SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc., Qualcomm Inc.’s spun-off wireless communications carrier, announced that one of its operating companies, OzPhone Pty. Ltd., has acquired two additional cellular licenses in Australia.
The properties, Remote West and Remote Queensland, are in addition to the eight licenses OzPhone purchased in Australia in May. OzPhone’s portfolio now totals 10 licenses covering 6 million potential customers. OzPhone expects to provide digital service using Code Division Multiple Access technology starting in the second half of 1999.
