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|I, John Townsend, certify that:
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|1.                              | I have reviewed this annual report
	    on Form 10-K of Cellco Partnership;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|2.                              | Based on my knowledge, this annual
	    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 annual report;                    
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|3.                              | Based on my knowledge, the financial
	    statements, and other financial information included in this annual 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 annual 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)) and internal control over  financial
	    reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we
	    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 annual report is being prepared;         
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|                                | b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;                       
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|                                | c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 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 annual report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                    
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|                                | d)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | disclosed in this annual 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 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: March 14, 2005                      
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|/s/ John Townsend                         
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|John Townsend                             
|Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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