8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 5, 2006

IDT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-16371	22-3415036
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

520 Broad Street NewYork, New Jersey	07102
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (973) 438-1000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On April 5, 2006, the Registrant issued a press release, a copy of which is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Document
Exhibit 99.1	Press Release of the Registrant dated April 5, 2006.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

IDT CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Ira A. Greenstein
	Name: Ira A. Greenstein
	Title: President

Dated: April 5, 2006

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release of the Registrant dated April 5, 2006.

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Media Contact: Gil Nielsen VP, IDT Corporate Communications (973) 438-3553 Investor Contacts: Mary Jennings Director, Investor Relations (973) 438-3124

IDT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF TENDER OFFER FOR OUTSTANDING STOCK OPTIONS

Offer to Expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on Friday, April 28, 2006

Newark, N.J., April 5, 2006 – IDT Corporation (NYSE:IDT, IDT.C) today announced that the expiration date for the offer to purchase from eligible optionees outstanding stock options to purchase shares of IDT Class B common stock for $2.00 per share in cash has been extended to Friday, April 28, 2006 at 5:00 p.m., New York City time. On the expiration date, all validly tendered options not previously withdrawn will be accepted for purchase pursuant to the terms of the offer and paid for promptly thereafter. As of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on April 5, 2006, options to purchase 7,100,336 shares of IDT Class B common stock had been tendered in the offer.

This press release is intended for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy, a solicitation of an offer to sell or a recommendation to sell any options to purchase shares of Class B common stock. The solicitation of offers to sell options to purchase shares of Class B common stock is made pursuant to a tender offer statement on Schedule TO as amended, an offer to purchase as amended and related materials filed with the SEC. Holders of options are urged to read the tender offer statement, the offer to purchase, and other relevant documents filed with the SEC because they contain important information. Holders of options can obtain the tender offer statement and other publicly filed documents without charge from the web site maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov or from IDT without charge by directing a request to IDT Corporation, 520 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey, Attention: Investor Relations, Telephone: (973) 438-1000. A copy of this press release will be available on IDT’s website at www.idt.net in the “About IDT” Press Releases section.

IDT Corporation, through its IDT Telecom subsidiary, is a facilities-based, multinational carrier that provides a broad range of telecommunications services to retail and wholesale customers worldwide. IDT Telecom, by means of its own international telecommunications backbone and fiber optic network infrastructure, provides its customers with integrated and competitively priced international and domestic long distance and domestic all-distance telephony and prepaid calling cards. IDT Entertainment is the IDT subsidiary that is focused on developing, acquiring, producing and distributing computer-generated and traditionally animated productions and other productions for the film, broadcast and direct-to-consumer markets. IDT Capital is the IDT division principally responsible for IDT’s initiatives in radio broadcasting, brochure distribution and new technologies. Net2Phone, Inc., a subsidiary of IDT Corporation, is a provider of high-quality global retail Voice over IP services and offers a fully outsourced cable telephony service to cable operators allowing cable operators to provide residential phone service to their subscribers. IDT Corporation’s Class B Common Stock and Common Stock trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols “IDT” and “IDT.C,” respectively.

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