As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 1996
                          Registration No. 33-_________



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               WANDEL & GOLTERMANN
                               TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

          North Carolina                                    22-1867386
 (State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)                       Identification No.)



              1030 Swabia Court                            27709-3585
  Research Triangle Park, North Carolina                   (Zip Code)
   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


                     Wandel & Goltermann Technologies, Inc.
                               Omnibus Stock Plan
                            (Full title of the Plan)


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                                 Gerry Chastelet
                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                     Wandel & Goltermann Technologies, Inc.
                                1030 Swabia Court
                Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-3585
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (919) 941-5730
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:

                            Barney Stewart III, Esq.
                             Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
                          NationsBank Corporate Center
                        100 North Tryon Street, Floor 47
                      Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-4003
                                 (704) 331-1000

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                                                                                       Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities to be         Amount to be         Proposed Maximum                Aggregate Offering        Amount of
Registered                         Registered          Offering Price Per Share(1)     Price                     Registration Fee
                                                                                                     

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Common Stock                     400,000 shares                   $16.25                     $6,500,000                 $2,241.38
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(1)  Estimated in accordance  with Rule 457(h) under the Securities  Act, solely
     for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon the average
     of the high and low prices of the Common  Stock as  reported  by the NASDAQ
     National Market on May 6, 1996.





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                     WANDEL & GOLTERMANN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                         400,000 Shares of Common Stock
                            Par Value $.01 Per Share

                            Offerred Pursuant to the
                     Wandel & Goltermann Technologies, Inc.
                               Omnibus Stock Plan

     The contents of the  registration  statement  filed on Form S-8 of Wandel &
Goltermann Technologies, Inc., registration number 33-81078, filed July 1, 1994,
are hereby incorporated by reference. This registration statement is being filed
for the sole purpose of  increasing  the number of shares  registered  under the
Wandel & Goltermann Technologies, Inc. Omnibus Stock Plan from 375,000 shares to
775,000 shares.

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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Durham, State of North Carolina, on May 6, 1996.

                                          WANDEL & GOLTERMANN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                          By: /s/ Gerry Chastelet
                                                    Gerry Chastelet
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Each person whose  signature  appears  below  constitutes  and appoints
Gerry  Chastelet  and  Adelbert  Kuthe,  or either of them,  his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact   and   agents,   with   full   power  of   substitution   and
resubstitution,  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission,  granting  unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might,  or could,  do in person,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or their substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registrant  Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.




                        Signature                                 Title                                Date

                                                                                                 


   /s/ Gerry Chastelet                                      President, Chief Executive Officer and     May 6, 1996
- ---------------------------------------------------------  Director (Principal Executive Officer)
                     Gerry Chastelet                       


  /s/ Adelbert Kuthe                                       Vice President-Finance and Secretary       May 6, 1996
- ---------------------------------------------------------  (Principal Financial and Accounting
                     Adelbert Kuthe                        Officer)

   /s/ Herbert Bayer                                       Chairman                                   May 6, 1996
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                      Herbert Bayer


   /s/ Albrecht Wandel                                     Director                                   May 6, 1996
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                   Albrecht L. Wandel


   /s/ Peter Wagner                                        Director                                   May 6, 1996
- ---------------------------------------------------------
                      Peter Wagner


   /s/ Rolf Schmid                                         Director                                   May 6, 1996
- ---------------------------------------------------------
                       Rolf Schmid


   /s/ Sidney Topol                                        Director                                   May 6, 1996
- ---------------------------------------------------------
                      Sidney Topol


   /s/ Richard E. Pospisil                                 Director                                   May 6, 1996
- ---------------------------------------------------------
                   Richard E. Pospisil





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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



                                                                      Sequential
Exhibit No.     Description of Document                                 Page No.


   5.1        Opinion of Moore & Van Allen, PLLC.                             6

  23.1        Consent of Arthur Andersen & Co., independent public
              accountants.                                                    8

  23.2        Consent of Moore & Van Allen, PLLC (included in the opinion
              filed as Exhibit No. 5.1.)

  24.1        Power of Attorney (included on the signature page.)




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