InterCel completes Maine sub. sale
InterCel Inc. completed the sale of its Maine cellular subsidiary last week for the purchase price of about $77 million.
InterCel said it will use the money to fund its personal communications services subsidiary, Powertel Inc.
Georgia-based InterCel sold Unity Cellular Systems Inc. to Rural Cellular Corp. Unicel’s service area covers more than 512,000 pops in a footprint that extends from Maine’s central coastline to the northeastern region of the state.
Itron denies merits on CellNet lawsuit
Itron Inc. said there is no merit to the patent infringement lawsuit filed against the company last week by competitor CellNet Data Systems Inc.
This is the second lawsuit between the two automatic meter reading companies. Itron filed a patent infringement lawsuit against CellNet last October, which still is pending.
