Contact: Will Seippel
         Chief Financial Officer
         404-525-7272


            AIRGATE PCS, INC. to Broadcast FOURTH QUARTER FISCAL 2002
                      Conference Call Live on the Internet


     ATLANTA (December 6, 2002) - AirGate PCS, Inc. (NASDAQ/NM:  PCSA), a Sprint
PCS  Network  Partner,  today  announced  that its fourth  quarter  fiscal  2002
conference  call is  scheduled  to begin at 10:00 a.m.  Eastern  time on Monday,
December 30, 2002.

     The live  broadcast  of  AirGate  PCS'  quarterly  conference  call will be
available  on-line  at  www.airgatepcsa.com  and  www.companyboardroom.com.  The
on-line replay will follow shortly after the call and continue  through  January
3,  2003.  To  listen  to the live  call,  please go to the Web site at least 15
minutes early to register, download, and install any necessary audio software.

     During  this call  AirGate  PCS will  review the  Company's  financial  and
operating  results for the fourth  quarter and fiscal year ended  September  30,
2002.

     AirGate PCS,  Inc.,  including  its  subsidiaries,  is the PCS Affiliate of
Sprint with the exclusive right to sell wireless mobility communications network
products and services under the Sprint brand in territories  within seven states
located in the  Southeastern  and  Midwestern  United  States.  The  territories
include  over  14.6  million  residents  in key  markets  such as Grand  Rapids,
Michigan;  Charleston,  Columbia,  and  Greenville-Spartanburg,  South Carolina;
Augusta and Savannah, Georgia;  Champaign-Urbana and Springfield,  Illinois; and
the Quad Cities areas of Illinois and Iowa. AirGate PCS is among the largest PCS
Affiliates of Sprint. As a PCS Affiliate of Sprint, AirGate PCS operates its own
local  portion  of the PCS  network  from  Sprint to  exclusively  provide  100%
digital,   100%  PCS  products  and  services  under  the  Sprint  name  in  its
territories.


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