EXHIBIT 99.2



                  CAI WIRELESS FILES FOR AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE
                      TELEPHONE SERVICE IN NEW YORK STATE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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      Albany, NY (March 19, 1997) - CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAWS)

today announced that it has applied to the New York State Public Service

Commission (PSC), pursuant to a petition for a Certificate of Public

Convenience and Necessity, for authority to provide all forms of telephone and

data services, including local and interexchange telecommunications throughout

the State of New York, using CAI's Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service

(MMDS) spectrum.  The Company believes that today's application filed with the

PSC represents the first of its kind filed by an MMDS operator.

      "The application filed with the PSC today represents the next logical

step in CAI's development of a Wireless Information Network that CAI intends

will compete directly with the current telephony and data delivery platforms

currently available in New York State," said Jared E. Abbruzzese, Chairman and

Chief Executive Officer of CAI.  "CAI is already offering video services in

certain markets within New York State," continued Mr. Abbruzzese, "and the

authority to provide data and telephony services contemplated by today's filing

will enable CAI to demonstrate the full versatility of MMDS spectrum as a

competitive, full service delivery platform.  CAI believes that the end result

of its strategy to expand uses of MMDS spectrum will be to give consumers more

choice in how they receive television, telephone and data services."

      Traditionally, MMDS operators such as CAI have used the MMDS spectrum for

one-way video transmission.  CAI has pursued expanded authorization by the

Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") of its MMDS spectrum, which expanded

uses include data transmission and two-way wireless services to 16 customer

locations in Boston, Massachusetts and an experimental authorization for two-

way services in Hartford, Connecticut.  It has also recently applied for

developmental authorization for two-way flexible use of its spectrum in

Pittsburgh, PA.  If today's application is approved by the PSC, CAI would have

to obtain the necessary two-way approvals from the FCC for its New York markets

before it could offer telephony or other two-way services in New York State.

      CAI, based in Albany, operates six analog-based wireless systems in New

York City, Rochester, and Albany, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC; and

Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA.  CAI also has a portfolio of wireless cable channel

rights in eight additional markets, including Long Island, Buffalo and

Syracuse, NY; Providence, RI; Hartford, CT; Boston, MA; Baltimore, MD; and

Pittsburgh, PA.  CAI also owns 52% of the common equity of CS Wireless Systems,

Inc., a MMDS operator with markets located primarily in the southwestern region

of the United States.

      FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.  THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS 
RELEASE RELATING TO THE COMPANY'S PLANS AND OBJECTIVES OF MANAGEMENT FOR 
FUTURE OPERATIONS, INCLUDING PLANS OR OBJECTIVES RELATING TO THE COMPANY'S
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE 
MEANING OF SECTION 21E OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED.
ACTUAL RESULTS OF THE COMPANY MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE IN THE 
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND MAY BE AFFECTED BY A NUMBER OF FACTORS 
INCLUDING THE APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION DESCRIBED HEREIN, THE RECEIPT
OF REQUISITE REGULATORY APPROVALS, THE AVAILABILITY OF NEW STRATEGIC 
PARTNERS AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ENTER INTO ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE 
COMPANY, THE TERMS OF SUCH ARRANGEMENTS, THE SUCCESS OF THE COMPANY'S
VARIOUS TRIALS, SUBSCRIBER EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY, TOWER SPACE 
AVAILABILITY, ABSENCE OF INTERFERENCE AND THE ABILITY OF THE COMPANY
TO REDEPLOY OR SELL EXCESS EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS OTHER FACTORS 
CONTAINED IN THE COMPANY'S SECURITIES FILINGS.

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