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SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

One Symbol Plaza
Holtsville, New York  11742-1300
____________________

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
May 11, 1998
____________________

	NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Symbol 
Technologies, Inc. (the "Corporation") will be held at 10:00 A.M., local time, 
on May 11, 1998 at Symbol Technologies, Inc., World Headquarters, One Symbol 
Plaza, Holtsville, NY, for the following purposes:

1.	To elect nine directors of the Corporation to serve until the next 
annual meeting of shareholders and until the election and 
qualification of their respective successors;

2.	To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, independent 
certified public accountants, as auditors for fiscal year 1998; 
and

3.	To transact such other business as may properly come before the 
meeting.

		Only holders of record of the Corporation's Common Stock at the 
close of business on March 17, 1998 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, 
the meeting and any adjournment thereof.  Such shareholders may vote in person 
or by proxy.  The stock transfer books of the Corporation will not be closed.

		Shareholders who find it convenient are cordially invited to 
attend the meeting in person.  If you are not going to do so and wish that 
your shares be voted, you are requested to fill in, sign, date and return the 
accompanying proxy in the enclosed envelope.  No postage is required if mailed 
in the United States.

						By Order of the Board of Directors,


						Leonard H. Goldner
							Secretary

Dated:  March 18, 1998



SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

One Symbol Plaza
Holtsville, New York  11742-1300
____________________

PROXY STATEMENT
____________________

	This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by 
the Board of Directors of Symbol Technologies, Inc. (the "Corporation") of 
proxies to be used at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation to 
be held at 10:00 A.M., local time on May 11, 1998, at Symbol Technologies, 
Inc., World Headquarters, One Symbol Plaza, Holtsville, New York, and at any 
adjournment thereof.  If proxy cards in the accompanying form are properly 
executed and returned, the shares of Common Stock represented thereby will be 
voted as instructed on the proxy.  If no instructions are given, such shares 
will be voted (1) for the election as directors of the nominees of the Board 
of Directors named below, (2) to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche 
as the Corporation's auditors for fiscal 1998, and (3) in the discretion of 
the proxies named in the proxy card on any other proposals to properly come 
before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.  Any proxy may be revoked by a 
shareholder prior to its exercise upon written notice to the Secretary of the 
Corporation, or by the vote of a shareholder cast in person at the meeting.  
The approximate date of mailing of this Proxy Statement and the accompanying 
proxy is March 31, 1998.

VOTING

	Holders of record of the Corporation's Common Stock on March 17, 1998, 
will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.  As 
of that date, there were 39,314,390 shares of Common Stock outstanding and 
entitled to vote and a majority, or 19,657,196 of these shares, will 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  Share amounts in this 
Proxy Statement have been adjusted, as appropriate, to reflect the three for 
two stock split which was effective on April 1, 1997 but do not reflect the 
three for two stock split which will be effective on April 3, 1998. Each share 
of Common Stock entitles the holder thereof to one vote on all matters to come 
before the meeting, including election of directors. Only votes cast "for" a 
motion constitute affirmative votes.  Votes "withheld" or abstentions 
(including broker non-votes) are considered for quorum purposes but since they 
are not votes "for" a motion, they will have the same effect as negative votes 
or votes "against" such matters.  

	Broker non-votes and shares as to which proxy authority has been 
withheld with respect to any matters are not deemed to be present or 
represented for purposes of determining whether stockholder approval of that 
matter has been obtained. The closing price of the Corporation's Common Stock 
on the New York Stock Exchange on March 2, 1998 was $49.625 per share.

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						                           Positions and Offices		            Has Been a
	Name		            Age		         Presently Held With		              Director
						                           the Corporation	 		                Since
                                                                
Jerome Swartz			    57	          Chairman of the Board of Directors,		   1975	
					                            Chief Executive Officer and Director

Harvey P. Mallement	57	          Director					                           1977

Frederic P. Heiman	 58 	         Executive Vice President 
					                            and Director				                        1981

Raymond R. Martino	 59	          Vice Chairman of the 
					                            Board of Directors			                   1983

Saul P. Steinberg		 58	          Director					                           1985

Lowell C. Freiberg	 58	          Director					                           1985

George Bugliarello	 70 	         Director					                           1992

Charles B. Wang 		  53	          Director 				                           1994

Tomo Razmilovic		   55           President, Chief Operating 		           1995
					                            Officer and Director


	Dr. Swartz co-founded and has been employed by the Corporation since it 
commenced operations in 1975.  He has been the Chairman of the Board of 
Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for more than the 
past fifteen years.  Dr. Swartz was an industry consultant for the prior 12 
years in the areas of optical and electronic systems and instrumentation and 
has a total of some 150 issued and pending U.S. patents and technical papers 
to his credit.  He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Polytechnic 
University and a member of the Board of Directors of the Stony Brook 
Foundation.  He is also a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic 
Engineers.

	Mr. Mallement has been one of the Managing General Partners of Harvest 
Partners, Inc., a private equity and leveraged buyout investment management 
company, since its inception in April 1981.  He is an officer and director of 
seven privately held companies.




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Name and Address			            Amount and Nature of		            Percent of
of Beneficial Owner		          Beneficial Ownership(1)		        Common Stock
                                                           
Saul P. Steinberg and		             5,379,201(2)       		           13.7
Reliance Financial Services 
Corporation	
Park Avenue Plaza
New York, New York 10055

Jennison Associates LLC		           3,960,630(3)		                   10.1
466 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017

Prudential Insurance Company
Of America				                      3,817,166(4)			                   9.7
751 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey  07102-3777

Forstmann-Leff Associates, Inc.     2,924,247(5)			                   7.5
55 East 52nd Street
New York, New York 10055

Edward C. Johnson III and	          2,494,100(6)		                    6.2
F.M.R. Corp.
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Amvescap  PLC			                    2,281,300(7)		                    5.8
11 Devonshire Square
London, EC2M 4YR
England

_______________

(1) The table identifies any persons having sole voting and investment power 
with respect to the shares set forth opposite their names as of March 1, 
1998 except as otherwise disclosed in the footnotes to the table, 
according to information publicly filed or otherwise furnished to the 
Corporation.





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Name of Individual of	Amount and Nature of		Percent of
Identity of Group		Beneficial Ownership(1)		Common Stock
                                               
Jerome Swartz..........     1, 235,785(2)			        3.1
Harvey P. Mallement....         44,250(3)			          *
Frederic Heiman........         26,250(4)			          *
Raymond R. Martino.....	       132,418			             *
Saul P. Steinberg......	     5,379,201(5)			       13.6
Lowell C. Freiberg.....	        42,375(6)			          *
George Bugliarello.....         13,500(7)			          *
Charles B. Wang...........	  33,750(8)  		            *
Tomo Razmilovic........        112,539(9)		     	     *
Richard M. Feldt.......	        49,000(10)		          *
Leonard H. Goldner.....        181,510(11)		          *
Kenneth V. Jaeggi......          1,000			             *
All executive officers       7,710,273(12)			      19.6
and directors as a group.	       		 
(consisting of 18 individuals)


____________________
*	Less than 1%

(1)	The persons identified in this table have sole voting and investment 
power with respect to the shares set forth opposite their names, except 
as otherwise disclosed in the footnotes to the table, according to 
information furnished to the Corporation by each of them.

(2) Represents (i) 825,750 shares which may be acquired pursuant to the 
exercise of options within 60 days of March 1, 1998, and  (ii) 21,900 
shares held in trust for the benefit of his family, and  (iii) 7,345 
shares owned by his wife, and (iv) 380,790 shares owned by Dr. Swartz.  
Dr. Swartz disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by or for 
the benefit of members of his family.
(3) Represents 11,250 shares that may be acquired pursuant to the exercise 
of options within 60 days of March 1, 1998 and 33,000 shares owned by 
Mr. Mallement.

(4)	Represents shares owned jointly by Dr. Heiman and his wife.

(4) Represents 5,367,951 shares owned by Reliance Financial and its 
subsidiaries and 11,250 shares that may be acquired by Mr. Steinberg 
pursuant to the exercise of options within 60 days of March 1, 1998.  
See "Principal Shareholders."





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				                          Equity Interest		       Share Ownership
Position			                     Requirement			          Requirement   

                                                    
Chairman of the Board	             7 times  TCC		        5 times Base Salary

President			                       5 times  TCC		        3 times Base Salary

Executive and
Senior Vice President	             3 times  TCC		        2 times Base Salary

Vice President		                   2 times  TCC		        1 times Base Salary


Summary

	The Committee is responsible for recommending to the Board, for its 
approval, compensation decisions affecting the Corporation's senior executive 
officers.  The Committee ensures that the overall compensation offered to 
senior executive officers is consistent with the Corporation's interest in 
providing competitive pay opportunities, reflective of its pay-for-performance 
orientation, encourages share ownership on the part of executives and is 
generally supportive of the Corporation's short- and long-term business goals.  
The Committee will continue to actively monitor the effectiveness of the 
Corporation's senior executive 


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							                      Annual Compensation		Long Term Compensation
Name and
Principal								                                Other Annual	   Securities Underlying	 All Other
Position		       Year     Salary		     Bonus(F)	 Compensation(G)	 Options (No.)		            Compensation
                                                                               
Jerome Swartz	     1997     $757,962(D)		$852,707		    $0	       270,000			                 $ 56,652(H)
Chairman of the	   1996     $689,052(D)		$775,184		    $0		      255,000			                 $ 52,496(H)
the Board and	     1995     $656,250(D)		$881,823		    $0		      275,000		                 	$ 19,890(H)
Chief Executive
Officer and 
Director

Tomo Razmilovic	   1997	   $500,032(D)		 $421,902		  $100,000	   162,000			$  4,750(I)
President and	     1996	   $437,500(D)		 $369,147		  $0		         85,000			$  4,750(I)
Chief Operating	   1995	   $308,673		    $254,523		  $0		        132,500			$111,344(J)
Officer and
Director(A)

Richard M. Feldt	  1997	   $309,795(D)		$174,260		   $0		         52,500			$ 27,290(K)
Senior Vice 	      1996	   $288,758(D)		$156,335		   $0		              0			$197,588(K)
President and	     1995	   $ 70,002		   $ 75,000		   $0		         75,000			$   0
General Manager,
Operations(B)

Leonard H. Goldner 1997	   $291,200(D)		$147,420		   $0		         67,500			$  4,750(I)
Senior Vice		      1996	   $248,872(D)		$125,991		   $0		         10,000			$  4,750(I)
President and	     1995	   $210,454(D)		$127,259		   $0		         25,000			$  4,750(I)
General Counsel
and Secretary

Kenneth V.Jaeggi	  1997	   $206,250(E)		$116,016		   $ 66,797	   100,000			$135,110(L)
Senior Vice		      1996	    ---		  ---			   ---	        ---			    ---
President and	     1995	    ---		  ---			   ---	        ---			    ---
Chief Financial
Officer(C)

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												                                                   Potential Realizable Value as Assumed Annual
		     Individual Grants in 1997						                          Rates of Stock Price Appreciation for Option Term(A)
		               Number of		     %of Total
		               Securities		    Options
		               Underlying	   	 Granted to		   Exercise			            5%				             10%
		                Options		      Employees in	  or Base 	Expiration	  Stock		 Dollar	     Stock		   Dollar
Name		          Granted (No.)(B) Fiscal Year(G) Price		  Date		       Price(J)	Gain		     Price(J)	 Gain
                                                                                         
All
Shareholders	  ----			           ----		          ----		   ----		      $53,75	  812,575,167  $85.59	  $2,059,437,442

Jerome Swartz	 270,000(C)		      12.02		        $33.00(H)	 2/9/07	    $53.75	  5,603,451	   $85.59	  $   14,200,245           

CEO's Gain as
% of All
Shareholders
Gain															                                                                .690%				              .690%

Tomo Razmilovic	90,000(D)		       4.01	        	$33.00(H)	 2/9/07	    $53.75	  1,867,817	   $85.59	  $    4,733,415
			             72,000(E)		       3.21		        $35.00(I)	 2/9/07	    $57.01	  1,584,814	   $90.78	  $    4,016,231

Richard M. Feldt37,500(D)		       1.67		        $33.00(H)	 2/9/07	    $53.75	    778,257	   $85.59	  $    1,972,256
			             15,000(E)		        .67		        $35.00(I)	 2/9/07	    $57.01	    330,170	   $90.78	  $      836,715

Leonard H. Goldner37,500(D)		     1.67		        $33.00(H)	 2/9/07	    $53.75	    778,257	   $85.59	  $    1,972,256
			               30,000(E)		     1.34		        $35.00(I)	 2/9/07	    $57.01	    660,339	   $90.78	  $    1,673,430

Kenneth V. Jaeggi	100,000(F)		    4.45		        $33.00(H)	 5/4/07	    $53.75	  2,075,352	   $85.59	  $    5,259,350


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	                	                             Number of Securities 
                  Number of                    Underlying	                  Value of Unexercised
	                 Shares			                    Unexercised Options	         In-The-Money Options
	                 Acquired on	      Value	     Held at December 31, 1997    Held at December 31, 1997
Name	             Exercise in 1997	 Realized	  Exercisable	   Unexercisable	Exercisable	  Unexercisable
                                                                        
Jerome Swartz	    300,000	        $8,825,011	  735,750	       945,000	      $18,384,211	  $9,888,833
Tomo Razmilovic         0	        $        0	  179,925	       408,750	      $ 4,147,557	  $3,720,938
Richard M. Feldt        0	        $        0	   45,000	       120,000	      $   656,235	  $1,203,728
Leonard H. Goldner      0	        $        0   104,550	       105,000	      $ 2,882,842	  $  812,505
Kenneth V. Jaeggi       0	        $        0	        0	       100,000	      $         0	  $  475,000



(A) Based on the closing price of the Corporation's Common Stock 
      on the New York Stock Exchange on that date of $37.75.
















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