Exhibit 99.1

Contacts:  Michael B. Moneymaker            Wesley B. Wampler
           Chief Financial Officer          Director, Investor Relations
           NTELOS Inc.                      NTELOS Inc.
           540.946.3531                     540.949.3447
           moneymakerm@ntelos.com           wamplerwes@ntelos.com
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        NTELOS Announces Termination of Merger Agreement with Conestoga

WAYNESBORO, VA, December 3, 2001 - NTELOS Inc. (NASDAQ: NTLO) announced today
that the Company is terminating its merger agreement with Conestoga Enterprises,
Inc.

The companies entered into a definitive merger agreement on July 24, 2001. On
November 21, 2001, Conestoga announced that it had signed a conditional
agreement to merge with D&E Communications, Inc., believing the transaction to
be superior, and that it intended to terminate the merger agreement with NTELOS.

NTELOS was entitled to discuss with Conestoga the terms of D&E's conditional
agreement and any proposed amendment to its merger agreement for a period of ten
business days beginning November 23, 2001. NTELOS also had the right to
terminate the merger agreement at any time and receive a termination fee, which
is the action announced today.

James S. Quarforth, Chief Executive Officer of NTELOS said, "We explored
numerous possible amendments to the merger agreement, ownership structures and
financing alternatives in an effort to complete the transaction.  Given current
market conditions, there were no alternatives that we felt were in the best
interest of the Company."  Quarforth continued, "We believe the merger would
have had strategic value but, under the circumstances, the best course of action
is for our Company to terminate the agreement."

The Company will host an investor conference call on Tuesday, December 4, 2001
at 4:30 PM (ET) to discuss this announcement. The dial-in number for the call
(NTELOS Investor Conference Call) is 800-450-0819 and a taped replay will be
available through December 11, 2001 by dialing 800-475-6701, and providing the
pass code of 616095.

NTELOS Inc. (NASDAQ: NTLO) 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 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.

The Company wishes to caution readers that forward-looking statements made by
the Company 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 the Company's publicly-filed
documents 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.