CHOICETEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.                                        EXHIBIT A
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 8, 1998

Contact: Jack Kohler (612)544-1260

CHOICETEL COMMUNICATIONS TO ACQUIRE JAY TELEPHONE

Minneapolis, MN - ChoiceTel Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ-PHON) announced 
today that it has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Jay Telephone 
Vending of Pennsylvania.  Terms were not disclosed.  Jay Telephone operates a 
system of approximately 1,000 pay telephones in the Greater Philadelphia 
Area.  The Company expects to close the transaction in June subject to 
completion of due diligence.  The acquisition is expected to increase 
ChoiceTel's base of installed pay phones by approximately thirty (30) 
percent, to a total of 4,300 pay phones in 13 states.  

Jeff Paletz, President of ChoiceTel stated "This acquisition marks our 
expansion into the northeast states which was one of our objectives when we 
raised capital in 1997 in our initial public offering."

ChoiceTel also announced that Jay Ludwig, currently President of Jay 
Telephone, and a member of the American Public Communications Council's Board 
of Directors, will join ChoiceTel as a Regional Manager to oversee business 
operations in the northeast.

ChoiceTel Communication, Inc., based in Minneapolis, Minnesota presently 
operates approximately 3,300 pay phones in 10 states.