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AirGate PCS, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year-End 2002 Results; Filing of 10-K.


Business Editors

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2003

AirGate PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. , Inc., (NASDAQ/NM: PCSA PCSA Primary Care Service Area
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), a PCS Affiliate of Sprint, today announced financial and operating results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September September: see month.  30, 2002, and the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
.

Total revenues for the fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2002 were $137.2 million compared with $62.3 million for fiscal 2001. The 2001 results did not include iPCS, Inc., which was acquired by the Company on November November: see month.  30, 2001. The Company reported a net loss of ($615.0) million, or ($23.83) per share, for the three months ended September 30, 2002, compared with a net loss of ($25.0) million, or ($1.88) per share, in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2001. The loss included a ($556.2) million charge, or ($21.55) per share, associated with the impairment Impairment

1. A reduction in a company's stated capital.

2. The total capital that is less than the par value of the company's capital stock.

Notes:
1. This is usually reduced because of poorly estimated losses or gains.

2.
 of goodwill and tangible and intangible assets Intangible Asset

An asset that is not physical in nature.

Notes:
Examples are things like copyrights, patents, intellectual property, and goodwill. These are the opposite of tangible assets.
 related to iPCS, Inc.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002, the Company reported revenues of $456.6 million compared with revenues of $172.1 million for fiscal 2001. The Company reported a net loss of ($996.6) million, or ($41.96) per share, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002, compared with a net loss of ($111.0) million, or ($8.48) per share, for fiscal 2001. The loss included a total of ($817.4) million, or ($34.42) per share, associated with the impairment of goodwill and tangible and intangible assets related to iPCS, Inc.

EDITDA, defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) is a non-GAAP metric that can be used to evaluate a company's profitability.
:EBITDA = Operating Revenue – Operating Expenses + Other Revenue
, excluding non-cash stock compensation expenses, loss on disposal of property and equipment, and impairment charges, was ($8.9) million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002. EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become  was ($40.0) million for fiscal 2002.

During 2002, the Company recorded significant write-downs in the carrying value Carrying Value

Also know as "book value," it is a company's total assets minus intangible assets and liabilities, such as debt.

Notes:
This is different than market value, as it can be higher or lower depending on the circumstances.
 of goodwill and tangible and intangible assets associated with its wholly-owned unrestricted subsidiary, iPCS. These impairment write-downs were taken in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[]

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 No. 142 and No. 144. The purpose of the write-downs was to record property and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets at their fair value. In the second fiscal quarter, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment of $261.2 million. In the fourth fiscal quarter, the impairment of goodwill and tangible and intangible assets related to iPCS was $556.2 million.

As indicated in a December December: see month.  30, 2002 press release, a delay in filing AirGate's Annual Report on Form 10-K provided additional time to allow the Company to complete a review of balances owed to the Company by Sprint, as well as the Company's subscriber accounts receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying  balances. This review did not impact financial information or disclosures in prior reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
 or 10-K.

In connection with this review of accounts receivable, the Company has reclassified approximately $10 million of subscriber accounts receivable for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002 to a receivable from Sprint. The Company believes at least $10 million is payable from Sprint, but Sprint has acknowledged only $5.8 million is owed to AirGate. The Company is in discussions with Sprint regarding the differences and has provided for these discussions in its consolidated financial statements Consolidated Financial Statements

The combined financial statements of a parent company and its subsidiaries.

Notes:
Because consolidated financial statements present an aggregated look at the financial position of a parent and its subsidiaries, they enable you to gauge
.

Filing of the Form 10-K and the delivery of the Company's audited financial statements and related information to AirGate lenders under its senior secured credit facility and the trustee for its notes cure any potential AirGate default.

As previously announced, liquidity is an issue for iPCS in the near term. The Company retained Houlihan Lokey Howard Howard, English noble family. Landowners in Norfolk from the 13th cent., the Howards obtained the duchy of Norfolk through the marriage of Sir Robert Howard to Margaret Mowbray, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st duke of Norfolk.  & Zukin Capital to review iPCS' revised long range business plan, the strategic alternatives available to iPCS, and to assist iPCS in developing and implementing a plan to improve its capital structure. iPCS has undertaken efforts to restructure its arrangements with its secured lenders, its public note holders and others. Based upon a review of the historical and expected operating results of iPCS, the Company believes that iPCS will be required to seek protection from its creditors under the federal bankruptcy bankruptcy, in law, settlement of the liabilities of a person or organization wholly or partially unable to meet financial obligations. The purposes are to distribute, through a court-appointed receiver, the bankrupt's assets equitably among creditors and, in most  laws in the near term either as part of a consensual CONSENSUAL, civil law. This word is applied to designate one species of contract known in the civil laws; these contracts derive their name from the consent of the parties which is required in their formation, as they cannot exist without such consent.
     2.
 restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics).  or in an effort to affect a court administered reorganization.

"During this challenging period, we realized we had to reposition the Company for the next phase in the wireless industry," said Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM).

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, president and chief executive officer of AirGate PCS. "We are taking aggressive actions to elevate el·e·vate  
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1. To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift.

2. To increase the amplitude, intensity, or volume of.

3.
 our business efficiency and effectiveness by restructuring our organizations, reducing capital and other expenditures, and improving cash flow. We also are focused on strengthening the credit quality of new subscribers and reducing churn churn: see butter.  while continuing to build a mutually-beneficial relationship with Sprint. Although 2003 is likely to see significantly slower growth in net new subscribers, we expect that the pace of growth will be complemented by improved liquidity and financial performance.

"Further, we anticipate that the launch of PCS VisionSM, Sprint's third-generation technology, in our territories will provide an additional vehicle to support future subscriber and revenue growth," Dougherty added. "Vision-enabled PCS devices take and receive pictures, check personal and corporate e-mail, play games with full-color graphics and polyphonic The ability to play back some number of musical notes simultaneously. For example, 16-voice polyphony means a total of 16 notes, or waveforms, can be played concurrently.  sounds, and browse (1) To view the contents of a file or a group of files. Browser programs generally let you view data by scrolling through the documents or databases. In a database program, the browse mode often lets you edit the data. See Web browser.  the Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
 wirelessly with speeds that equal or exceed a home computer's dial-up Refers to using the regular "dial-up" telephone network to send data from a computer to a remote network or to a remote device. The computer's digital data are converted to analog signals in the same frequency range as human voice by a modem.  connection. We are pleased to be able to offer a broad portfolio of Vision-enabled devices that incorporate voice and data functionality, expanded memory See EMS, EMM and expanded storage.

(storage) expanded memory - Memory used through EMS. In systems based on Intel 80386 or later processor expanded memory is part of the extended memory that is mapped into the expanded memory page frame by the processor.
, high-resolution and larger color screens that allow greater mobility, convenience and productivity."

Additional financial and operating highlights for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002 include the following:
-- The Company added 22,387 net new customers, net of an adjustment for subscribers not reasonably expected to pay. As a result, the Company had a total of 554,833 subscribers as of September 30, 2002.

-- Average revenue per subscriber (ARPU) was $60 for the quarter, an increase from $56 in the third quarter of 2002.

-- Total roaming revenue was $35.7 million for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2002, compared with $32.0 million for the third quarter of 2002. Roaming expense was $25.4 million for the quarter, compared with $21.8 million for the previous quarter. During 2002, the reciprocal roaming rate paid by Sprint and its affiliates was $0.10 per minute. Sprint has notified the Company it is decreasing this rate to $0.058 per minute on January 1, 2003.

-- Churn was 4.0 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter, compared with 3.2 percent in the prior quarter.

-- Capital expenditures in the quarter were $19.7 million, compared with $28.9 million in the previous quarter, bringing total capital expenditures for the year to $97.1 million.


AirGate PCS will hold a conference call to discuss this press release tomorrow, Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 9:00 a.m. ET. A live broadcast of the conference call will be available on-line at www.airgatepcsa.com or www.companyboardroom.com. To listen to the live call, please go to the Web site at least 15 minutes early to register, download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. , and install any necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call through the close of business on February 14, 2003.

About AirGate PCS

AirGate PCS, Inc., including its unrestricted subsidiary iPCS, is the PCS Affiliate of Sprint with the exclusive right to sell wireless mobility communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software.  products and services under the Sprint brand in territories within seven states located in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The territories include over 14.6 million residents in key markets such as Grand Rapids, Michigan “Grand Rapids” redirects here. For other uses, see Grand Rapids (disambiguation).
Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 197,800.
; Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures


Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15.
; Augusta and Savannah, Georgia Savannah is a city located in (and the county seat of) Chatham County, Georgia (USA). The city's population was 128,500 in 2005, according to the most recent U.S. Census estimate. Savannah was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia. ; Champaign-Urbana and Springfield, Illinois Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County. As reported in the 2000 U.S. Census, the city was home to 111,454 people. The land on which Springfield is today was first settled in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a ; and the Quad Cities
For the nuclear power plant, see the Quad Cities Nuclear Generating Station.


The Quad Cities are a group of cities which flank the Mississippi River in Iowa and Illinois in the midwestern United States.
 areas of Illinois Illinois, river, United States
Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway.
 and Iowa. AirGate PCS is among the largest PCS Affiliates of Sprint.

About Sprint

Sprint operates the nation's largest all-digital, all-PCS wireless network, already serving more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country. Sprint has licensed PCS coverage of more than 280 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla.  and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In August 2002, Sprint became the first wireless carrier in the country to launch next generation services nationwide delivering faster speeds and advanced applications on Vision-enabled phones and devices. For more information on products and services, visit www.sprint.com/mr. Sprint PCS is a wholly-owned tracking stock of Sprint Corporation trading on the NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
 under the symbol "PCS." Sprint is a global communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D.  with approximately 75,000 employees worldwide and $26 billion in annual revenues and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies

Safe Harbor Safe Harbor

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2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
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This news release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 that are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about AirGate, iPCS, the wireless industry, 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 forecast in such forward-looking statements.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the liquidity and potential restructuring of iPCS, including the potential loss of all value in the iPCS common stock held by AirGate; the unsettled nature of the wireless market; the current economic slowdown For articles with similar titles, see Slow Down (disambiguation).
A slowdown is an industrial action in which employees perform their duties but seek to reduce productivity or efficiency in their performance of these duties.
; the potential to continue to experience a high rate of customer turnover; our ability to predict future customer growth, as well as other key operating metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. ; the competitiveness and impact of Sprint PCS pricing plans, products and services; the ability to successfully launch and leverage 3G products and services; customer credit quality; our ability to retain customers; the ability of Sprint PCS to provide back office, customer care and other services; the prices charged by Sprint for its services; consumer purchasing patterns; potential fluctuations in quarterly results; an adequate supply of subscriber equipment; risks related to our ability to compete with larger, more established businesses; rapid technological and market change; risks related to future growth and expansion; rates of penetration in the wireless industry; the potential need for additional sources of liquidity; impacts of spending cuts Noun 1. spending cut - the act of reducing spending
cut - the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"
 on network quality, customer retention and customer growth; anticipated future losses; the significant level of indebtedness INDEBTEDNESS. The state, of being in debt, without regard to the ability or inability of the party to pay the same. See 1 Story, Eq. 343; 2 Hill. Ab. 421.
     2.
 of each of AirGate and iPCS; adequacy of bad debt and other reserves; 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 Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), especially in the "risk factors" section of AirGate PCS' Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002 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.

Definitions of Terms Used:

The following are terms used in the press release. None are measures of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles The standard accounting rules, regulations, and procedures used by companies in maintaining their financial records.

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) provide companies and accountants with a consistent set of guidelines that cover both broad accounting
 in the United States. These terms as used by the Company may not be comparable to the use of these terms by other companies.

EDITDA: EDITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) is a financial measure used in the financial community. EDITDA as used in this release is EBITDA excluding non-cash stock compensation expense, loss on disposal of property and equipment and impairment losses.

ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average.  (average revenue per user): Summarizes the average monthly service revenue per customer, excluding roaming The ability to use a communications device such as a cellphone or PDA and be able to move from one cell or access point to another without losing the connection.  revenue. ARPU is computed by dividing service revenue by the average subscribers for the period, net of an adjustment for those customers not reasonably expected to pay.

Churn: Churn is the monthly rate of customer turnover expressed as a percentage of the customer base that discontinued dis·con·tin·ue  
v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues

v.tr.
1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon:
 service during the month. Churn is computed by dividing the number of customers that discontinued the service during the month by the average subscribers for the period, net of an adjustment for 30 day returns and those customers not reasonably expected to pay.

Net Additions: Net additions refer to the increase in total subscribers between periods, net of an adjustment for those customers not reasonably expected to pay.

Ending Subscribers: Ending subscribers exclude an estimate of new subscribers added during the period who are not reasonably expected to pay.

                  AirGate PCS, Inc. and Subsidiaries
     Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets at September 30, 2002
      (dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

                                                          Consolidated
                      AirGate PCS,                        AirGate PCS,
                         Inc.     iPCS, Inc. Eliminations     Inc.
                      ----------- ---------- ------------ ------------
ASSETS
Current Assets:
 Cash and cash
  equivalents             $4,887   $27,588        $-          $32,475
 Accounts receivable,
  net                     24,245    13,882         -           38,127
 Receivable from
  Sprint PCS              28,977    15,976         -           44,953
 Inventories               4,136     2,597         -            6,733
 Prepaid expenses          4,130     3,029         -            7,159
 Other current
  assets                   1,331       109    (1,114)             326
                      ----------- ---------  --------     ------------
       Total current
        assets            67,706    63,181    (1,114)         129,773

Property and
 equipment, net          213,777   185,378         -          399,155
Intangible assets, net     1,428    26,899         -           28,327
Investment in
 subsidiary              (99,212)        -    99,212                -
Financing costs                -     8,118         -            8,118
Other assets               4,924     3,997         -            8,921
                      ----------- ---------  --------     ------------
       Total assets     $188,623  $287,573   $98,098         $574,294
                      =========== =========  ========     ============

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current Liabilities:
 Accounts payable and
  accrued expenses       $20,245   $19,971   $(1,114)         $39,102
 Payable to Sprint PCS    53,381    34,979         -           88,360
 Deferred revenue          7,140     4,635         -           11,775
 Current maturities
  of long term debt
  and capital lease
  obligations             44,957   309,979         -          354,936
                      ----------- ---------  --------     ------------
       Total current
        liabilities      125,723   369,564    (1,114)         494,173

Long-term debt and
 capital lease
 obligations,
 excluding current
 maturities              354,264       564         -          354,828
Other long term
 liabilities               1,583    16,657         -           18,240
                      ----------- ---------  --------     ------------
       Total
        liabilities      481,570   386,785    (1,114)         867,241

Stockholders' equity
 (deficit):
 Common stock                258         -         -              258
 Additional paid-in-
  capital                731,158   192,850         -          924,008
 Unearned stock
  compensation            (1,029)        -         -           (1,029)
 Accumulated
  deficit             (1,023,334) (292,062)   99,212       (1,216,184)
                      ----------- ---------  --------     ------------
       Total
        stockholders'
        equity (deficit)(292,947)  (99,212)   99,212         (292,947)
                      ----------- ---------  --------     ------------
       Total liabilities
        and stockholders'
        equity (deficit)$188,623  $287,573   $98,098         $574,294
                      =========== =========  ========     ============



Note 1: AirGate did not apply push down accounting for the acquisition
        of iPCS.

Note 2: The $44,957 reflected as AirGate's current maturities of
        long-term debt includes $2,024 related to the current
        maturities of AirGate's senior credit facility and $42,933
        related to the adjustments to fair value of iPCS' debt
        obligation under purchase accounting.



                  AirGate PCS, Inc. and Subsidiaries
           Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
      (dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

                         Three Months Ended      Twelve Months Ended
                            September 30,           September 30,
                       ----------------------- -----------------------
                             2002        2001        2002        2001
                       ----------------------- -----------------------
Revenues:
   Service revenue        $96,943     $39,057    $327,365    $105,976
   Roaming revenue         35,704      19,812     111,162      55,329
   Equipment revenue        4,505       3,382      18,030      10,782
                       ----------------------- -----------------------
                          137,152      62,251     456,557     172,087
                       ----------------------- -----------------------

Operating Expenses:
   Cost of services
    and roaming (exclusive of
    depreciation, as shown
    separately below)     (94,436)    (40,274)   (311,135)   (116,732)
   Cost of equipment      (13,486)     (5,810)    (43,592)    (20,218)
   Selling and
    marketing             (31,076)    (22,448)   (116,521)    (71,617)
   General and
    administrative
    expenses               (7,062)     (3,593)    (25,339)    (15,742)
   Non-cash stock
    compensation
    expense                  (172)       (439)       (769)     (1,665)
   Depreciation           (22,333)     (9,204)    (70,197)    (30,621)
   Amortization of
    intangible assets      (9,955)          -     (39,332)        (46)
   Impairment of
    goodwill             (199,708)          -    (460,920)          -
   Impairment of
    property and
    equipment             (44,450)          -     (44,450)          -
   Impairment of
    intangible assets    (312,043)          -    (312,043)          -
   Loss on disposal of
    property and
    equipment              (1,074)          -      (1,074)          -
                       ----------------------- -----------------------
      Total operating
       expenses          (735,795)    (81,768) (1,425,372)   (256,641)
                       ----------------------- -----------------------
      Operating loss     (598,643)    (19,517)   (968,815)    (84,554)
                       ----------------------- -----------------------

   Interest expense, net  (16,341)     (5,495)    (56,563)    (26,436)
                       ----------------------- -----------------------
      Loss before
       income tax
       benefit           (614,984)    (25,012) (1,025,378)   (110,990)
                       ----------------------- -----------------------
      Income tax
       benefit                  -           -      28,761           -
                       ----------------------- -----------------------
      Net loss          $(614,984)   $(25,012)  $(996,617)  $(110,990)
                       ----------------------- -----------------------


Basic and diluted net
 loss per share of
 common stock             $(23.83)     $(1.88)    $(41.96)     $(8.48)

Basic and diluted
 weighted-average
 outstanding common
 shares                25,805,998  13,333,127  23,751,507  13,089,285



                  AirGate PCS, Inc. and Subsidiaries
           Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations
                for the Year Ended September 30, 2002
      (dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

                                                            Consolidated
                      AirGate PCS,                           AirGate PCS,
                          Inc.     iPCS, Inc.  Eliminations      Inc.
                       ----------- ----------- ------------ ------------

Revenues:
 Service revenue         $226,504   $100,861         $-       $327,365
 Roaming revenue           74,013     37,923       (774)       111,162
 Equipment revenue         13,027      5,296       (293)        18,030
                       ----------- ----------  ---------    -----------
                          313,544    144,080     (1,067)       456,557

Operating Expenses:
 Cost of services and
  roaming (exclusive
  of depreciation, as
  shown separately
  below)                 (203,985)  (107,924)       774       (311,135)
 Cost of equipment        (27,778)   (16,107)       293        (43,592)
 Selling and marketing    (79,010)   (37,511)         -       (116,521)
 General and
  administrative expenses (17,631)    (7,708)         -        (25,339)
 Non-cash stock
  compensation expense       (769)         -          -           (769)
 Depreciation             (40,678)   (29,519)         -        (70,197)
 Amortization of
  intangible assets       (35,803)    (3,529)         -        (39,332)
 Impairment of
  goodwill               (452,860)    (8,060)         -       (460,920)
 Impairment of property
  and equipment                 -    (44,450)         -        (44,450)
 Impairment of
  intangible assets      (312,043)         -          -       (312,043)
 Loss on disposal of
  property and equipment   (1,074)         -          -         (1,074)
                       ----------- ----------  ---------    -----------
     Total operating
      expenses         (1,171,631)  (254,808)     1,067     (1,425,372)
                       ----------- ----------  ---------    -----------
     Operating loss      (858,087)  (110,728)         -       (968,815)
 Interest expense, net    (34,099)   (22,464)         -        (56,563)
 Loss in subsidiary      (133,192)         -    133,192              -
                       ----------- ----------  ---------    -----------
     Loss before income
      tax benefit      (1,025,378)  (133,192)   133,192     (1,025,378)
     Income tax benefit    28,761          -          -         28,761
                       ----------- ----------  ---------    -----------
     Net loss           $(996,617) $(133,192)  $133,192      $(996,617)
                       =========== ==========  =========    ===========

Calculation of EBITDA:
 Operating loss         $(858,087) $(110,728)        $-      $(968,815)
     Non-cash stock
      compensation
      expense                 769          -          -            769
     Depreciation          40,678     29,519          -         70,197
     Amortization of
      intangible assets    35,803      3,529          -         39,332
     Impairment of
      goodwill            452,860      8,060          -        460,920
     Impairment of
      property and
      equipment                 -     44,450          -         44,450
     Impairment of
      intangible assets   312,043          -          -        312,043
     Loss on disposal
      of property and
      equipment             1,074          -          -          1,074
                       ----------- ----------  ---------    -----------
 EBITDA, as defined      $(14,860)  $(25,170)        $-       $(40,030)


Note: AirGate did not apply push down accounting for the acquisition
       of iPCS.
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