[Letterhead of Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley & Casteix appears here]

                                 March 30, 2000

                                                                         1033-04

US Unwired Inc.
One Lakeshore Drive
Suite 1900
Lake Charles, LA  70629

          Re:  US Unwired Inc.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

          We have acted as counsel to US Unwired Inc., a Louisiana corporation
(the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of the Company's
registration statement on Form S-4, Registration Nos. 333-92271, 333-92271-01
and 333-92271-02 (the "Registration Statement"), first filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on December 7, 1999, relating to an offer to exchange
(the "Exchange Offer") the Company's 13 3/8% Series B Senior Subordinated
Discount Notes due 2009 (the "Exchange Notes"), which will have been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for an equal principal amount of
the Company's outstanding 13 3/8% Series A Senior Subordinated Discount Notes
due 2009 (the "Old Notes").  The Exchange Notes will be guaranteed (the
"Subsidiary Guarantees") by Louisiana Unwired, LLC, a Louisiana limited
liability company ("LA Unwired"), and Unwired Telecom Corp., a Louisiana
corporation ("Unwired Telecom") (each, a "Guarantor" and collectively, the
"Guarantors").  The Exchange Notes will be issued, as were the Old Notes, under
an indenture (the "Indenture") dated as of October 29, 1999, among the Company,
the Guarantors and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee (the
"Trustee").

          This opinion is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of
Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

          Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth
hereinbelow, we are of the opinion that the Exchange Notes have been duly
authorized and that upon issuance and authentication thereof in the manner
described in the Registration Statement:


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          (1) The Exchange Notes will be valid and binding obligations of the
Company, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance and
transfer, moratorium or other laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or
affecting the rights or remedies of creditors generally and by general
principles of equity (whether applied in a proceeding at law or in equity).

          (2) Each of the Subsidiary Guarantees will be valid and binding
obligations of the respective Guarantors, and will be entitled to the benefits
of the Indenture, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
fraudulent conveyance and transfer, moratorium or other laws now or hereafter in
effect relating to or affecting the rights or remedies of creditors generally
and by general principles of equity (whether applied in a proceeding at law or
in equity).

          Our opinion covers federal law and the laws of Louisiana. It covers
the laws of New York to the extent such law is relevant to our opinion, for
which purpose we have obtained a backup opinion of New York counsel addressed to
the Company and us and in a form that is satisfactory to us.

          We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Legal
Matters" in the prospectus that is a part of the Registration Statement.  In
giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of
persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933
or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

                              Yours sincerely,

                              Correro Fishman Haygood
                              Phelps Walmsley & Casteix, L.L.P.

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