text: The Company receives and pays travel fees for inter-market usage of the network by Sprint wireless subscribers not 
  homed in a market in which they may use the service. Sprint and its PCS Affiliates pay the Company for the use of its 
  network by their wireless subscribers, while the Company pays Sprint and its PCS Affiliates reciprocal fees for 
  Company subscribers using other segments of the network not operated by the Company. The rates paid on inter- 
  market travel were reduced during 2001. The inter-market travel rate was $0.20 per minute from inception of the 
  Sprint agreement through April 30, 2001, $0.15 per minute from May 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, and $0.12 
  per minute from October 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001. The rate was further reduced to $0.10 per minute as of 
  January 1, 2002. The $0.10 rate was in effect for the full year of 2002. The travel rate for 2003 was $0.058 per minute 
  and will remain at this rate through December 31, 2006. 
  29 ■ 2003 ANNUAL REPORT 