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Contact: Bill Loughman
         Chief Financial Officer
         404-525-7272


         AirGate PCS, Inc. Announces Redemption of Remaining Outstanding
                13.5% Senior Subordinated Discount Notes due 2009


ATLANTA (October 28, 2004) - AirGate PCS, Inc.  (Nasdaq:  PCSA), a PCS Affiliate
of  Sprint,  today  announced  that  it has  called  for  redemption  all of its
remaining  outstanding  13.5% Senior  Subordinated  Discount Notes due 2009 (the
"13.5% Notes"). The redemption date for the 13.5% Notes is December 9, 2004. The
redemption price will be equal to 106.75% of the principal  amount  outstanding,
plus  accrued  and unpaid  interest.  On or prior to the  redemption  date,  the
redemption  price  will be  deposited  with  the  trustee  under  the  indenture
governing the 13.5% Notes.  Consequently,  interest shall cease to accrue on the
13.5% Notes on the redemption date.

About AirGate PCS
AirGate PCS, Inc. is the PCS Affiliate of Sprint with the right to sell wireless
mobility  communications network products and services under the Sprint brand in
territories  within three states located in the Southeastern  United States. The
territories   include  over  7.4  million  residents  in  key  markets  such  as
Charleston,  Columbia, and  Greenville-Spartanburg,  South Carolina; Augusta and
Savannah,  Georgia;  and  Asheville,  Wilmington  and the  Outer  Banks of North
Carolina.

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