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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
Registrant's interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of
and for the nine months  ended  September  30,  1998,  and is  qualified  in its
entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<CIK>                           0000924642 
<NAME>                          Applied Cellular Technology, Inc.
       
                             
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<PERIOD-START>                  Jan-01-1998          
<PERIOD-END>                    Sep-30-1998       
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