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                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                       FORM 8-K

                                    CURRENT REPORT

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        PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  NOVEMBER 26, 1997



                      CELLULAR TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
                (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



            DELAWARE                      0-19437              11-2962080
(State or Other Jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)  (I.R.S. Employer
         Incorporation)                                     Identification No.)
                       


             2401 FOURTH AVENUE
             SEATTLE, WASHINGTON                          98121
   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)             (Zip Code)

                                    (206) 443-6400
                 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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       This Current Report on Form 8-K is filed by Cellular Technical 
Services Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection 
with the matters described herein.

ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS

(i)    On December 22, 1997, the Company settled a lawsuit brought in July 
       1996 against the Company by Reon International Corp. and Reon Corp. in 
       the Superior Court of King County, Washington.  Pursuant to the 
       settlement, the lawsuit was dismissed by the court with prejudice 
       without any admission of liability or wrongdoing by any party.

(ii)   In June and August 1997, the Company issued press releases in response 
       to statements published by third parties about the Company's patent 
       rights. These statements related to a re-examination proceeding 
       conducted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") 
       with respect to a patent owned by AirTouch Communications, Inc. and 
       licensed on a non-exclusive basis to the Company (the "AirTouch 
       patent").  In this re-examination proceeding, the USPTO had 
       determined, on a preliminary basis, that a question of patentability 
       existed as to the AirTouch patent in light of a previously-filed 
       patent owned by Barry J. Magrill (the "Magrill patent"), either by 
       itself or in combination with other previously-filed patents.  In 
       November 1997, the USPTO announced its final ruling in this 
       re-examination and terminated the proceeding.  In its final ruling, 
       the USPTO confirmed the patentability of all claims contained in the 
       AirTouch patent, and consequently removed the Magrill patent and other 
       previously-filed patents as prior art references to the AirTouch 
       patent.  The USPTO's formal Reexamination Certificate evidencing this 
       ruling is expected to be published by the USPTO in February 1998.

(iii)  On January 13, 1998, Communications Information Services, Inc., which 
       purports to have exclusive rights to grant sublicenses under the 
       Magrill patent, brought a lawsuit against the Company and AirTouch 
       Communications, Inc. for alleged patent infringement in the United 
       States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia at Atlanta. 
       The complaint alleges that the Company's cellular telephone fraud 
       prevention technology infringes the Magrill patent, and seeks damages 
       in unspecified amounts.  Although an unfavorable resolution of the 
       suit could materially affect the Company's financial position, the 
       Company believes this lawsuit is without merit and is vigorously 
       defending against it.

(iv)   In January 1998, the Company began implementation of a strategic plan 
       that includes, among other initiatives, streamlining its operations to 
       better balance expenses and revenues, and directing additional 
       development efforts and resources toward new products that can 
       generate new sources of revenue.  As part of the strategic plan, a 
       restructuring was initiated which reduced the Company's staff levels 
       by approximately 20 percent and consolidated the Company's hardware 
       assembly and integration operations.  In addition, the Company has 
       made several changes to enhance its management team, including the 
       hiring of a new Vice President of Marketing, and the promotion of an 
       employee to Vice President Support and Services.



                              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 hereunto duly authorized.

Date: February 19, 1998

                                    CELLULAR TECHNICAL SERVICES, COMPANY, INC.

                                    By:  /s/ Michael E. McConnell
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                                         Michael E. McConnell
                                         Chief Financial Officer