EXHIBIT 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, a Delaware general
partnership (hereinafter referred to as the Company), proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K relating to the
Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Dennis F. Strigl and
Andrew N. Halford, acting jointly, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and
any and all amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all
documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Annual Report on
Form 10-K as such persons so acting deem appropriate, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, acting
jointly, full power of authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 24th day of March, 2003.



                                               /s/ Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr.
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                                               Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr.


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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, a Delaware general
partnership (hereinafter referred to as the Company), proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K relating to the
Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Dennis F. Strigl and
Andrew N. Halford, acting jointly, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and
any and all amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all
documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Annual Report on
Form 10-K as such persons so acting deem appropriate, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, acting
jointly, full power of authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 24th day of March, 2003.



                                                /s/ Christopher C. Gent
                                                -----------------------------
                                                Christopher C. Gent


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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, a Delaware general
partnership (hereinafter referred to as the Company), proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K relating to the
Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Dennis F. Strigl and
Andrew N. Halford, acting jointly, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and
any and all amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all
documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Annual Report on
Form 10-K as such persons so acting deem appropriate, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, acting
jointly, full power of authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 24th day of March, 2003.



                                                /s/ Kenneth J. Hydon
                                                ------------------------------
                                                Kenneth J. Hydon

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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, a Delaware general
partnership (hereinafter referred to as the Company), proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K relating to the
Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Dennis F. Strigl and
Andrew N. Halford, acting jointly, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and
any and all amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all
documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Annual Report on
Form 10-K as such persons so acting deem appropriate, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, acting
jointly, full power of authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 21st day of March, 2003.



                                                /s/ Tomas Isaksson
                                                ------------------------------
                                                Tomas Isaksson


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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, a Delaware general
partnership (hereinafter referred to as the Company), proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K relating to the
Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Dennis F. Strigl and
Andrew N. Halford, acting jointly, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and
any and all amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all
documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Annual Report on
Form 10-K as such persons so acting deem appropriate, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, acting
jointly, full power of authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 20th day of March, 2003.



                                               /s/ Ivan G. Seidenberg
                                               ------------------------------
                                               Ivan G. Seidenberg


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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, a Delaware general
partnership (hereinafter referred to as the Company), proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K relating to the
Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Dennis F. Strigl and
Andrew N. Halford, acting jointly, her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents with full power of substitution, for her and in her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and
any and all amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all
documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the Annual Report on
Form 10-K as such persons so acting deem appropriate, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, acting
jointly, full power of authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 24th day of March, 2003.



                                                /s/ Doreen A. Toben
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                                                Doreen A. Toben