SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 9, 2003
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                        General DataComm Industries, Inc.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


    Delaware                            1-8086                   06-0853856
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(State or Other Jurisdiction         (Commission             (IRS Employer
   of Incorporation)                   File Number)       Identification No.)


        Naugatuck, Connecticut                                    06770
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 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                      (Zip Code)



        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 729-0271
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                                       N/A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)








Item 5.   Other Events

The  registrant is conducting its business as a  debtor-in-possession  under the
Federal  Bankruptcy  Code. The  Registrant has been unable to prepare  certified
financial  statements  for its fiscal  years ended  September  30, 2001 and 2002
because of its limited cash  resources.  However,  the Registrant is required to
file  periodic  reports  of its  operations  and  financial  condition  with the
Bankruptcy Court and the U.S. Trustee.  Each such report covers a monthly period
and contains an income  statement,  balance sheet and statement of cash receipts
and disbursements,  all of which are unaudited, but certified by officers of the
Registrant.  Once filed, such reports are publicly available for inspection.  In
order to make such reports more readily  available for  stockholders and members
of the public,  the  Registrant  is filing the reports  under Form 8-K excluding
copies of bank  statements  and operations of inactive  subsidiaries.  Since the
reports  are  filed  separately  for  each  Registrant  and  each  of  its  U.S.
subsidiaries that have filed petitions under the Bankruptcy Code, the Registrant
is also filing an unaudited  consolidated  balance sheet, income statement,  and
schedule of cash receipts and disbursements.

Item 7.  Exhibits

99.1     Unaudited monthly operating reports for the month of October 2002 for
         General DataComm Industries, Inc.
99.2     Unaudited monthly operating reports for the month of October 2002 for
         General DataComm, Inc.
99.3     Unaudited monthly operating reports for the month of October 2002 for
         DataComm Leasing Corporation
99.4     Unaudited monthly operating reports for the month of October 2002 for
         GDC Naugatuck, Inc.
99.5     Unaudited monthly operating reports for the month of October 2002 for
         GDC Holding Company, LLC
99.6     Consolidated report (unaudited), which includes the Company's U.K.
         subsidiary, which is not a part of the bankruptcy.  Such consolidated
         report is not filed in Bankruptcy Court.










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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 its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                      General DataComm Industries, Inc.
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                                                (Registrant)


                                           By:  /S/ WILLIAM G. HENRY
                                                William G. Henry
                                                Vice President and
                                                Principal Financial Officer



Dated: January 15, 2003













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