EXHIBIT 99.1


                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                             CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS
                              OF PUERTO RICO, INC.

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                     Pursuant to Section 242 of the General
                    Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
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     Cellular  Communications  of Puerto  Rico,  Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation
(hereinafter called the "Corporation"), does hereby certify as follows:

     FIRST:  Article FIRST of the Corporation's  Certificate of Incorporation is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as set forth below:

     FIRST:  The  name  of  the  corporation  is  CCPR,  Inc.  (hereinafter  the
"Corporation").

     SECOND: The foregoing amendment was duly adopted in accordance with Section
242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed in its corporate name this 28th day of August, 1998.


                                              CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS OF
                                              PUERTO RICO, INC.


                                              By: /s/ Richard J. Lubasch     
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                                              Name:   Richard J. Lubasch
                                              Title:  Senior Vice President