EXHIBIT 99.3
 
              SHARED TECHNOLOGIES FAIRCHILD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
 
                       OFFER TO EXCHANGE ITS REGISTERED
              12 1/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED DISCOUNT NOTES DUE 2006
 
                      FOR ANY AND ALL OF ITS OUTSTANDING
              12 1/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED DISCOUNT NOTES DUE 2006
 
TO: BROKERS, DEALERS, COMMERCIAL BANKS,
   TRUST COMPANIES AND OTHER NOMINEES:
 
  Shared Technologies Fairchild Communications Corp. (the "Issuer") is
offering to exchange (the "Exchange Offer"), upon and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Prospectus, dated    , 1996 (the "Prospectus"),
and the enclosed Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal"), its
registered 12 1/4% Senior Subordinated Discount Notes Due 2006 (the "New
Notes") for any and all of its outstanding 12 1/4% Senior Subordinated
Discount Notes Due 2006 (the "Old Notes"). The Exchange Offer is being made in
order to satisfy certain obligations of the Issuer contained in the
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 8, 1996, between the Issuer
and the other signatories thereto.
 
  We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold Old Notes
regarding the Exchange Offer. For your information and for forwarding to your
clients for whom you hold Old Notes registered in your name or in the name of
your nominee, or who hold Old Notes registered in their own names, we are
enclosing the following documents:
 
    1. Prospectus dated    , 1996;
 
    2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information of your
  clients;
 
    3. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Exchange
  Offer if certificates for Old Notes are not immediately available or time
  will not permit all required documents to reach the Exchange Agent prior to
  the Expiration Date (as defined below) or if the procedure for book-entry
  transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis;
 
    4. A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose account
  you hold Old Notes registered in your name or the name of your nominee,
  with space provided for obtaining such clients' instructions with regard to
  the Exchange Offer;
 
    5. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on
  Substitute Form W-9; and
 
    6. Return envelopes addressed to United States Trust Company Of New York,
  the Exchange Agent for the Old Notes.
 
  YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED. THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00
P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON    , 1996 (THE "EXPIRATION DATE"), UNLESS
EXTENDED BY THE ISSUER. THE OLD NOTES TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER
MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME BEFORE     , 1996.
 
  To participate in the Exchange Offer, a duly executed and properly completed
Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with any required signature
guarantees and any other required documents, should be sent to the Exchange
Agent and certificates representing the Old Notes should be delivered to the
Exchange Agent, all in accordance with the instructions set forth in the
Letter of Transmittal and the Prospectus.
 
  If holders of Old Notes wish to tender, but it is impracticable for them to
forward their certificates for Old Notes prior to the expiration of the
Exchange Offer or to comply with the book-entry transfer procedures on a
timely basis, a tender may be effected by following the guaranteed delivery
procedures described in the Prospectus under "The Exchange Offer--Guaranteed
Delivery Procedures".

 
  The Issuer will, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial banks
and trust companies for reasonable and necessary costs and expenses incurred
by them in forwarding the Prospectus and the related documents to the
beneficial owners of Old Notes held by them as nominee or in a fiduciary
capacity. The Issuer will pay or cause to be paid all stock transfer taxes
applicable to the exchange of Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, except
as set forth in Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.
 
  Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Exchange Offer, or requests
for additional copies of the enclosed materials, should be directed to the
Exchange Agent for the Old Notes, at its address and telephone number set
forth on the front of the Letter of Transmittal.
 
                                         Very truly yours,
 
                                         Shared Technologies Fairchild
                                          Communications Corp.
 
  NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY
OTHER PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE ISSUER OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU
OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF
EITHER OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS
EXPRESSLY MADE IN THE PROSPECTUS OR THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
 
Enclosures
 
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