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) October 30, 1998


                              SpecTran Corporation
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



    Delaware                         0-12489                  04-2729372
   (State or other   jurisdiction   (Commission File No.)    (IRS Employer
   of incorporation)                                         Identification No.)

             50 Hall Road, Sturbridge, Massachusetts                    01566
         (Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (508) 347-2261
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                                       N/A
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)







Item 5.  Other Events

         As reported in the  Company's  Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
September 30, 1998, under "Subsequent  Events", on October 30, 1998, the Company
and Lucent Technologies Inc. established a new worldwide,  non exclusive license
exchanging  rights under their optical fiber patents  issued prior to January 1,
1998, and additional  patents  related to multimode  fiber based on applications
filed through  October  1998.  The Company is licensed by Lucent to make optical
fiber at its existing  factories for worldwide  use and sale,  including  export
from the United States. The license contains some product limitations  including
certain   exclusions  to  make  or  sell  select   specialty   fibers  for  some
applications. Lucent receives non-exclusive,  royalty-free worldwide rights. The
Company  agreed to pay Lucent a $4.0 million  license fee in  installments  and,
beginning  in 2000, a royalty on sales.  Lucent has the right to  terminate  the
agreement if the Company is acquired by an optical fiber manufacturer.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)      Exhibits

10.111 Patent License  Agreement  between Lucent  Technologies Inc. and SpecTran
Corporation dated October 30, 1998 (confidential  treatment has been applied for
redacted portions of the exhibit).

                                   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.

                                          SpecTran Corporation
                                          (Registrant)

Date: February 11, 1999                   /s/ Charles B. Harrison
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                                          Charles B. Harrison
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer