UbiquiTel Inc., a Sprint PCS Network Partner, Announces Launch of Advanced Wireless Service In Northern Utah

Business Wire, Feb 20, 2001

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CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2001

UbiquiTel Inc., (Nasdaq: UPCS), a Sprint PCS (NYSE:PCS) Network Partner, announces the launch of advanced Sprint wireless personal communication services (PCS) in Northern Utah, covering over 97,000 residents. The new network coverage area includes Logan City, Hyrum, Wellsville, Smithfield, Brigham City and Tremonton, Utah.

"We are very excited to announce UbiquiTel is now offering Sprint PCS Service in the Logan area. This is a significant operating milestone for the Company," commented Don Harris, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UbiquiTel Inc.

"We continue to make significant progress in our network build-out as we execute our strategy to provide seamless Sprint PCS coverage. As we enter new markets, we have a distinct competitive advantage over other providers with our ability to benefit from the popular brand name, nationwide network coverage and superior customer service that are synonymous with Sprint PCS, the nation's fastest growing wireless provider. We are excited about the opportunity to offer this exceptional service in Logan and the surrounding areas and look forward to launching Sprint PCS Service to customers in the remainder of our territory," concluded Harris.

UbiquiTel is the exclusive provider of Sprint PCS digital wireless personal communication services to midsize markets in the Western and Midwestern United States. When complete, the majority of UbiquiTel's network will cover portions of California, Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Indiana and Kentucky, covering a total population of approximately 7.7 million residents.

Sprint PCS operates the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country. Sprint PCS has licensed PCS coverage of nearly 270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS website at http://www.sprintpcs.com. Sprint PCS is a wholly-owned tracking group of Sprint Corporation trading on the NYSE under the symbol "PCS."

Sprint is a global communications company - at the forefront of integrating long-distance, local and wireless communications services, and a large carrier of Internet traffic. Sprint built and operates the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and is a leader in advanced data communications services. Sprint has $20 billion in annual revenues and serves more than 20 million business and residential customers.

UbiquiTel Inc., a Sprint PCS network Partner, Announces Launch of

Advanced Wireless Service in northern utah

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 PCS; changes or advances in technology; changes in Sprint's National service plans or fee structure with UbiquiTel; change in population; increased competition in UbiquiTel's markets; UbiquiTel's ability to manage anticipated growth and rapid expansion; and general market and economic conditions. 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, specifically in the "risk factors" section of UbiquiTel's Registration Statement on Form S-1 as declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2000.