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PR NEWSWIRE) UbiquiTel Reports Third Quarter Subscriber Results
UbiquiTel Reports Third Quarter Subscriber Results

Adds 13,200 Net Subscribers With 90% in Prime Credit Categories

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UbiquiTel Inc.
(Nasdaq: UPCS), a PCS Affiliate of Sprint (NYSE: FON, PCS), today reported
subscriber results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2003.

-- Net adds for the quarter were approximately 13,200, excluding
resellers, bringing the ending subscriber base to approximately
305,000, excluding resellers. 73% of total subscribers were in the
prime credit classes. UbiquiTel obtained an amendment to its senior
secured credit facility on October 10, 2003 that made the company in
compliance with the minimum subscriber covenant for the quarter
ended September 30, 2003.

-- As previously guided, churn increased to 3.4%, from 2.9% in the
second quarter 2003, but down significantly from third quarter 2002
churn of 4.3%. The sequential increase in churn resulted primarily
from an increase in voluntary deactivations.

"UbiquiTel maintained our commitment to quality growth in the third
quarter as evidenced by the 90% prime mix in our net subscriber additions,"
said Donald A. Harris, chairman and chief executive officer of UbiquiTel Inc.
"Our focus on PCS Vision resulted in 57% of our gross subscriber additions
purchasing Vision-capable handsets, increasing our revenue potential from
3G data usage."
The company earlier announced that it will issue a press release
summarizing its quarterly results after the market closes on Tuesday,
November 11, and conduct a conference call on Wednesday, November 12, at
10:30 a.m., to discuss its results for the three months ended September 30,
2003 and provide guidance for the fourth quarter 2003.

About UbiquiTel Inc.
UbiquiTel is the exclusive provider of Sprint digital wireless mobility
communications network products and services under the Sprint brand name to
midsize markets in the Western and Midwestern United States that include a
population of approximately 10.0 million residents and cover portions of
California, Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Indiana and Kentucky.

About Sprint
Sprint operates the largest, 100-percent digital, nationwide wireless
network in the United States, serving more than 4,000 cities and communities
across the country. Sprint has licensed PCS coverage of more than 280 million
people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In
August 2002, Sprint became the first wireless carrier in the country to launch
next generation services nationwide delivering faster speeds and advanced
applications on PCS Vision Phones and devices. For more information on
products and services, visit www.sprint.com/mr. PCS is a wholly-owned
tracking stock of Sprint Corporation trading on the NYSE under the symbol
"PCS." Sprint is a global integrated communications provider serving more
than 26 million customers in over 100 countries. With approximately 70,000
employees worldwide and nearly $27 billion in annual revenues, Sprint is
widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art
network technologies.

Statements contained in this news release that are forward-looking
statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Such forward-
looking statements are made pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the
private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are made based on
management's current expectations or beliefs as well as assumptions made by,
and information currently available to, management. A variety of factors
could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in
UbiquiTel's forward-looking statements, including the following factors:
UbiquiTel's dependence on its affiliation with Sprint; changes in Sprint's fee
structure with UbiquiTel; UbiquiTel's reliance on the timeliness, accuracy and
sufficiency of financial and other data and information received from Sprint;
the ability of Sprint to provide back office, customer care and other
services; the competitiveness of and changes in Sprint's pricing plans,
products and services; increased competition in UbiquiTel's markets; rates of
penetration in the wireless industry; the potential to experience a high rate
of customer turnover; Sprint's credit policies; customer quality; the
marketability, liquidity and price volatility of UbiquiTel's common stock;
anticipated future losses; UbiquiTel's debt level; adequacy of bad debt and
other reserves; UbiquiTel's ability to manage anticipated growth and rapid
expansion; changes in population; changes or advances in technology; and
general market and economic conditions. Certain of these and other applicable
risks, cautionary statements and factors that could cause actual results to
differ from UbiquiTel's forward-looking statements are included in UbiquiTel's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), specifically in
the "Business?Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, and in subsequent
filings with the SEC. Except as otherwise required under federal securities
laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC, the company does not have any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions
or otherwise.

SOURCE UbiquiTel Inc.
-0- 10/23/2003
/CONTACT: Dava Guerin, Guerin Public Relations, Inc., [phone] or
[phone] (wireless), for UbiquiTel Inc.; or Brighid de Garay, UbiquiTel
Inc., [phone] or [phone] (wireless)/
/Web site: http://www.ubiquitel.com /
(UPCS FON PCS)

CO: UbiquiTel Inc.; Sprint
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