Exhibit 24.1

                                Power of Attorney



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below, as a Director or Officer of AirGate PCS, Inc. (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation  with  its  general  offices  in Atlanta, Georgia, does hereby make,
constitute  and  appoint  Thomas  M. Dougherty, Alan B. Catherall, or Barbara L.
Blackford,  or  any  one  of  them  acting  alone,  his  or  her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for  him  or  her  and  in  his  or  her  name,  place and stead, in any and all
capacities,  to  sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register shares of
the  Company's  common stock for issuance pursuant to the AirGate PCS, Inc, 2001
Employee  Stock Purchase Plan and the AirGate PCS, Inc. 2001 Non-Executive Stock
Option  Plan, and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with  the  Securities and Exchange
Commission,  granting  unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full  power  and  authority  to  do  and  perform  each  and every act and thing
requisite  and  necessary  to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents  and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and  confirming  all  that  said  attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of the, or
their  or  his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

     IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned as caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed  as  of  this  26th  day  of  February  2001.


/s/  W.  Chris  Blane
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W.  Chris  Blane,  Director  and
V.P.  of  Business  Development



/s/  Thomas  D.  Body,  III                 /s/  Thomas  M.  Dougherty
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Thomas  D.  Body,  III,  Director  and     Thomas  M.  Dougherty,  Director  and
V.P.  of  Strategic  Development              President  and  CEO



/s/  Gill  Cogan                          /s/  Robert  A.  Ferchat
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Gill  Cogan,  Director                     Robert  A.  Ferchat,  Director



/s/  John  R.  Dillon                    /s/  Barry  Schiffman
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John  R.  Dillon,  Director               Barry  Schiffman,  Director