As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 1999
                                                       REGISTRATION NO.
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 ---------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                 ---------------

                            IPC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           DELAWARE                                          13-4060937
(State or other jurisdiction of                           (I.R.S. Employer
       incorporation or                                  Identification No.)
         organization)

                                WALL STREET PLAZA
                                 88 PINE STREET
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10005
                                 (212) 858-7900
          (Address, including Zip Code, of principal executive offices)

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                            IPC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                            1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                                 ---------------

                               MR. GERALD E. STARR
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                            IPC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                WALL STREET PLAZA
                                 88 PINE STREET
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10005
                                 (212) 825-9060

                                    Copy to:

                             THOMAS N. TALLEY, ESQ.
                             THACHER PROFFITT & WOOD
                             TWO WORLD TRADE CENTER
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10048
                                 (212) 912-7400
     (Name and address, including Zip Code, telephone number and area code,
                             of agent for service)

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                     Amount to be Registered(1) Proposed Maximum Offering     Proposed Maximum        Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered                               Price Per Share (2)    Aggregate Offering Price  Registration Fee
                                                                                                     (2)
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<S>                                       <C>                              <C>                   <C>                    <C>
    Common Stock, $0.01 par value         1,538,322 shares                 --                    $16,152,381            $4,491
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(1)      Based on the number of shares of common stock of IPC Communications,
         Inc. (the "Company") reserved for issuance upon exercise of options
         granted pursuant to the IPC Communications, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive
         Plan and its predecessor, the IPC Information Systems, Inc. 1998 Stock
         Incentive Plan (together with the IPC Communications, Inc. 1999 Stock
         Incentive Plan, the "Plan"). In addition to such shares, this
         registration statement also covers an undetermined number of shares of
         common stock of the Company that, by reason of certain events specified
         in the Plan, may become issuable upon exercise of options through the
         use of certain anti-dilution provisions.

(2)      Estimated solely for purpose of calculating the registration fee in
         accordance with Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, pursuant to
         which 1,538,322 shares subject to outstanding options are deemed to be
         offered at $10.50 per share, the price at which such options may be
         exercised, and restricted shares and shares that may be acquired upon
         exercise of options granted in the future are deemed to be offered at
         $59.25 per share, the average of the high and low sales prices of
         common stock of the Company on the American Stock Exchange at the close
         of trading on June 14, 1999.


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                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS


ITEM 1.           PLAN INFORMATION.

                  Not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission").


ITEM 2.           REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.

                  Not required to be filed with the Commission.

                  Note: The document containing the information specified in
this Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).
Such document need not be filed with the Commission either as part of this
registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this
registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act").


                                     PART II


ITEM 3.           INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

                  IPC Communications, Inc. is treated as a successor to IPC
Information Systems, Inc. for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended. The following documents and information heretofore filed with the
Commission by the IPC Information Systems, Inc. (File No. 0-25492) are
incorporated by reference in this registration statement:

         (1)      the description of the IPC Information Systems, Inc.'s common
                  stock (the "Common Stock") contained in the IPC Information
                  Systems, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, which was
                  filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange
                  Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act") on July 6, 1998,
                  including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
                  updating such description;

         (2)      IPC Information Systems, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
                  the fiscal year ended September 30, 1998, as amended;

         (3)      IPC Information Systems, Inc.'s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
                  for the quarters ended December 31, 1998, and March 31, 1999;
                  and



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         (4)      IPC Information Systems, Inc.'s Current Reports on Form 8-K,
                  dated January 4, 1999 (amended on February 11, 1999), April
                  23, 1999 (as amended on May 20, 1999) and May 21, 1999 and the
                  Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 24, 1999.

All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the date of filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and
to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or
in any document which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.

                  IPC Communications, Inc. will provide without charge to each
person to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon request of any such person, a
copy of any or all of the foregoing documents incorporated herein by reference
(other than exhibits to such documents). Written requests should be directed to
Brian Reach, Chief Financial Officer, IPC Communications, Inc., Wall Street
Plaza, 88 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005. Telephone requests may be
directed to (212) 858-7900.

ITEM 4.           DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

                  Not applicable.


ITEM 5.           INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

                  Not applicable.


ITEM 6.           INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

                  Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL")
INTER ALIA, empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of
the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was

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unlawful. Similar indemnity is authorized for such person against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with
the defense or settlement of any such threatened, pending or completed action or
suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and provided
further that (unless a court of competent jurisdiction otherwise provides) such
person shall not have been adjudged liable to the corporation. Any such
indemnification may be made only as authorized in each specific case upon a
determination by the shareholders or disinterested directors or by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion that indemnification is proper because the
indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.

                  Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or
enterprise, against any liability asserted against him, an incurred by him in
any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section 145.

                  Section 6 of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation
provides that a director shall not be personally liable to the Company or its
stockholders for damages for breach of his fiduciary duty as a director, except
to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is expressly
prohibited by the DGCL. Article IV of the Company's By-Laws requires the
Company, among other things, to indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by the
DGCL, any person who is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of
the Company, who was or is made a party to, or is threatened to be made a party
to, or has become a witness in, any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, including actions or suits by or in the right of the
Company, by reason of such agreement or service or the fact that such person is,
was or has agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or organization at the written request of the Company.

                  Article IV also empowers the Company to purchase and maintain
insurance to protect itself and its directors and officers, and those who were
or have agreed to become directors or officers, against any liability,
regardless of whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify those
persons against such liability under the law. The Company currently maintains
directors' and officers' liability insurance consistent with the provisions of
the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws.

                  Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December
18, 1997, between the Company's predecessor, IPC Information Systems, Inc., and
Arizona Acquisition Corp., the Company is contractually required to provide
officers' and directors' liability insurance covering acts and omissions
occurring prior to the merger and extending for six years after the merger to
those persons covered by the Company's or any subsidiary's officers' and
directors' liability insurance policy prior to the merger. Pursuant to this
agreement, the Company is also required to indemnify the present and former
officers and directors of the Company to the maximum extent provided for under
IPC Information Systems, Inc.'s certificate of incorporation and bylaws as in
effect as of

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December 18, 1997. The Company's obligation to indemnify extends for six years
following the merger.

                  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing, the Registrant has been informed that
in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

ITEM 7.           EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

                  Not applicable.


ITEM 8.           EXHIBITS.

                  4.1      IPC Communications, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.
                  4.2      Form of Grant Certificate under the IPC
                           Communications, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.
                  4.3      Certificate of Incorporation of IPC Communications,
                           Inc.
                  4.4      By-Laws of IPC Communications, Inc.
                  5.1      Opinion of Thacher Proffitt & Wood, counsel for
                           Registrant, as to the legality of the securities
                           being registered.
                  23.1     Consent of Thacher Proffitt & Wood (included in
                           Exhibit 5.1 hereof).
                  23.2     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.


ITEM 9.           UNDERTAKINGS.

         A.       RULE 415 OFFERING.  The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes:

                  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                           (i) To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

                           (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement; and

                           (iii) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;


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                           PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form
S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the
Securities Act each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

         B. FILINGS INCORPORATING SUBSEQUENT EXCHANGE ACT DOCUMENTS BY
REFERENCE. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering
thereof.

         C. INCORPORATED ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY REPORTS. The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the
prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest
annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the
prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3
or Rule 14c-3 under the Exchange Act and, where interim financial information
required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X is not set forth in the
prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the
prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically
incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial
information.

         D. FILING OF REGISTRATION ON FORM S-8. Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant for expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the State of New York on June 18, 1999.

                            IPC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                            (Registrant)

                            By: /s/ Gerald E. Starr
                                --------------------------------
                                Gerald E. Starr
                                President and Chief Executive Officer

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                  SIGNATURE                                         TITLE                              DATE
                  ---------                                         -----                              ----

<S>                                              <C>                                           <C>
/s/ Gerald E. Starr                              President and Chief Executive Officer         June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------   (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
Gerald E. Starr

/s/ Peter Woog                                   Chairman and Director                         June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------
Peter Woog

                                                 Vice Chairman and Director
- ----------------------------------------------
Richard P. Kleinnecht

/s/ Brian L. Reach                               Chief Financial Officer (Chief Financial      June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------   and Accounting Officer) and Director
Brian L. Reach

/s/ Richard M. Cashin, Jr.                       Director                                      June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------
Richard M. Cashin, Jr.

/s/ David Y. Howe                                Director                                      June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------
David Y. Howe

/s/ Robert J. McInerney                          Director                                      June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------
Robert J. McInerney

/s/ Richard W. Smith                             Director                                      June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------
Richard W. Smith

                                                 Director
- ----------------------------------------------
David A. Walsh
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER                                  DESCRIPTION
- ------                                  -----------

4.1     IPC Communications, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.
4.2     Form of Grant Certificate under the IPC Communications, Inc. 1998 Stock
        Incentive
        Plan.
4.3     Certificate of Incorporation of IPC Communications, Inc.
4.4     By-Laws of IPC Communications, Inc.
5.1     Opinion of Thacher Proffitt & Wood, counsel for Registrant, as to the
        legality of the securities being registered.
23.1    Consent of Thacher Proffitt & Wood (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereof).
23.2    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.







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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 1999
                                                       REGISTRATION NO.
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 ---------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                 ---------------

                            IPC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           DELAWARE                                          13-4060937
(State or other jurisdiction of                           (I.R.S. Employer
       incorporation or                                  Identification No.)
         organization)

                                WALL STREET PLAZA
                                 88 PINE STREET
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10005
                                 (212) 858-7900
          (Address, including Zip Code, of principal executive offices)

                                 ---------------

                            IPC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                            1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                                 ---------------

                               MR. GERALD E. STARR
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                            IPC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                WALL STREET PLAZA
                                 88 PINE STREET
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10005
                                 (212) 825-9060

                                    Copy to:

                             THOMAS N. TALLEY, ESQ.
                             THACHER PROFFITT & WOOD
                             TWO WORLD TRADE CENTER
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10048
                                 (212) 912-7400
     (Name and address, including Zip Code, telephone number and area code,
                             of agent for service)

                                 ---------------
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

====================================================================================================================================
                                     Amount to be Registered(1) Proposed Maximum Offering     Proposed Maximum        Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered                               Price Per Share (2)    Aggregate Offering Price  Registration Fee
                                                                                                     (2)
====================================================================================================================================
Common Stock, $0.01 par value         1,538,322 shares                 --                    $16,152,381            $4,491
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(1)      Based on the number of shares of common stock of IPC Communications,
         Inc. (the "Company") reserved for issuance upon exercise of options
         granted pursuant to the IPC Communications, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive
         Plan and its predecessor, the IPC Information Systems, Inc. 1998 Stock
         Incentive Plan (together with the IPC Communications, Inc. 1999 Stock
         Incentive Plan, the "Plan"). In addition to such shares, this
         registration statement also covers an undetermined number of shares of
         common stock of the Company that, by reason of certain events specified
         in the Plan, may become issuable upon exercise of options through the
         use of certain anti-dilution provisions.

(2)      Estimated solely for purpose of calculating the registration fee in
         accordance with Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, pursuant to
         which 1,538,322 shares subject to outstanding options are deemed to be
         offered at $10.50 per share, the price at which such options may be
         exercised, and restricted shares and shares that may be acquired upon
         exercise of options granted in the future are deemed to be offered at
         $59.25 per share, the average of the high and low sales prices of
         common stock of the Company on the American Stock Exchange at the close
         of trading on June 14, 1999.

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PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1.           PLAN INFORMATION.

                  Not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission").

ITEM 2.           REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.

                  Not required to be filed with the Commission.

                  Note: The document containing the information specified in
this Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).
Such document need not be filed with the Commission either as part of this
registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this
registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act").

                                     PART II

ITEM 3.           INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

                  IPC Communications, Inc. is treated as a successor to IPC
Information Systems, Inc. for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended. The following documents and information heretofore filed with the
Commission by the IPC Information Systems, Inc. (File No. 0-25492) are
incorporated by reference in this registration statement:

         (1)      the description of the IPC Information Systems, Inc.'s common
                  stock (the "Common Stock") contained in the IPC Information
                  Systems, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, which was
                  filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange
                  Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act") on July 6, 1998,
                  including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
                  updating such description;

         (2)      IPC Information Systems, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
                  the fiscal year ended September 30, 1998, as amended;

         (3)      IPC Information Systems, Inc.'s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
                  for the quarters ended December 31, 1998, and March 31, 1999;
                  and
(4)      IPC Information Systems, Inc.'s Current Reports on Form 8-K,
                  dated January 4, 1999 (amended on February 11, 1999), April
                  23, 1999 (as amended on May 20, 1999) and May 21, 1999 and the
                  Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 24, 1999.

All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the date of filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and
to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or
in any document which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.

                  IPC Communications, Inc. will provide without charge to each
person to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon request of any such person, a
copy of any or all of the foregoing documents incorporated herein by reference
(other than exhibits to such documents). Written requests should be directed to
Brian Reach, Chief Financial Officer, IPC Communications, Inc., Wall Street
Plaza, 88 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005. Telephone requests may be
directed to (212) 858-7900.

ITEM 4.           DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 5.           INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 6.           INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

                  Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL")
INTER ALIA, empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of
the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was

                                       -2-
unlawful. Similar indemnity is authorized for such person against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with
the defense or settlement of any such threatened, pending or completed action or
suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and provided
further that (unless a court of competent jurisdiction otherwise provides) such
person shall not have been adjudged liable to the corporation. Any such
indemnification may be made only as authorized in each specific case upon a
determination by the shareholders or disinterested directors or by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion that indemnification is proper because the
indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.

                  Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or
enterprise, against any liability asserted against him, an incurred by him in
any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section 145.

                  Section 6 of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation
provides that a director shall not be personally liable to the Company or its
stockholders for damages for breach of his fiduciary duty as a director, except
to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is expressly
prohibited by the DGCL. Article IV of the Company's By-Laws requires the
Company, among other things, to indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by the
DGCL, any person who is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of
the Company, who was or is made a party to, or is threatened to be made a party
to, or has become a witness in, any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, including actions or suits by or in the right of the
Company, by reason of such agreement or service or the fact that such person is,
was or has agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or organization at the written request of the Company.

                  Article IV also empowers the Company to purchase and maintain
insurance to protect itself and its directors and officers, and those who were
or have agreed to become directors or officers, against any liability,
regardless of whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify those
persons against such liability under the law. The Company currently maintains
directors' and officers' liability insurance consistent with the provisions of
the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws.

                  Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December
18, 1997, between the Company's predecessor, IPC Information Systems, Inc., and
Arizona Acquisition Corp., the Company is contractually required to provide
officers' and directors' liability insurance covering acts and omissions
occurring prior to the merger and extending for six years after the merger to
those persons covered by the Company's or any subsidiary's officers' and
directors' liability insurance policy prior to the merger. Pursuant to this
agreement, the Company is also required to indemnify the present and former
officers and directors of the Company to the maximum extent provided for under
IPC Information Systems, Inc.'s certificate of incorporation and bylaws as in
effect as of

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December 18, 1997. The Company's obligation to indemnify extends for six years
following the merger.

                  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing, the Registrant has been informed that
in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

ITEM 7.           EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 8.           EXHIBITS.

                  4.1      IPC Communications, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.
                  4.2      Form of Grant Certificate under the IPC
                           Communications, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.
                  4.3      Certificate of Incorporation of IPC Communications,
                           Inc.
                  4.4      By-Laws of IPC Communications, Inc.
                  5.1      Opinion of Thacher Proffitt & Wood, counsel for
                           Registrant, as to the legality of the securities
                           being registered.
                  23.1     Consent of Thacher Proffitt & Wood (included in
                           Exhibit 5.1 hereof).
                  23.2     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

ITEM 9.           UNDERTAKINGS.

         A.       RULE 415 OFFERING.  The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes:

                  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                           (i) To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

                           (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement; and

                           (iii) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;

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PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form
S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the
Securities Act each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

         B. FILINGS INCORPORATING SUBSEQUENT EXCHANGE ACT DOCUMENTS BY
REFERENCE. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering
thereof.

         C. INCORPORATED ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY REPORTS. The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the
prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest
annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the
prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3
or Rule 14c-3 under the Exchange Act and, where interim financial information
required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X is not set forth in the
prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the
prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically
incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial
information.

         D. FILING OF REGISTRATION ON FORM S-8. Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant for expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the State of New York on June 18, 1999.

                            IPC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                            (Registrant)

                            By: /s/ Gerald E. Starr
                                --------------------------------
                                Gerald E. Starr
                                President and Chief Executive Officer

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE                                         TITLE                              DATE
                  ---------                                         -----                              ----
/s/ Gerald E. Starr                              President and Chief Executive Officer         June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------   (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
Gerald E. Starr

/s/ Peter Woog                                   Chairman and Director                         June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------
Peter Woog

                                                 Vice Chairman and Director
- ----------------------------------------------
Richard P. Kleinnecht

/s/ Brian L. Reach                               Chief Financial Officer (Chief Financial      June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------   and Accounting Officer) and Director
Brian L. Reach

/s/ Richard M. Cashin, Jr.                       Director                                      June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------
Richard M. Cashin, Jr.

/s/ David Y. Howe                                Director                                      June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------
David Y. Howe

/s/ Robert J. McInerney                          Director                                      June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------
Robert J. McInerney

/s/ Richard W. Smith                             Director                                      June 18, 1999
- ----------------------------------------------
Richard W. Smith

                                                 Director
- ----------------------------------------------
David A. Walsh
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EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER                                  DESCRIPTION
- ------                                  -----------

4.1     IPC Communications, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.
4.2     Form of Grant Certificate under the IPC Communications, Inc. 1998 Stock
        Incentive
        Plan.
4.3     Certificate of Incorporation of IPC Communications, Inc.
4.4     By-Laws of IPC Communications, Inc.
5.1     Opinion of Thacher Proffitt & Wood, counsel for Registrant, as to the
        legality of the securities being registered.
23.1    Consent of Thacher Proffitt & Wood (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereof).
23.2    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

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