ADDENDUM VI
                                       TO
                         SPRINT PCS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

MANAGER:          AirGate  PCS,  Inc.

SERVICE  AREA:          Anderson,  SC  BTA
               Asheville-Henderson,  NC  BTA
               Augusta,  GA  BTA
               Charleston,  SC  BTA
               Columbia,  SC  BTA
               Florence,  SC  BTA
               Goldsboro-Kinston,  NC  BTA
               Greenville-Washington,  NC  BTA
               Greenville-Spartanburg,  SC  BTA
               Greenwood,  SC  BTA
               Hickory-Lenoir-Morgantown,  NC  BTA
               Jacksonville,  NC  BTA
               Myrtle  Beach,  SC  BTA
               New  Bern,  NC  BTA
               Orangeburg,  SC  BTA
               Roanoke  Rapids,  NC  BTA
               Rocky  Mount-Wilson,  NC  BTA
               Savannah,  GA  BTA
               Sumter,  SC  BTA
               Wilmington,  NC  BTA
               Camden  County,  NC
               Currituck  County,  NC
               Dare  County,  NC
               Pasquotank  County,  NC

     This  Addendum  VI (this "Addendum") dated as of December 8, 2000, contains
certain  additional and supplemental terms and provisions to that certain Sprint
PCS Management Agreement entered into as of July 22, 1998 by the same parties as
this  Addendum,  which  Management  Agreement  was further amended by Addendum I
entered  into  as  of  July 22, 1998, and further amended by Addendum II entered
into  as  of  May  24,  1999,  Addendum  III  entered into as of August 2, 1999,
Addendum  IV  entered into as of August 26, 1999, and Addendum V entered into as
of  May  12, 2000.  The terms and provisions of this Addendum control, supersede
and  amend  any  conflicting  terms  and  provisions contained in the Management
Agreement.  Except for express modification made by this Addendum the Management
Agreement  continues  in  full  force  and  effect.

     Capitalized  terms used and not otherwise defined in this Addendum have the
meanings  ascribed  to  them  in  the Management Agreement.  Section and Exhibit
references are to Sections of, and Exhibits to, the Management Agreement, unless
otherwise  noted.

1.     LOCAL  TELEPHONE  EXCHANGE  BUILD-OUT.  Section  12  of Addendum I to the
Management  Agreement  is  deleted  in  its  entirety.

2.     COUNTERPARTS.  This Addendum may be signed in counterparts, each of which
will  be  deemed  an original, but all of which together will constitute one and
the  same  instrument.

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  hereto  have  caused this Addendum VI to be
executed  by  their respective authorized officers as of the date and year first
above  written.


SPRINTCOM,  INC.


By: /s/ Thomas E. Mateer
   ----------------------
Thomas  E.  Mateer,
Vice  President  -  Affiliations

SPRINT  SPECTRUM  L.P.


By: /s/ Thomas E. Mateer
    ---------------------
Thomas  E.  Mateer,
Vice  President  -  Affiliations

SPRINT  COMMUNICATIONS  COMPANY  L.P.


By: /s/ Ed Mattix
    ----------------------
Ed  Mattix,
Senior  Vice  President  -  Public  Affairs

AIRGATE  PCS,  INC.


By: /s/ Thomas M. Dougherty
    -----------------------
Thomas  M.  Dougherty
President  and  CEO