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                                                                 Exhibit 3(i)(e)


                            CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
                                     OF THE
                      RESTATED 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 22, 1997, a Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of POWERTEL USA, INC., (SRV number 971021090) (the "Restated
Certificate").

         2. The Restated Certificate 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
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                                            Richard A. Cascarilla, President