
      from the application of this Section 6(e) to ensure that this Section 6(e)
      applies as well to any shares of common stock, preferred stock, securities
      or other property deliverable to such Holder upon conversion as a result
      of the occurrence of each such Diluting Event.

            (f) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of
      its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, for the purpose of
      effecting the conversion of the Class T Preferred Stock, the full number
      of shares of Common Stock then deliverable upon the conversion of all
      shares of Class T Preferred Stock then outstanding.

            (g) The number of shares of Class T Preferred Stock converted at any
      time and from time to time shall be such number as will result in the
      exchange therefore of a whole number of shares of Common Stock, unless the
      Holders and the Company otherwise agree.

      7. Voting Rights. The shares of Class T Preferred Stock shall not have any
voting rights except in such circumstances as required by the nonwaivable
provisions of the MBCA.

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      8. Transfer. No Holder may voluntarily or involuntarily sell, assign or
otherwise transfer any shares of Class T Preferred Stock unless such Holder
delivers to the Company at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of
such sale, assignment or other transfer (i) a written notice describing all of
the material terms and conditions of the proposed sale, assignment or other
transfer, including the name and address of the proposed purchaser, assignee or
other transferee, and (ii) an opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in a
form and shall be issued by an attorney reasonably acceptable to the Company)
addressed to the Company to the effect that the proposed sale, assignment or
other transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of applicable state
and federal securities laws and that such sale, assignment or other transfer
shall not directly or indirectly cause the Company and/or any of its Affiliates
to violate the Cross-Ownership Rules.

      9. Restrictions on Issuance. Shares of Class T Preferred Stock shall be a
separate class of capital stock and may be issued by the Company only to
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("TDS") and/or its
Affiliates and their respective successors and assigns permitted under Section 8
hereof.

      10. Amendment. This Certificate of Designation shall not be amended,
either directly or indirectly, or through merger or consolidation with another
Person, in any manner that would alter or change the powers, preferences or
special rights of the Class T Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely
without the affirmative vote of the Holders of at least a majority of the
outstanding Class T Preferred Stock voting separately as a class.

      11. Exclusion of Other Rights. Except as may otherwise be required by law,
the shares of Class T Preferred Stock shall not have any voting powers,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, other
than those specifically set forth in this Certificate of Designation (as such
Certificate of Designation may be amended from time to time

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in accordance with the terms hereof) and in the Articles of Incorporation. The
shares of Class T Preferred Stock shall have no preemptive or subscription
rights.

      12. Headings of Section. The headings of the various sections and
subsections hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect
the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.

      13. Severability of Provisions. If any voting power, preference or
relative, participating, optional and other special right of the Class T
Preferred Stock or qualification, limitation or restriction thereof set forth in
this Certificate of Designation (as this Certificate of Designation may be
amended from time to time) is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced
by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other voting powers,
preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of
Class T Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof
set forth in this Certificate of Designation (as so amended) which can be given
effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable voting power, preference
and relative, participating, optional or other special right of Class T
Preferred Stock or qualification, limitation or restriction thereof, shall,
nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no voting powers, preferences
and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Class T
Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof herein
set forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other such voting powers,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of
Class T Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof
unless so expressed herein.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this certificate to be duly
executed by Ann K. Newhall, the Secretary of the Company this 31st day of
March, 2000.

                                       RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION

                                       By   /s/ Ann K. Newhall
                                       Name  Ann K. Newhall
                                       Title  Secretary

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