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                                                                 Exhibit 3(i)(b)


                            CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
                                     OF THE
                         CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                               POWERTEL USA, INC.


         POWERTEL USA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), certifies
pursuant to Section 103(f) of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware that:

         1. The Company filed on January 2, 1997, a Certificate of Amendment to
the Certificate of Incorporation of POWERTEL USA, INC., (SRV number 971000916)
(the "Certificate of Amendment").

         2. The Certificate of Amendment was an inaccurate record of the
corporate action and is null and void AB INITIO as confirmed by an ORDER
APPROVING AND CONFIRMING DEBTOR'S FIRST AMENDED PLAN OF REORGANIZATION, AS
REVISED AND AMENDED of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the District of Nevada, Case
No: 97-30265-BMG, dated September 15, 1998.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of
Correction to be executed by its duly authorized officer this 25th day of
November, 1998.

                                            POWERTEL USA, INC.


                                       By:     /s/ Richard A. Cascarilla
                                            --------------------------------
                                            Richard A. Cascarilla, President