EXHIBIT A

July 1, 1998
IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ChoiceTel Communication, Inc.
Contact: Jeffrey R. Paletz, President
(612) 544-1260

CHOICETEL COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF JAY TELEPHONE

Minneapolis, MN - ChoiceTel Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ-PHON) announced 
today that it has completed the acquisition of approximately 1,000 pay phones 
in the Greater Philadelphia Area from privately-held, Jay Telephone Vending 
Company. Terms were not disclosed.

With this acquisition, ChoiceTel's installed phone base increased by 
approximately thirty percent (30%), for a total of approximately 4,300 phones 
located in thirteen (13) states.

Jeff Paletz, President of ChoiceTel stated "This acquisition represents our 
expansion into the northeast which was one of our objectives when we went 
public in 1997. The urban concentration of phones in Philadelphia lends 
itself to cost-effective servicing of the route, similar to our experience in 
the Minneapolis-St. Paul market."

Jay Ludwig, former president of Jay Telephone and a director of the American 
Public Communications Counsel, will join ChoiceTel as Regional Manager to 
oversee the management of the acquired assets.