text: participates in the Sprint national and regional distribution programs in which national retailers sell Sprint wireless 
  products and services. In order to facilitate the sale of Sprint wireless products and services, national retailers purchase 
  wireless handsets from Sprint for resale and receive compensation from Sprint for Sprint wireless products and services 
  sold. For industry competitive reasons, Sprint subsidizes the price of these handsets by selling the handsets at a price 
  below cost. Under the Company's agreements with Sprint, when a national retailer sells a handset purchased from 
  Sprint to a subscriber in the Company's territories, the Company is obligated to reimburse Sprint for the handset 
  subsidy. The Company does not receive any revenues from the sale of handsets and accessories by national retailers. 
  The Company classifies these handset subsidy charges as a cost of goods expense. 
  
  Through December 31, 2003, the Agreement provided that Sprint retains 8% of collected service revenues from 
  subscribers based in the Company's markets and from non-Sprint wholesale subscribers who roam onto the Company's 
  network. The amount of revenue retained by Sprint is recorded as an offset to the revenues recorded. All revenues 
  derived from the sale of handsets and accessories by the Company and from certain roaming services (outbound 
  roaming and travel revenues from Sprint and its PCS Affiliate subscribers) are retained by the Company. 