
                                EXHIBIT 23.2


                        INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT


The  Board  of  Directors
AirGate  PCS,  Inc.:
We  consent  to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form  S-3  of AirGate PCS, Inc. of our reports dated November 10, 2000, relating
to  the  consolidated balance sheets of AirGate PCS, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
September  30,  2000  and  1999,  and  the  related  consolidated  statements of
operations,  stockholders'  equity  (deficit), and cash flows for the year ended
September 30, 2000, the nine month period ended September 30, 1999, and the year
ended  December  31,  1998,  and the related financial statement schedule, which
reports  appear in the September 30, 2000, annual report on Form 10-K of AirGate
PCS,  Inc.  and  to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
registration  statement.

     /s/  KPMG  LLP                              KPMG  LLP
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Atlanta,  Georgia
March  12,  2001

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