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                                   UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 144
  
                        NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
               PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ATTENTION:  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either
              placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale
              directly with a market maker.
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  1. (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
  
       Teligent, Inc.
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     (b) IRS IDENT. NO.
  
       54-1866562
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     (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
  
       000-23387
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     (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER
  
       8065 Leesburg Pike                 Vienna           Virginia      22182
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     (STREET)                              (CITY)           (STATE)     (ZIP CODE)
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     (e) TELEPHONE NO.
  
            703            762-5100
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          (AREA CODE)      (NUMBER)
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  2. (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  
  
       Lynn Forester
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     (b) IRS IDENT. NO.
  
  
  
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     (c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  
  
       10% holder
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     (d) ADDRESS
  
  
     116 East 65th Street                 New York          New York     10021
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     (STREET)                              (CITY)           (STATE)     (ZIP CODE)
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  INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
                the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  
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  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
  3 (a)            (b)                                       (c)          (d)           (e)           (f)            (g)
                   Name and Address of                       Number of                  Number of     
                   Each Broker Through                       Shares or    Aggregate     Shares or     Approximate    Name of Each
    Title of the   Whom the Securities are    SEC USE ONLY   Other Units  Market        Other Units   Date of Sale   Securities
    Class of       to be Offered or Each      ------------   To Be Sold   Value         Outstanding   (See instr.    Exchange
    Securities     Market Maker who is        Broker-Dealer  (See instr.  (See instr.   (See instr.   3(f))          (See instr.
    To Be Sold     Acquiring the Securities   File Number    3(c))        3(d))         3(e))         (MO. DAY YR.)  3(g))
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    <S>            <C>                        <C>             <C>         <C>           <C>           <C>            <C>
  
  Class A          Bear, Stearns & Co.                        20,000      $692,500       8,178,610    1/12/99        Nasdaq
  Common Stock,    245 Park Avenue                                        as of
  par value $.01   New York, New York 10167                               January 11,
  per share                                                               1999
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  </TABLE>
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  1. (a) Name of issuer
     (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
     (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
     (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
     (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
     (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
     (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
         stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
     (d) Such person's address, including zip code
  
  3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
     (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
         to be sold
     (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
         aggregate face amount)
     (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified 
         date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
     (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
         securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
         recent report or statement published by the issuer
     (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
     (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
         intended to be sold
  
            POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF
            INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND
            UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
  
                                                                   SEC 1147(7-97)
  <PAGE>
                          TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
         Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition
        of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all
         or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
                                                           Name of Person
                                   Nature of               from Whom Acquired         Amount of      Date         Nature
  Title of         Date you        Acquisition             (If gift, also give        Securities     of           of
  the Class        Acquired        Transaction             date donor acquired)       Acquired       Payment      Payment
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    <S>            <C>             <C>                     <C>                        <C>            <C>          <C>
  
  Class A Common   11/26/97        Merger of Teligent,     Teligent, Inc.             1,831,410      11/26/97     Exchange of limited
  Stock, par value                 L.L.C. with                                                                    liability company
  $.01 per share                   Teligent, Inc.                                                                 interest in 
                                                                                                                  Teligent, L.L.C.
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  </TABLE>
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  1.  If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in
      cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the
      nature of the consideration given.  If the consideration consisted of any
      note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe
      the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged
      in full or the last installment paid.
  
  2.  If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for
      whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or other
      option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule
      144, furnish full information with respect thereto.
  
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                TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  
        Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer
         sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the
                             securities are to be sold.
  
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
                                                                                                       Amount of
  Name and Address of Seller               Title of Securities Sold              Date of Sale       Securities Sold   Gross Proceeds
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    <S>                                    <C>                                   <C>                <C>                <C>
  
  Lynn Forester                            Class A Common Stock,                 11/23/98           400,000            $12,400,000
  116 East 65th Street                     par value $.01 per share              1/11/99             67,500            $ 2,280,150
  New York, New York 10021
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  </TABLE>
  
  REMARKS:
  
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
  information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
  by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
  person filing his notice.
  
  
  ATTENTION:
  
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are
  to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
  operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
  publicly disclosed.
  
  
  
              January 12, 1999
  ---------------------------------------------            
              (DATE OF NOTICE)                
  
  
            /s/ Lynn Forester
  ---------------------------------------------            
                 (SIGNATURE)                
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities
  are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
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  ATTENTION:  INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS CONSTITUTE
              FEDERAL CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  
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                                                              SEC 1147 (7-97)
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                                   UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 144
  
                        NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
               PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ATTENTION:  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either
              placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale
              directly with a market maker.
  ================================================================================
  1. (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
  
       Teligent, Inc.
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (b) IRS IDENT. NO.
  
       54-1866562
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
  
       000-23387
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER
  
       8065 Leesburg Pike                 Vienna           Virginia      22182
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (STREET)                              (CITY)           (STATE)     (ZIP CODE)
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (e) TELEPHONE NO.
  
            703            762-5100
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          (AREA CODE)      (NUMBER)
  ================================================================================
  2. (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  
       Lynn Forester
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (b) IRS IDENT. NO.
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  
       10% holder
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (d) ADDRESS
  
     116 East 65th Street                 New York          New York     10021
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     (STREET)                              (CITY)           (STATE)     (ZIP CODE)
  ================================================================================
  
  INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
                the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  
  ================================================================================
  3 (a)            (b)                                       (c)          (d)           (e)           (f)            (g)
                   Name and Address of                       Number of                  Number of     
                   Each Broker Through                       Shares or    Aggregate     Shares or     Approximate    Name of Each
    Title of the   Whom the Securities are    SEC USE ONLY   Other Units  Market        Other Units   Date of Sale   Securities
    Class of       to be Offered or Each      ------------   To Be Sold   Value         Outstanding   (See instr.    Exchange
    Securities     Market Maker who is        Broker-Dealer  (See instr.  (See instr.   (See instr.   3(f))          (See instr.
    To Be Sold     Acquiring the Securities   File Number    3(c))        3(d))         3(e))         (MO. DAY YR.)  3(g))
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  Class A          Bear, Stearns & Co.                        20,000      $692,500       8,178,610    1/12/99        Nasdaq
  Common Stock,    245 Park Avenue                                        as of
  par value $.01   New York, New York 10167                               January 11,
  per share                                                               1999
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ====================================================================================================================================
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  1. (a) Name of issuer
     (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
     (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
     (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
     (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
     (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
     (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
         stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
     (d) Such person's address, including zip code
  
  3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
     (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
         to be sold
     (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
         aggregate face amount)
     (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified 
         date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
     (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
         securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
         recent report or statement published by the issuer
     (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
     (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
         intended to be sold
  
            POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF
            INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND
            UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
  
                                                                   SEC 1147(7-97)
  TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
         Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition
        of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all
         or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  Name of Person
                                   Nature of               from Whom Acquired         Amount of      Date         Nature
  Title of         Date you        Acquisition             (If gift, also give        Securities     of           of
  the Class        Acquired        Transaction             date donor acquired)       Acquired       Payment      Payment
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Class A Common   11/26/97        Merger of Teligent,     Teligent, Inc.             1,831,410      11/26/97     Exchange of limited
  Stock, par value                 L.L.C. with                                                                    liability company
  $.01 per share                   Teligent, Inc.                                                                 interest in 
                                                                                                                  Teligent, L.L.C.
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ====================================================================================================================================
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  1.  If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in
      cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the
      nature of the consideration given.  If the consideration consisted of any
      note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe
      the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged
      in full or the last installment paid.
  
  2.  If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for
      whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or other
      option to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule
      144, furnish full information with respect thereto.
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
                TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  
        Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer
         sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the
                             securities are to be sold.
  Amount of
  Name and Address of Seller               Title of Securities Sold              Date of Sale       Securities Sold   Gross Proceeds
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Lynn Forester                            Class A Common Stock,                 11/23/98           400,000            $12,400,000
  116 East 65th Street                     par value $.01 per share              1/11/99             67,500            $ 2,280,150
  New York, New York 10021
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ====================================================================================================================================
  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
  information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
  by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
  person filing his notice.
  
  ATTENTION:
  
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are
  to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
  operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
  publicly disclosed.
  
              January 12, 1999
  ---------------------------------------------            
              (DATE OF NOTICE)                
  
            /s/ Lynn Forester
  ---------------------------------------------            
                 (SIGNATURE)                
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities
  are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ATTENTION:  INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS CONSTITUTE
              FEDERAL CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  
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                                                              SEC 1147 (7-97)