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         AIRGATE PCS, INC. RESPONDS TO ANNOUNCEMENT BY ALAMOSA HOLDINGS


ATLANTA (November 22, 2004) - AirGate PCS, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCSA), a PCS Affiliate
of Sprint, today released the following statement:

"We have received a letter dated October 22, 2004, from David E. Sharbutt,
chairman and chief executive officer of Alamosa Holdings, Inc., with a proposal
to combine our two companies. We are hereby advising shareholders that in our
continuing effort to maximize shareholder value, our Board of Directors is
giving this proposal serious consideration, as we do with any matters of this
nature. The Company has retained a financial advisor and we are carefully
reviewing our strategic alternatives, including continued execution of our
recently developed long-term strategic plan, as well as consideration of
business combinations such as the proposed combination, to determine what course
of action is in the best interest of AirGate and our shareholders in building
shareholder value," stated Thomas M. Dougherty, president and chief executive
officer of AirGate PCS.

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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AirGate Responds to Alamosa Announcment
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November 22, 2004


This news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on current
expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the wireless industry,
the recapitalization plan, our beliefs and our management's assumptions. Words
such as "expects," "anticipates," "targets," "goals," "projects," "intends,"
"plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates" and variations of such words and
similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain
risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore,
actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or
forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ include: our dependence on the success of Sprint's wireless
business; the competitiveness and impact of Sprint wireless pricing plans and
PCS products and services; intense competition in the wireless market and the
unsettled nature of the wireless market; the potential to experience a continued
high rate of subscriber turnover; the ability of Sprint to provide back office
billing, subscriber care and other services and the quality and costs of such
services or, alternatively, our ability to outsource all or a portion of these
services at acceptable costs and the quality of such services; subscriber credit
quality; the ability to successfully leverage 3G products and services;
inaccuracies in financial information provided by Sprint; new charges and fees,
or increased charges and fees, imposed by Sprint; the impact and outcome of
disputes with Sprint; our ability to predict future customer growth, as well as
other key operating metrics; the impact of spending cuts on network quality,
customer retention and customer growth; rates of penetration in the wireless
industry; our significant level of indebtedness and debt covenant requirements;
the impact and outcome of legal proceedings between other PCS Affiliates of
Sprint and Sprint; the potential need for additional sources of capital and
liquidity; risks related to our ability to compete with larger, more established
businesses; anticipated future losses; rapid technological and market change;
the impact of wireless local number portability; an adequate supply of
subscriber equipment; the current economic slowdown; and the volatility of
AirGate PCS' stock price.

For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements and factors
that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in this news
release, please refer to AirGate PCS' filings with the SEC, especially in the
"risk factors" section of AirGate PCS' Form 8-K filed on September 30, 2004, and
in subsequent filings with the SEC. Except as otherwise required under federal
securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC, we do not have any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions or
otherwise.

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