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                                                                   Exhibit 23.2



                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



The Board of Directors


AirGate PCS, Inc.:



We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement (No.


333-73270) on Form S-3 of AirGate PCS, Inc. and subsidiaries of our reports
dated November 9, 2001, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of
AirGate PCS, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September 30, 2001 and 2000, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit),
and cash flows for the years ended September 30, 2001 and 2000, and the nine
months ended September 30, 1999, and the related financial statement schedule,
which reports appear in the September 30, 2001, annual report on Form 10-K of
AirGate PCS, Inc. and subsidiaries, and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the Registration Statement.


                                                        /S/ KPMG LLP


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Atlanta, Georgia


November 30, 2001



