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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS FOR FORM 10-Q

I, Everett R. Dobson,
Principal Executive Officer, certify that:



| | 1. |  | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
American Cellular Corporation (the registrant);                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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| | 2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly
report;
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| | 3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this quarterly 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 quarterly report;                   
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| | 4. |  | The registrants other certifying officers 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 we have:                                                                                               



| | (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 quarterly 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 



| | 5. |  | The registrants other certifying officers 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 function):
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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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|                |  | AMERICAN CELLULAR CORPORATION
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|August 14, 2003 |  | By:                           |  | /s/ EVERETT R. DOBSON                        
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|                |  |                               |  | Everett R. Dobson
Principal Executive Officer