


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS




We consent to the incorporation by reference in this  registration  statement of
360(degree)  Communications  Company on Form S-3 (File No. ) of our report dated
March 21, 1996, on our audits of the  financial  statements of the New York SMSA
Limited  Partnership (the  "Partnership") as of and for the years ended December
31, 1995 and 1994,  and of our report  March 10,  1995,  except for Note 7 as to
which the date is November 22, 1995, on our audits of the  financial  statements
of the  Partnership  as of and for the years ended  December  31, 1994 and 1993,
which  reports are included in the  360(degree)  Communications  Company  Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December  31,  1995,  as amended by Form
10-K/A dated April 15, 1996. The financial  statements referred to above are not
included  separately  in the Annual  Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the
reference to our firm under the caption "Experts".







                            COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.



New York, New York
February 6, 1997

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