8-K

                          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



                                     July 1, 1998
                   Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)



                            CHOICETEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



MINNESOTA                              0-23017                   41-1649949
(State or other                (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
 jurisdiction of                                             Identification No.)
 incorporation)


                                9724 10TH AVENUE NORTH
                              PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55441
                       (Address of principal executive offices)

                                    (612) 544-1260
                 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)




ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

     ChoiceTel Communications, Inc. announced closing of acquisition.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     Filed herewith is the following exhibit:

99   Press release of July 1, 1998, a copy of which is filed herewith as
     Exhibit A.


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                                      SIGNATURES

     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 thereunto duly authorized.

                                   CHOICETEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                   (Registrant)



Dated: July 1, 1998                By /s/ Jack S. Kohler
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Jack S. Kohler
                                      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


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EX-99

                                                                     EXHIBIT A

July 1, 1998
IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ChoiceTel Communication, Inc.
Contact: Jeffrey R. Paletz, President
(612) 544-1260

CHOICETEL COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF JAY TELEPHONE

Minneapolis, MN - ChoiceTel Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ-PHON) announced 
today that it has completed the acquisition of approximately 1,000 pay phones 
in the Greater Philadelphia Area from privately-held, Jay Telephone Vending 
Company. Terms were not disclosed.

With this acquisition, ChoiceTel's installed phone base increased by 
approximately thirty percent (30%), for a total of approximately 4,300 phones 
located in thirteen (13) states.

Jeff Paletz, President of ChoiceTel stated "This acquisition represents our 
expansion into the northeast which was one of our objectives when we went 
public in 1997. The urban concentration of phones in Philadelphia lends 
itself to cost-effective servicing of the route, similar to our experience in 
the Minneapolis-St. Paul market."

Jay Ludwig, former president of Jay Telephone and a director of the American 
Public Communications Counsel, will join ChoiceTel as Regional Manager to 
oversee the management of the acquired assets.