Rural Cellular

{{Infobox company

| name = Rural Cellular

| logo =File:Rural Cellular Logo.png

| type = Defunct

| successor = Verizon Wireless

| key_people =Richard Eckstrand(CEO, President, & Director)

| industry = Cellular Communications

| products = Cellular Telephone Service

| revenue =125.7 Million in Q3 of 2003

| num_employees =1,001

| foundation =1990

| location = Alexandria, Minnesota, United States

| homepage = https://web.archive.org/web/*/unicel.com

}}

Rural Cellular was a telecommunications company that had run the Unicel mobile network. It operated in Midwest, Northeast, Northwest and the Southern regions of the United States and was bought by Verizon Wireless on January 25, 2009, for approximately $2.67 billion in cash and assumed debt.{{Cite web |date=2007-07-30 |title=Verizon Wireless To Acquire Rural Cellular Corporation, Expand The Nation's Most Reliable Wireless Network |url=https://www.verizon.com/about/news/vzw/2007/07/pr2007-07-30 |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=Verizon |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2017-04-20 |title=Rural Cellular Corporation: Private Company Information |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=97965 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420144644/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=97965 |archive-date=2017-04-20 |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=Bloomberg}}