FORM 4 Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC 20549
Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section
17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 5. If Amendment, Date of Original
Murphy Daniel James
____________________________________ ______________________________
(Last) First Middle
6. Relationship of Reporting
5 Sleepy Hollow Road
___________________________________ Person(s) to Issuer
(Street) (Check all applicable)
__ Director __ 10% Owner
Ridgefield CT 06877
____________________________________ _X Officer __ Other (Specify)
(City) (State) (Zip) (title) below)
V.P.
_____________ _________________
2. Issuer Name and Trading Symbol 7. Individual or Joint/Group
Filing
_X Form filed by One Reporting
DCI Telecommunications, Inc. DCTC
____________________________________ Person
__ Form filed by More than One
3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Reporting Person
Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
April / 1999
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_____________________________________________________________________________
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned
1. Title 2. Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities 5.Amount 6.Owner- 7.Nature
of action action Acquired (A) of ship of
Security Date Code or Disposed Securities Form: Indirect
(Month/ of (D) Beneficially Direct Benef-
Day/ Owned at or icial
Year) End of Indirect Owner-
Month ship
DCI Telecom.
Common
Stock 3/04/99 S D -- D --
___________ _______ _______ ____________ __________ ________ ______
DCI Telecom.
Common
Stock 3/10/99 S D -- D --
___________ _______ _______ ____________ __________ ________ ______
DCI Telecom.
Common
Stock 3/11/99 S D -- D --
___________ _______ _______ ____________ __________ ________ ______
DCI Telecom.
Common
Stock 3/17/99 S D -- D --
___________ _______ _______ ____________ __________ ________ ______
DCI Telecom.
Common
Stock 3/25/99 S D -- D --
___________ _______ _______ ____________ __________ ________ ______
DCI Telecom.
Common
Stock 3/29/99 S D - 0 - D --
___________ _______ _______ ____________ __________ ________ ______
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g. puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1.Title of 2.Conver- 3.Trans- 4. Trans- 5.Number of 6. Date
Derivative sion or action Code Deriva- Exer-
Security Exercise date tive cisable
Price of Secur- and
Deri- ities Expir-
vative Acquired ation
Security or Date
Disposed
Of
Cod V (A) (D) Exer Expire
________________ _______ ______ ___ ___ ___ ___ _____ _____
Options $0.50 -- -- -- -- -- 2/09/95 2/09/00
________________ _______ ______ ___ ___ ___ ___ _____ _____
Options $0.60 -- -- -- -- -- 7/26/95 7/26/00
________________ _______ ______ ___ ___ ___ ___ _____ _____
6/28/96
thru
Options $0.1875 -- -- -- -- -- 8/02/96 4/12/01
________________ _______ ______ ___ ___ ___ ___ _____ _____
Options $1.375 -- -- -- -- -- 6/16/97 6/16/02
________________ _______ ______ ___ ___ ___ ___ _____ _____
Options $1.75 -- -- -- -- -- 9/08/97 9/08/02
________________ _______ ______ ___ ___ ___ ___ _____ _____
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g. puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
7.Title 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Nature
& Amount of of ship of
of Deriv- Deriv- Form Indirect
Underlying ative ative of Benefi-
Securities Security Secur- Deriv- cial
ities ative Owner-
Bene- Secur- ship
Ficially ity
Owned at Direct
End of or
Month Indirect
_____________ _______ ______ ______ ______
Common -- 10,000 D --
_____________ _______ ______ ______ ______
Common -- 15,000 D --
_____________ _______ ______ ______ ______
Common -- 200,000 D --
_____________ _______ ______ ______ ______
Common -- 54,545 D --
_____________ _______ ______ ______ ______
Common -- 70,000 D --
_____________ _______ ______ ______ ______
Explanation of Responses:
All options represent the right to purchase DCI common shares.
S/Daniel J. Murphy 04/09/99
_____________________ _________
Signature of Reporting Date
Person
