EXHIBIT 99

                                    PRESS RELEASE


  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT: Jack Kohler, Vice President and CFO
         (612) 544-1260


                           CHOICETEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                         TO ACQUIRE SINE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. -ChoiceTel Communications (NASDAQ -PHON) announced today that
it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Sine Communications of Albany, New
York.  Terms were not disclosed.  Sine operates a system of approximately 300
pay phones in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.  The Company expects to
close the transaction in February 1998, upon completion of its due diligence
review and the signing of a definitive agreement.

Jeff Paletz, President of ChoiceTel, stated "We believe this acquisition
strategically positions the Company to compete for accounts in the northeastern
states, including Connecticut which only recently allowed independent pay phone
providers to operate there."

ChoiceTel Communications, Inc., based in Plymouth, Minnesota, is the state's
largest independent pay phone provider and owns and operates approximately 3,500
pay phones in 10 states.