SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  _____________

                                    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): June 9, 2003


                        General DataComm Industries, Inc.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


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


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



        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 729-0271



                                       N/A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



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Item 5.   Other Events

On June 9, 2003,  General  DataComm  Industries,  Inc.  received an Arbitrator's
Award  providing that GDC was entitled to receive the entire  proceeds of a $1.0
million letter of credit from Mayan Networks Corporation ('Mayan') that secured
a $1.0  million  note  issued in favor of GDC by a former  subsidiary  of Mayan.
Mayan had disputed the release of the letter of credit  proceeds to GDC in order
to pay the note claiming that Mayan was entitled to recoup  damages  against the
note. The note and letter of credit were created in conjunction with the sale by
GDC of its former  subsidiary,  Vital Network Services,  LLC. Both GDC and Mayan
had  agreed to submit  the  dispute to  binding  arbitration  proceedings  to be
conducted  in  California.  The  proceeds  will be used to  further  reduce  the
outstanding  secured  debt of GDC  and  the  amount,  net of  expenses,  will be
reported as a gain in the month of June 2003.









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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.
                                                    (Registrant)


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



Dated:  June 11, 2003















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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  _____________

                                    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): June 9, 2003

                        General DataComm Industries, Inc.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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

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

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 729-0271

                                       N/A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 5.   Other Events

On June 9, 2003,  General  DataComm  Industries,  Inc.  received an Arbitrator's
Award  providing that GDC was entitled to receive the entire  proceeds of a $1.0
million letter of credit from Mayan Networks Corporation ('Mayan') that secured
a $1.0  million  note  issued in favor of GDC by a former  subsidiary  of Mayan.
Mayan had disputed the release of the letter of credit  proceeds to GDC in order
to pay the note claiming that Mayan was entitled to recoup  damages  against the
note. The note and letter of credit were created in conjunction with the sale by
GDC of its former  subsidiary,  Vital Network Services,  LLC. Both GDC and Mayan
had  agreed to submit  the  dispute to  binding  arbitration  proceedings  to be
conducted  in  California.  The  proceeds  will be used to  further  reduce  the
outstanding  secured  debt of GDC  and  the  amount,  net of  expenses,  will be
reported as a gain in the month of June 2003.

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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.
                                                    (Registrant)

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

Dated:  June 11, 2003

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