TYPE:  425
   SEQUENCE:  1
   DESCRIPTION:  Company Press Release

                                                           Filed by: NTELOS Inc.
                           Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
                                                    Subject Company: NTELOS Inc.
                                                   Commission File No. 000-16751


                  NTELOS Inc. and Conestoga Enterprises, Inc.
                    File Registration Statement with the SEC


   WAYNESBORO, VA AND BIRDSBORO, PA, September 19, 2001 - NTELOS Inc. (NASDAQ:
   NTLO) and Conestoga Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: CENI) announced today the
   filing of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange
   Commission for the proposed merger.  This filing marks another step in
   proceeding toward closing of this merger, which will create a major
   integrated communications provider (ICP) in the Mid-Atlantic region.  The
   companies also have filed regulatory applications for the transaction with
   the Federal Communications Commission and with various state regulatory
   agencies.  The companies are in the process of scheduling investor meetings,
   but there has been some necessary delay due to the recent tragic events in
   New York and Washington, D.C.  Subject to regulatory and shareholder
   approvals, the transaction remains targeted to close around year-end 2001.

   "Both companies remain excited about the proposed merger and are committed to
   finalizing the transaction expeditiously" said James S. Quarforth, CEO of
   NTELOS. "Both companies have recently announced their internal post-merger
   organizational structure" said Albert H. Kramer, president of Conestoga.
   Kramer continued, "Transition teams also have been established."

   NTELOS Inc. is an integrated communications provider with headquarters in
   Waynesboro, Virginia.  NTELOS provides products and services to customers in
   Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, including
   wireless digital PCS, dial-up Internet access, high-speed DSL (high-speed
   Internet access), and local and long distance telephone services. Detailed
   information about NTELOS and the proposed merger is available online at
   www.ntelos.com. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a New York investment firm
   with $12 billion in private capital, is a leading shareholder of NTELOS.

   Conestoga Enterprises, Inc. is a Birdsboro, Pennsylvania based integrated
   communications provider serving southern and central Pennsylvania.  Through
   its subsidiaries Conestoga provides local and long-distance telephone
   services, wireless PCS, Internet access, paging, cable television and
   communications equipment solutions.  Detailed information about Conestoga
   Enterprises, Inc. is available online at www.callconestoga.com.

   Forward-looking statements made by the Companies are based on a number of
   assumptions, estimates and projections.  These statements are not guarantees
   of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, including those
   set forth in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
   Commission, and any significant deviations from these assumptions could cause
   actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements.
   The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update such statements to
   reflect current events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect
   the occurrence of unanticipated events.

   INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ NTELOS' REGISTRATION
   STATEMENT ON FORM S-4 AND THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER
   RELEVANT DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE MERGER TRANSACTION DESCRIBED ABOVE BECAUSE
   THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. THE REGISTRATION


   STATEMENT WAS FILED INITIALLY WITH THE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2001 AND
   WILL BE AMENDED BEFORE MAILING TO SHAREHOLDERS.  Investors and security
   holders may obtain a free copy at the Commission's web site at www.sec.gov.
   The documents filed with the Commission by NTELOS may also be obtained for
   free from NTELOS by directing a request to NTELOS Inc., P. O. Box 1990,
   Waynesboro, Virginia 22980, Attn: Investor Relations, telephone: (540) 946-
   3500. Certain of these documents may also be available on NTELOS' website at
   www.ntelos.com.  READ THE DEFINITIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND JOINT PROXY
   STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING A DECISION CONCERNING THE
   MERGER.