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This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
Registrant's interim unaudited  consolidated  financial statements as of and for
the three  months  ended March 31,  1998,  and is  qualified  in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
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<NAME>                               Applied Cellular Technology, Inc.      
                                                                            
                                                                      
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