**Exhibit31.1**

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**CERTIFICATIONPURSUANT TO**

**SECTION 302OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

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I, Donald A. Harris, Chief Executive Officer of UbiquiTel Inc. andUbiquiTel Operating Company, certify that:

 
| 1.     |   | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q  of UbiquiTel Inc. and UbiquiTel Operating Company;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| 2.     |   | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain  any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under  which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period  covered by this report;                                                                                                                              |
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| 3.     |   | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and  other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all  material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash  flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;                                                                                                                                                  |
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| 4.     |   | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are  responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and  procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the  registrant and have:                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|   |   | a)     Designed such disclosure controls and  procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed  under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the  registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by  others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this  report is being prepared;                              |
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|   |   | b)     Evaluated the effectiveness of the  registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report  our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and  procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such  evaluation; and                                                                                                                     |
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|   |   | c)     Disclosed in this report any change in  the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred  during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth  fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected,  or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal  control over financial reporting; and |
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| 5.     |   | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have  disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over  financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of  the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent  functions):                                                                                                                          |
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|   |   | a)     All significant deficiencies and material  weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial  reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s  ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and                                                                                                                                |

 

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|   |   | b)     Any fraud, whether or not material, that  involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the  registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
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| Date:   November 14, 2003 |                                  |
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|                                | UBIQUITEL INC.                        |
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|                                | */s/ Donald A. Harris*                |   |
|                                | Donald A. Harris                      |
|                                | President and Chief Executive Officer |
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|                                | UBIQUITEL OPERATING COMPANY           |
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|                                | */s/ Donald A. Harris*                |   |
|                                | Donald A. Harris                      |
|                                | President and Chief Executive Officer |

 

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