SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
	Washington, D.C.  20549
	FORM 10-K

_ X _	ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 
1934 FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996

_ _  	ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 
1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD _ _ _ TO _ _
	Commission File Number  1-13732
		    
	SHARED TECHNOLOGIES CELLULAR, INC.
                  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
               Delaware                      06-1386411
(State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization)		   Identification No.)

100 Great Meadow Road, Suite 102
Wethersfield, Connecticut                        06109
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(860) 258-2500
										         
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:    None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, $.01 par value

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports 
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the 
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such 
filing requirements for the past 90 days.
                                   Yes_ _X_ _    No _ _ _ _ 


Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the 
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements 
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to 
this Form 10-K. [X]

The aggregate market value of the registrant's Common Stock held by 
nonaffiliates as of March 19, 1997 was approximately $2,321,000, based on the 
average of the closing bid and asked prices as reported on such date in the 
over-the-counter market.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes 
of Common Stock, as of March 19, 1997

                   5,112,737 shares of Common Stock
                            $.01 par value         
					   
The following document is hereby incorporated by reference into Part III of 
this Form 10-K:  The registrant's Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of 
Stockholders to be held on May 23, 1997 to be filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission in definitive form on or before April 30, 1997.


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.

                                             Shared Technologies Cellular, Inc.




                                                By: /s/ Vincent DiVincenzo
                                                        Vincent DiVincenzo
                                                        Chief Financial Officer






Date: May 9, 1997


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