CTC COMMUNICATIONS CORP
10-Q, 1997-08-11
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      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
            Washington, DC 20549

                 FORM 10-Q

  QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
   OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For Quarter ended June 30, 1997.

Commission File Number 0-13627.

              CTC COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 Massachusetts                          04-2731202
(State or other jurisdiction of        (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)      Identification No.)

360 Second Avenue, Waltham, Massachusetts       02154
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

                   (617) 466-8080
 (Registrant's telephone number including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by  section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or
for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file
such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements
for the past 90 days.      Yes    [X]       No  [ ]

      APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Issuer's
classes of Common Stock, as of the latest practicable date:

As of August 11, 1997, 9,894,613 shares of Common Stock were outstanding.
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                         COMPUTER TELEPHONE CORP.
                                FORM 10-Q
                                  INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>         <C>         <C>                                          <C>  
Part I                  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                         PAGE NO.

            Item 1.     Financial Statements
                         
                        Condensed Balance Sheets
                        as of June 30 and March 31, 1997                3

                        Condensed Statements of Income
                        Three Months Ended June 30, 1997 and 1996       4

                        Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
                        Three Months Ended June 30, 1997 and 1996       5

                        Notes to Condensed Financial Statements         6

            Item 2.     Management's Discussion and Analysis of
                        Financial Condition and Results of Operations   7-8

            Item 3.     Quantitative and Qualitative                    Inapplicable
                        Disclosures About Market Risk

Part II                 OTHER INFORMATION

            Item 1.     Legal Proceedings                               Inapplicable
        
            Item 2.     Changes in Securities                           9

            Item 3.     Default Upon Senior Securities                  Inapplicable

            Item 4.     Submission of Matters to a  
                        Vote of Security Holders                        Inapplicable

            Item 5.     Other Information                               Inapplicable

            Item 6.     Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
 
                        The following exhibits are included herein:
        
                       (11)   Statements Regarding Computation
                              of Per Share Earnings
                              Three Months ended 
                              June 30, 1997 and 1996

                        (27)  Financial Data Schedule
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The Company did not file any reports on Form 8-K during the 
three months ended June 30, 1997.



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                           CTC COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
                           CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS


                                                June 30,           March 31,
                                                 1997                1997
                                             -------------       -------------
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents                    $  3,409,485        $  6,405,670
Accounts receivable, net                       14,070,505          10,904,820
Prepaid expenses and other current assets         508,688             493,553
                                             -------------       -------------
     Total Current Assets                      17,988,678          17,804,043

Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment               7,924,963           7,268,372
  Less accumulated depreciation                (5,751,650)         (5,565,650)
                                             -------------       -------------
     Total Equipment                            2,173,313           1,702,722

Deferred tax asset                                566,000             566,000
Other assets                                      112,485             113,685
                                             -------------       -------------
     Total Assets                            $ 20,840,476        $ 20,186,450
                                             =============       =============
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses        $  2,807,659        $  3,238,416
Accrued income taxes                                    0             225,948
Accrued salaries and related taxes              2,357,718           2,423,825
Deferred revenue                                        0               6,588
                                             -------------       -------------
     Total Current Liabilities                  5,165,377           5,894,777

Stockholders' equity:
Common Stock                                       98,892              96,294
Additional paid in capital                      4,765,282           4,758,454
Retained earnings                              10,946,750           9,572,750
                                             -------------       -------------
                                               15,810,924          14,427,498
Amounts due from stockholders                    (135,825)           (135,825)
                                             -------------       -------------
     Total Stockholders' Equity                15,675,099          14,291,673
                                             -------------       -------------
     Total Liabilities and 
      Stockholders' Equity                   $ 20,840,476        $ 20,186,450
                                             =============       =============

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                       CTC COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
                    CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              Three Months Ended
                                                         June 30,            June 30,
                                                           1997                1996
                                                       -------------       -------------
Revenue
<S>                                                    <C>                 <C>
   Commissions                                         $  8,604,852        $  6,755,680
   Resale                                                 3,054,102           2,251,781
                                                       -------------       -------------
                                                         11,658,954           9,007,461
Costs and expenses
   Cost of resale revenue                                 2,442,836           1,681,855
   Selling, general and administrative expenses           6,935,100           5,334,803
                                                       -------------       -------------
                                                          9,377,936           7,016,658
                                                       -------------       -------------
Income from operations                                    2,281,018           1,990,803

Other
   Interest income                                           57,586              41,627
   Interest expense                                          (4,455)               (625)
   Other                                                      3,851               2,581
                                                       -------------       -------------
                                                             56,982              43,583
                                                       -------------       -------------
Income before income taxes                                2,338,000           2,034,386

Provision for income taxes                                  964,000             840,200
                                                       -------------       -------------
Net income                                             $  1,374,000        $  1,194,186
                                                       =============       =============
Net income per common share:

   Primary                                             $       0.13        $       0.11
                                                       =============       =============
   Fully diluted                                       $       0.13        $       0.11
                                                       =============       =============
Weighted average number of common shares:

   Primary                                               10,710,764          10,981,028
                                                       =============       =============
   Fully diluted                                         10,812,658          10,981,028
                                                       =============       =============
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                       CTC COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
                   CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              Three Months Ended
                                                         June 30,            June 30,
                                                           1997                1996
                                                       -------------       -------------
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
<S>                                                    <C>                 <C>
Net Income                                             $  1,374,000        $  1,194,186

Adjustments to reconcile net income to
 net cash provided (used) by operating activities:
   Depreciation and amortization                            186,000             159,000

Changes in noncash working capital items:
   Accounts receivable                                   (3,165,685)         (1,596,399)
   Inventories                                                    0                (642)
   Other current assets                                     (15,135)            (56,234)
   Other assets                                               1,200               1,200
   Accounts payable                                        (430,757)             91,288
   Accrued liabilities                                      (66,107)            247,019
   Accrued taxes                                           (225,948)            149,400
   Deferred revenue                                          (6,588)              1,527
                                                       -------------       -------------
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities         (2,349,020)            190,345


INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Additions to equipment                                     (656,591)           (118,232)
                                                       -------------       -------------
Net cash used in investing activities                      (656,591)           (118,232)


FINANCING ACTIVITIES                                            

Proceeds from the issuance of common stock                    9,426                 830
                                                       -------------       -------------
Net cash provided by financing activities                     9,426                 830


Increase (decrease) in cash                              (2,996,185)             72,943
Cash at beginning of year                                 6,405,670           3,941,876
                                                       -------------       -------------

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period             $  3,409,485        $  4,014,819
                                                       =============       =============
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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                       CTC COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
                     NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                                
NOTE 1:  BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying condensed financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and do not include all the
information and footnote disclosures required by generally accepted
accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of
management all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals)
necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results
for the three months ended June 30, 1997 are not necessarily indicative of
the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1998. 
These statements should be read in conjunction with the financial
statements and related notes included in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1997. 

NOTE 2:  CASH DIVIDENDS

The Company has not paid cash dividends during the period presented.

NOTE 3:  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company is party to suits arising in the normal course of business
which either individually or in the aggregate are not material.

NOTE 4.  COMMON STOCK TRANSACTIONS SUBSEQUENT TO MARCH 31, 1997

On July 8, 1997, the CTC Communications Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
purchased 5,438 shares of Common Stock from the Company at $6.4813 for the
purchase period ended June 30, 1997.  

Through August 6, 1997, 295,745 shares of Common Stock were issued as a
result of employees exercising outstanding stock options.  

NOTE 5.  NET INCOME PER SHARE

Net income per share is computed based on the weighted average number of
shares of Common Stock and, if dilutive, Common Stock equivalent shares
outstanding during the period.  Common Stock shares result from the assumed
exercise of common stock options using the treasury stock method. 


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Part I

Item 2.   MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
          CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the
Financial Statements and Notes set forth elsewhere in this Report.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997 AS
COMPARED TO THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1996.

Total revenues for the first quarter of Fiscal 1998 increased 29% to
approximately $11,659,000 from $9,007,000 for the same period of the
preceding year (Fiscal 1997).  Network service commission income, which
represents fees earned by the Company in its capacity as an agent for
various local and long distance telephone companies, increased 27% to
$8,605,000 for the three months ended June 30, 1997, from $6,756,000 for
the first quarter of Fiscal 1997. Network service resale income, which
represents the gross billings to mid-sized commercial accounts for the
Company's long distance and Internet access network services, increased 36%
to $3,054,000 from $2,252,000 for the same period of the preceding fiscal
year.  These increases can be attributed to a better trained and supported
account executive group who developed additional customer contracts, and
increased sales to the Company's existing customers by offering additional
telecommunication products, including long distance, Internet access and
frame relay services.  In addition, increased unit sales under the NYNEX
contract, together with stable commission rates over the past year,
contributed to the overall growth in revenues.

Cost of resale revenues increased to $2,443,000 for the first quarter of
Fiscal 1998 from $1,682,000 for the first quarter of Fiscal 1997.  As a
percentage of resale revenues, cost of resale revenues increased to 80% in
the Fiscal 1998 quarter from 75% in the Fiscal 1997 quarter as certain
resale services, including Internet access and frame relay services, which
have somewhat lower margins than other resale services, were introduced by
the Company.  The Company anticipates that its overall resale margins will
stabilize at or near Fiscal 1998 first quarter levels in future periods.

Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased 30% to $6,935,000
for the first quarter of Fiscal 1998 as compared to $5,335,000 for the
first quarter of Fiscal 1997.  This increase is primarily attributable to
the increase in the variable sales commission and bonus expenses incurred
in connection with the substantial increase in revenues.  In addition, the
Company has increased the number of sales offices, particularly in the
Northeast, and continued to hire additional account executives.  The
Company currently has the office space capacity to expand its sales force
to its goal of approximately 170 account executives by March 31, 1998, from
its current sales force of 125.  The Company expects to incur increased
recruiting expenses in subsequent quarters to accomplish this goal.

The Company also made significant capital investments in the quarter ended
June 30, 1997.  Investments were made in the Company's information systems
to expand their effectiveness and enable the systems to incorporate
additional products, including local telecommunication services, onto the
Company's resale platform.  During the quarter, the Company entered into an
agreement to purchase a tandem switch to be deployed in the New York City
area.  This investment is expected to lower the Company's costs on existing
long distance business and make competitive international calling rates
more available to the Company's customer base.  The switch is expected to
commence operation during the fall of 1997.



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Net income for the first quarter of Fiscal 1998 increased to $1,374,000
from $1,194,000 for the same period of Fiscal 1997.  The Company estimates
that it will utilize an effective tax rate of approximately 41% for the
balance of Fiscal 1998. 

The period ended June 30, 1997 marks the sixteenth consecutive profitable
quarter for the Company.  Management believes that its strategy of building
long term relationships and offering additional products to these same
customers, when combined with continuing efforts to control costs, should
result in continued profitability throughout the balance of Fiscal 1998.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Working capital at June 30, 1997 was $12,823,000, as compared to
$11,909,000 at March 31, 1996, an increase of 8%.  Cash balances at June
30, 1997 totaled $3,409,000, a decrease of almost $3,000,000 from March 31,
1997, due to a $3,166,000 increase in accounts receivable during the first
quarter.    The increase in accounts receivable resulted from a delay in
payment by NYNEX, the Company's largest customer, of agency commissions to
NYNEX agents, including the Company, caused by problems experienced by
NYNEX in its efforts to automate its agent payment process.  The Company
has been advised by NYNEX that it is committed to expeditiously resolving
these problems and, accordingly, the Company does not anticipate
experiencing further significant delays in receiving these agency
commissions.

The Company's revolving line of credit agreement with Fleet Bank, which is
available under certain conditions, provides for a credit line of
$5,000,000 at the prime rate of interest, with LIBOR rates available at the
Company's election.

The Company presently has no bank debt (other than the $300,000 outstanding
as of June 30, 1997 under the Fleet line of credit to finance certain
letters of credit) and expects that the revolving credit line, together
with cash flows from operations, will be sufficient to meet the cash
requirements of the Company for the next twelve months under its current
operating plan.  However, any substantial increase in reselling operations
and related asset investment may require additional financing.

The foregoing statements in Part I Item 2 regarding the Company's intent to
expand its sales force, its expectations of continued profitability
throughout the remainder of Fiscal 1998, improved long distance margins and
stable overall resale margins, its expectation that NYNEX will resolve its
payment process problems, and its ability to meet its cash requirements for
the next 12 months are forward looking statements made in good faith
pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  There are several factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in such forward
looking statements, including the Company's inability to hire and retain
experienced account executives, unforeseen delays in receiving NYNEX
commissions on a timely basis, delays in bringing its tandem switch on line
or operational problems with the switch, and increased competitive
pressures from current and additional suppliers of local and long-distance
telephone services and other telecommunications services.








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PART II

Item 2

During the quarter ended June 30, 1997, the registrant issued a total of
294,745 shares of Common Stock for an aggregate consideration of
$280,497.50 pursuant to the exercise of employee incentive stock options by
three employees of the registrant.  The shares were issued in reliance upon
the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, as transactions by an issuer not involving a
public offering.  The recipients of the securities represented their
intention to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view
to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof and appropriate
legends were affixed to the share certificates and stop transfer orders
given to the registrant's transfer agent.  All recipients had adequate
access to information regarding the registrant.






































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                          SIGNATURES



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                  CTC COMMUNICATIONS CORP.


Date: August 11, 1997                /S/  ROBERT FABBRICATORE
                                    ------------------------- 
                                         Robert Fabbricatore
                                         Chairman and CEO


Date: August 11, 1997               /S/  JOHN D. PITTENGER
                                   -----------------------
                                        John D. Pittenger
                                        Treasurer

























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Exhibit 11

                     CTC COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
       STATEMENTS REGARDING COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE EARNINGS
              (IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT FOR PER SHARE DATA)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         Three Months Ended
                                                    June 30,            June 30,
                                                      1997                1996
                                                  -------------       -------------
PRIMARY
<S>                                               <C>                 <C>
Average shares outstanding                               9,757        $      9,585

Net effect of stock options, if dilutive,
  based on the treasury stock method
  using the average market price                           954               1,396
                                                  -------------       -------------
                                 Total                  10,711              10,981

Net income                                        $      1,374        $      1,194
                                                  -------------       -------------
Net income per share                              $       0.13                0.11
                                                  -------------       -------------
FULLY DILUTED

Average shares outstanding                               9,757        $      9,585

Net effect of stock options, if dilutive,
  based on the treasury stock method
  using the period-end market price                      1,056               1,396
                                                  -------------       -------------
                                 Total                  10,813              10,981

Net income                                        $      1,374        $      1,194
                                                  -------------       -------------
Net income per share                              $       0.13                0.11
                                                  -------------       -------------
</TABLE>

<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 5
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
<S>                         <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>               3-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                   MAR-31-1998
<PERIOD-END>                        JUN-30-1997
<CASH>                              3,409
<SECURITIES>                            0
<RECEIVABLES>                      14,701
<ALLOWANCES>                          368
<INVENTORY>                             0
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                      509
<PP&E>                              7,925
<DEPRECIATION>                      5,752
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                     20,840
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>               5,165
<BONDS>                                 0
                   0
                             0
<COMMON>                               99
<OTHER-SE>                         15,712
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>       20,840
<SALES>                            11,659
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                   11,720
<CGS>                               2,443
<TOTAL-COSTS>                       9,378
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                        0
<LOSS-PROVISION>                        0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                      4
<INCOME-PRETAX>                     2,338
<INCOME-TAX>                          964
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                 1,374
<DISCONTINUED>                          0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                         0
<CHANGES>                               0
<NET-INCOME>                        1,374
<EPS-PRIMARY>                        0.13 
<EPS-DILUTED>                        0.13
        

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