Exhibit 99.1
                               AIRGATE PCS, INC.
                   PROXY FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
          THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                             [             , 2001]
  The undersigned stockholder(s) of AirGate PCS, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), hereby revoking any proxy heretofore given, does hereby
appoint Thomas M. Dougherty, Alan B. Catherall and Barbara L. Blackford, and
each of them, with full power to act alone, the true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and proxies of the undersigned, with full powers of substitution, and
hereby authorize(s) them and each of them, to represent the undersigned and to
vote all shares of common stock of the Company that the undersigned is entitled
to vote at the Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held at
[     ] on [      ], [ ], 2001, and any and all adjournments and postponements
thereof, with all powers the undersigned would possess if personally present,
on the following proposal, as described more fully in the accompanying proxy
statement/prospectus, and any other matters coming before said meeting.

  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE PROPOSAL.

1. Approval of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 28, 2001,
   by and between AirGate PCS, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and iPCS, Inc., a
   Delaware corporation, as it may be amended from time to time, and the
   transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance of up to 13.5
   million shares of the Company's common stock in connection with the
   acquisition by the Company of iPCS through the merger.

       [_] FOR                    [_] AGAINST           [_] ABSTAIN

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  This proxy will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned. IF
NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED "FOR" THE PROPOSAL, AND IN THE
DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES ON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE
SPECIAL MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OR POSTPONEMENTS THEREOF TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

IMPORTANT--PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.

NOTE: Please sign exactly as your name appears on this proxy. Joint owners
should each sign personally. If signing as attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, please include your full title. Corporate or partnership
proxies should be signed by an authorized officer.

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                                      Signature(s)

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