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  <font size="1"><b>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
  25, 2003<br>
  &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font><b>&nbsp;</b></font>
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        <p align="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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        <p align="CENTER">Washington, DC 20549
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        <p align="CENTER">FORM S-8
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        <p align="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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        <div align="center">____________________ </div>
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      <td colspan=3 height="36"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=5>
        <p align="CENTER">SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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      <td valign="TOP" colspan=3> <font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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        <p align="CENTER">DELAWARE
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="34%" valign="TOP"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
        <p align="CENTER">94-3155066
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        <p align="CENTER"><b>(</b>State of incorporation)
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
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        <font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
        <p align="CENTER">37400 Central Court<br>
          Newark, CA 94560</p>
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      <td width="34%" valign="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
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        <p align="CENTER">(Address of principal executive offices)
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        <div align="center">____________________</div>
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        <p align="CENTER">AMENDED AND RESTATED 1995 STOCK PLAN<br>
          AND<br>
          SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 401(K) PLAN</p>
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        <p align="CENTER">(Full title of the Plan)
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        <p align="CENTER">____________________
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP" height="84">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="33%" valign="bottom" height="84"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER">DAVID W. DUNLAP<br>
          CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER<br>
          SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS, INC.<br>
          37400 Central Court<br>
          Newark, CA 94560<br>
          (510) 744-2700 </p>
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        <p align="CENTER">(Name, address, and telephone number, including area
          code, of agent for service)
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        <p align="center">____________________</p>
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      <td width="33%" valign="bottom" height="26"> <i><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
        <p align="CENTER">Copies to:
        </font></i></td>
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      <td width="33%" valign="TOP" height="73"> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size=1>
        <p align="CENTER">Herbert P. Fockler, Esq.<br>
          Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati<br>
          Professional Corporation<br>
          650 Page Mill Road<br>
          Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050<br>
          (650) 493-9300 </p>
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      <div align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>CALCULATION OF
        REGISTRATION FEE</font></b> </div>
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      <p align="center"><b><font size="2">Title of Each Class of Securities to
        be Registered </font></b>
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    <td width="12%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER"><b><font size="2">Amount to be Registered </font></b>
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    <td width="17%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER"><b><font size="2">Proposed Maximum <br>
        Offering Price Per <br>
        Share (2)</font></b></p>
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    <td width="17%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER"><b><font size="2">Proposed <br>
        Maximum Aggregate<br>
        Offering Price (2)</font></b></p>
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    <td width="17%" height="63"> <font face="Times New Roman" size=3>
      <p align="CENTER"><b><font size="2">Amount of <br>
        Registration Fee </font></b>
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      <div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">Common
        Stock, par value $0.001 per share(1)</font></div>
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    <td width="12%" height="23">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">964,559
        shares</font></div>
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    <td width="17%" height="23">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$1.78</font></p>
    </td>
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      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$
        1,716,915</font></div>
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      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$
        138.90</font></p>
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      <div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">Common
        Stock, par value $0.001 per share (3), (4)</font></div>
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    <td width="12%">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">500,000
        shares</font></div>
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    <td width="17%">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$1.78</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="17%">
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$
        890,000</font></div>
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    <td width="17%">
      <p align="center"></p>
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2">$
        72.00</font></p>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  <font size="2">(1) Shares of Common Stock of Socket Communications, Inc. to
  be registered under the Amended and Restated 1995 Sock Option Plan.<br>
  (2) Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities
  Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating registration fee. In accordance
  with Rules 457(c) and 457(h), the computation is based on the average of the
  high and low sale prices for the Common Stock of Socket Communications, Inc.
  reported by the Nasdaq National Market on June 20, 2003.<br>
  (3) Shares of Common Stock of Socket Communications, Inc. to be registered under
  the Socket Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &quot;Securities Act&quot;), this registration
  statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock of Socket Communications,
  Inc. that became issuable under the Socket Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan
  described herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
  or any similar transaction effected without Socket Communications, Inc.'s receipt
  of consideration and results in an increase in the number of shares of Common
  Stock of Socket Communications, Inc. outstanding.<br>
  (4) Associated with Common Stock are Common Stock Purchase Rights that will
  not be exercisable until the occurrence of certain prescribed events, none of
  which has occurred. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities
  Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests
  to be offered and sold pursuant to the Socket Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan.</font></font></P>
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<P ALIGN="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>SOCKET
  COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</b></font></P>
<P ALIGN="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&#9;REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</font></b></P>
<P ALIGN="center"></P>
<P ALIGN="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&#9;PART
  II</font></b></P>
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<P ALIGN="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&#9;INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item
  3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</b><br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">The following
  documents and information previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission by Socket Communications, Inc. (the &quot;Registrant&quot;) are hereby
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:<br>
  </font></P>
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  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(a) The Registrant's
    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 filed
    pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
    as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;) on March 31, 2003.<br>
    </font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(b) The Registrant's
    Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2003
    filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on May 15, 2003.<br>
    </font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(c) The current reports
    of Registrant on Form 8-K filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act
    on March 25, 2003, April 23,2003, and June 10, 2003.<br>
    </font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(d) The description of
    the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form
    8-A/A filed pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act on April 11, 1995
    and amended on June 15, 1995.<br>
    </font></p>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(e) The Registrant's
    Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan filed as an exhibit to Form S-8 on July
    27, 2001.<br>
    </font></p>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">All documents
  filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement, and prior
  to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
  offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
  shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
  and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item
  4. Description of Securities.</b><br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Not applicable.<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item
  5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</b><br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Not applicable.<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  </font></P>
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<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-2<br>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item 6. Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.</b></font>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Section
  145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &quot;Delaware Law&quot;) authorizes
  a court to award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity
  to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification
  under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses
  incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &quot;Securities
  Act&quot;). Article VII of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and
  Article VI of the Registrant's Bylaws provide for indemnification of the Registrant's
  directors and officers and authorize indemnification of employees and other
  agents to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware Law. In addition, the Registrant
  has entered into Indemnification Agreements with its officers and directors
  and certain stockholders.<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Insofar
  as indemnification by Registrant for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act may be permitted to its directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant
  to the provisions referenced above or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
  that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange 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 Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by one of
  Registrant's directors, officers, or controlling persons 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 hereunder,
  Registrant will, unless in the opinion of Registrant's 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.<br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item
  7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</b><br>
  </font></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Not applicable.</font></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item
  8. Exhibits.</b></font></P>
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      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Exhibit<br>
        <u>Number</u></font></p>
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    <td width="89%" height="48">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><u>Description </u></font></p>
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    <td width="11%" height="12">&nbsp;&nbsp</td>
    <td width="89%" height="12">&nbsp;&nbsp</td>
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      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4.1 (1)</font>
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      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Amended and Restated 1995 Stock
        Plan. </font>
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    <td width="11%" height="37">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4.2</font>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="37">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Socket Communications,
        Inc. 401(k) Plan (Kaufmann & Goble Associates, Inc. Prototype Standardized
        Profit Sharing Plan). </font>
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    <td width="11%" height="39">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">4.3</font>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="39">
      <p>Socket Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan (Kaufmann & Goble Associates,
        Inc. 401(k) Plan Adoption Agreement #009).
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    <td width="11%" height="15">
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>5.1</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="15"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>Opinion of
      Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C.</font></td>
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    <td width="11%" height="28">
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>5.2</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="28">Opinion Letter from Internal Revenue Service to
      Kaufmann & Goble Associates, Inc., dated November 19, 2001.</td>
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    <td width="11%" height="22">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">23.1</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" height="22">
      <p>Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit
        5.1).</p>
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    <td width="11%">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size=3>23.2</font>
    </td>
    <td width="89%">
      <p>Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
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    <td width="11%">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">24.1 </font>
    </td>
    <td width="89%">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Power of Attorney. (see page II-4)</font>
    </td>
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                <div align="left">(1) Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed
                  with the Company's Form S-8 filed on July 27, 2001</div>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Item 9. Undertakings.</b><br>
  </font></p>
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  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(a) The undersigned Registrant
    hereby undertakes:</font></p>
</blockquote>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-3<br>
  </font></div>
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<blockquote>
  <blockquote>
    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(1) To file, during
      any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
      to this registration statement:<br>
      </font></p>
    <blockquote>
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(i) To include any
        prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;<br>
        </font></p>
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(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. Notwithstanding
        the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
        (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
        which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
        estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
        filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
        the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change
        in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &quot;Calculation
        of Registration Fee&quot; table in the effective registration statement;<br>
        </font></p>
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(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.<br>
        Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
        if 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 section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
        by reference in this registration statement.<br>
        </font></p>
    </blockquote>
    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(2) That, for the purpose
      of determining any 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.<br>
      </font></p>
    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(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.<br>
      </font></p>
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  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(b) 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 Section 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 an initial bona fide offering thereof.<br>
    </font></p>
</blockquote>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-4<br>
  </font></div>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<blockquote>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(c) 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 a joint 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 of 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.<br>
    <br>
    </font></p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp; </p>
</blockquote>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-5<br>
  </font></div>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>SIGNATURES
  </b></font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>THE
  REGISTRANT</b><br>
  </font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, 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 City
  of Newark, State of California, on this 25th day of June, 2003.</font></p>
<dir>
  <dir>
    <dir>
      <dir>
        <dir>
          <dir>
            <dir>
              <dir>
                <dir>
                  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">SOCKET
                    COMMUNICATIONS, INC. <br>
                    <br>
                    By: <u> /s/ David W. Dunlap<br>
                    </u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David W. Dunlap<br>
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer and
                    Vice President of <br>
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Finance and Administration</font></p>
                  <p>&nbsp;</p>
                  <p>&nbsp;</p>
                  <p>&nbsp;</p>
                  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><i>&#9;</i></font></p>
                  <p align="JUSTIFY"></p>
                </dir>
              </dir>
            </dir>
          </dir>
        </dir>
      </dir>
    </dir>
  </dir>
</dir>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>&#9;POWER
  OF ATTORNEY</b></font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">KNOW ALL
  PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
  and appoints, jointly and severally, Kevin J. Mills and David Dunlap, and each
  one of them individually, as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution,
  for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
  documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
  hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact, or his
  substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has
  been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in
  the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p align="LEFT">
<table cellspacing=0 border=0 cellpadding=8 width=680 align="center">
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="39">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>Signature
        </u> </font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="39">
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="3"></font></font></font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="39">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>Title
        </u> </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="39">
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="3"></font></font></font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="39">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>Date</u>
        </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="51"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>
      <u>/s/Kevin Mills&#9;</u><br>
      </u>Kevin Mills</font></td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="51"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="51">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">President and Chief
        Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director</font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="51"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="51">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">June 25, 2003</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="108">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ David&nbsp;W.
        Dunlap &#9;<br>
        </u>David&nbsp;W. Dunlap</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="108"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="108">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Vice President of
        Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
        and Accounting Officer) </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="108"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="108">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;June 25, 2003
        </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Charlie Bass&#9;</u><br>
        Charlie Bass</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Chairman of the Board
        </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">June
        25, 2003 </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Michael Gifford&#9;</u><br>
        Michael Gifford</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Executive Vice President
        and Director </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;June 25, 2003
        </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u> /s/ Enzo Torresi&#9;</u><br>
        Enzo Torresi</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Director </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;June 25, 2003
        </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Gianluca Rattazzi</u><br>
        Gianluca Rattazzi</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Director </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">&nbsp;June 25, 2003
        </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="55">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Peter Sealey</u><br>
        Peter Sealey</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="55"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="55">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Director </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="55"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="55"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">
      June 25, 2003</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%" valign="TOP" height="55">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>/s/ Leon Malmed&#9;</u><br>
        Leon Malmed</font>
    </td>
    <td width="3%" valign="TOP" height="55"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="46%" valign="TOP" height="55">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Director </font>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="TOP" height="55"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"></font></td>
    <td width="21%" valign="TOP" height="55"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">
      June 25, 2003</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-6<br>
  </font></div>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, as administrator
  of the Socket Communications 401(k) Plan, has duly caused this Registration
  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
  in the City of Newark, State of California on the 25th day of June, 2003.</font></p>
<blockquote>
  <blockquote>
    <blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <blockquote>
          <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">By: <u> /s/ David
            W. Dunlap<br>
            </u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David W. Dunlap<br>
            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer and Vice President
            of<br>
            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Finance and Administration<br>
            </font></p>
        </blockquote>
      </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-7<br>
  </font></div>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<p align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
  </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Washington,
  D.C. 20549<br>
  </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>EXHIBITS<br>
  </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Registration
  Statement on Form S-8<br>
  </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>SOCKET
  COMMUNICATIONS, INC.<br>
  </b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>INDEX
  TO EXHIBITS<br>
  </b> </font></p>
<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=800 align="center">
  <tr valign="bottom">
    <td width="18%" height="48">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Exhibit<br>
        <u>Number</u></font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="82%" height="48">
      <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><u>Description
        </u></font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="18%" height="30">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="82%" height="30">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="18%" height="15">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">4.1
        (1)</font>
    </td>
    <td width="82%" height="15">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Amended and Restated
        1995 Stock Plan. </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="18%" height="30">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">4.2</font>
    </td>
    <td width="82%" height="30">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Socket Communications,
        Inc. 401(k) Plan (Kaufmann & Goble Associates, Inc. Prototype Standardized
        Profit Sharing Plan). </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="18%" height="30">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">4.3</font>
    </td>
    <td width="82%" height="30">
      <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Socket Communications,
        Inc. 401(k) Plan (Kaufmann & Goble Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan Adoption
        Agreement #009). </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="18%" height="28">
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">5.1</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="82%" height="28"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Opinion
      of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="18%" height="28">
      <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">5.2</font></div>
    </td>
    <td width="82%" height="28"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Opinion
      Letter from Internal Revenue Service to Kaufmann & Goble Associates, Inc.,
      dated November 19, 2001.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="18%" height="24">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">23.1</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="82%" height="24">
      <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Consent of Wilson
        Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.1).</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="18%">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">23.2</font>
    </td>
    <td width="82%">
      <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Consent of Ernst
        & Young LLP, Independent Auditors. </font>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="18%">
      <p align="CENTER"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">24.1
        </font>
    </td>
    <td width="82%">
      <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Power of Attorney.
        (See page II-4)</font>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  </font></div>
<table width="800" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
  <tr>
    <td>
      <hr NOSHADE align="LEFT" width="120">
      <div align="left"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">(1)
        Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company's Form S-8
        filed on July 27, 2001</font></div>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">II-8<br>
  </font></div>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<p align="right"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Exhibit
  5.1</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Wilson Sonsini
  Goodrich &amp; Rosati<br>
  650 Page Mill Road <br>
  Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">June 20,
  2003</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  </font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Socket Communications,
  Inc.<br>
  37400 Central Court<br>
  Newark, CA 94560<br>
  </font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b> &nbsp&nbspRe:
  Registration Statement on Form S-8</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Ladies and Gentlemen:<br>
  </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">We have examined the Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  on or about June 24, 2003 (the &quot;Registration Statement&quot;) in connection
  with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 1,464,559
  shares of your Common Stock (the &quot;Shares&quot;) reserved for issuance under
  the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan (the &quot;Stock Plan&quot;) and the
  Socket Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the &quot;401(k) Plan&quot;). As your
  legal counsel, we have examined the proceedings taken and are familiar with
  the proceedings proposed to be taken by you in connection with the sale and
  issuance of the Shares under the Stock Plan and 401(k) Plan.<br>
  </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">It is our opinion that,
  when issued and sold in the manner referred to in the Stock Plan and the 401(k)
  Plan and pursuant to the standard agreements which accompany any sale under
  the Stock Plan and 401(k) Plan, the Shares will be legally and validly issued,
  fully paid and nonassessable.<br>
  </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">We consent to the use of
  this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent
  to the use of our name wherever it appears in the Registration Statement and
  any amendment thereto.</font></p>
<blockquote>
  <blockquote>
    <blockquote>
      <blockquote>
        <blockquote>
          <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Very truly yours,</font></p>
          <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">WILSON SONSINI
            GOODRICH &amp; ROSATI<br>
            Professional Corporation</font></p>
          <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
            /s/ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati</font></p>
        </blockquote>
      </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br>
  </font></div>
<hr align="LEFT" size=4>
<p align="right"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><b>Exhibit
  23.2</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">CONSENT
  OF ERNST &amp; YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS<br>
  </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">We consent to the incorporation
  by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-____) pertaining
  to the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan and Socket Communications, Inc.
  401(k) Plan of our report dated February 10, 2003 (except Note 14, as to which
  the date is March 28, 2003), with respect to the consolidated financial statements
  of Socket Communications, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for
  the year ended December 31, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> /s/ ERNST
  &amp; YOUNG LLP<br>
  </font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">San Jose, California <br>
  June 23, 2003</font></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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  <p>&nbsp;</p>
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    </font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
  25, 2003
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
____________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
____________________
DELAWARE
94-3155066
(
State of incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
37400 Central Court
Newark, CA 94560
(Address of principal executive offices)
____________________
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1995 STOCK PLAN
AND
SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 401(K) PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
____________________
DAVID W. DUNLAP
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
37400 Central Court
Newark, CA 94560
(510) 744-2700
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area
          code, of agent for service)
____________________
Copies to:
Herbert P. Fockler, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
(650) 493-9300
CALCULATION OF
        REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to
        be Registered
Amount to be Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common
        Stock, par value $0.001 per share(1)
964,559
        shares
$1.78
$
        1,716,915
$
        138.90
Common
        Stock, par value $0.001 per share (3), (4)
500,000
        shares
$1.78
$
        890,000
$
        72.00
(1) Shares of Common Stock of Socket Communications, Inc. to
  be registered under the Amended and Restated 1995 Sock Option Plan.
(2) Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities
  Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating registration fee. In accordance
  with Rules 457(c) and 457(h), the computation is based on the average of the
  high and low sale prices for the Common Stock of Socket Communications, Inc.
  reported by the Nasdaq National Market on June 20, 2003.
(3) Shares of Common Stock of Socket Communications, Inc. to be registered under
  the Socket Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration
  statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock of Socket Communications,
  Inc. that became issuable under the Socket Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan
  described herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
  or any similar transaction effected without Socket Communications, Inc.'s receipt
  of consideration and results in an increase in the number of shares of Common
  Stock of Socket Communications, Inc. outstanding.
(4) Associated with Common Stock are Common Stock Purchase Rights that will
  not be exercisable until the occurrence of certain prescribed events, none of
  which has occurred. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities
  Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests
  to be offered and sold pursuant to the Socket Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan.
SOCKET
  COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART
  II
INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
  3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following
  documents and information previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission by Socket Communications, Inc. (the "Registrant") are hereby
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) The Registrant's
    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 filed
    pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
    as amended (the "Exchange Act") on March 31, 2003.
(b) The Registrant's
    Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2003
    filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on May 15, 2003.
(c) The current reports
    of Registrant on Form 8-K filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act
    on March 25, 2003, April 23,2003, and June 10, 2003.
(d) The description of
    the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form
    8-A/A filed pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act on April 11, 1995
    and amended on June 15, 1995.
(e) The Registrant's
    Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan filed as an exhibit to Form S-8 on July
    27, 2001.
All documents
  filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement, and prior
  to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
  offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
  shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
  and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item
  4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item
  5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.
Section
  145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Delaware Law") authorizes
  a court to award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity
  to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification
  under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses
  incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
  Act"). Article VII of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and
  Article VI of the Registrant's Bylaws provide for indemnification of the Registrant's
  directors and officers and authorize indemnification of employees and other
  agents to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware Law. In addition, the Registrant
  has entered into Indemnification Agreements with its officers and directors
  and certain stockholders.
Insofar
  as indemnification by Registrant for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act may be permitted to its directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant
  to the provisions referenced above or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
  that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange 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 Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by one of
  Registrant's directors, officers, or controlling persons 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 hereunder,
  Registrant will, unless in the opinion of Registrant's 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.
Item
  7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item
  8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1 (1)
Amended and Restated 1995 Stock
        Plan.
4.2
Socket Communications,
        Inc. 401(k) Plan (Kaufmann & Goble Associates, Inc. Prototype Standardized
        Profit Sharing Plan).
4.3
Socket Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan (Kaufmann & Goble Associates,
        Inc. 401(k) Plan Adoption Agreement #009).
5.1
Opinion of
      Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
5.2
Opinion Letter from Internal Revenue Service to
      Kaufmann & Goble Associates, Inc., dated November 19, 2001.
23.1
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit
        5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
24.1
Power of Attorney. (see page II-4)
(1) Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed
                  with the Company's Form S-8 filed on July 27, 2001
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant
    hereby undertakes:
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(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. Notwithstanding
        the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
        (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
        which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
        estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
        filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
        the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change
        in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
        of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(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.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
        if 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 section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
        by reference in this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose
      of determining any 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) 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 Section 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 an initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(c) 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 a joint 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 of 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
THE
  REGISTRANT
Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, 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 City
  of Newark, State of California, on this 25th day of June, 2003.
SOCKET
                    COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:
/s/ David W. Dunlap
David W. Dunlap
Chief Financial Officer and
                    Vice President of
Finance and Administration
POWER
  OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL
  PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
  and appoints, jointly and severally, Kevin J. Mills and David Dunlap, and each
  one of them individually, as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution,
  for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
  documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
  hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact, or his
  substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has
  been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in
  the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/Kevin Mills
Kevin Mills
President and Chief
        Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
June 25, 2003
/s/ David W.
        Dunlap
David W. Dunlap
Vice President of
        Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
        and Accounting Officer)
June 25, 2003
/s/ Charlie Bass
Charlie Bass
Chairman of the Board
June
        25, 2003
/s/ Michael Gifford
Michael Gifford
Executive Vice President
        and Director
June 25, 2003
/s/ Enzo Torresi
Enzo Torresi
Director
June 25, 2003
/s/ Gianluca Rattazzi
Gianluca Rattazzi
Director
June 25, 2003
/s/ Peter Sealey
Peter Sealey
Director
June 25, 2003
/s/ Leon Malmed
Leon Malmed
Director
June 25, 2003
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Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, as administrator
  of the Socket Communications 401(k) Plan, has duly caused this Registration
  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
  in the City of Newark, State of California on the 25th day of June, 2003.
By:
/s/ David
            W. Dunlap
David W. Dunlap
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President
            of
Finance and Administration
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SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
  D.C. 20549
EXHIBITS
Registration
  Statement on Form S-8
SOCKET
  COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
INDEX
  TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
        (1)
Amended and Restated
        1995 Stock Plan.
4.2
Socket Communications,
        Inc. 401(k) Plan (Kaufmann & Goble Associates, Inc. Prototype Standardized
        Profit Sharing Plan).
4.3
Socket Communications,
        Inc. 401(k) Plan (Kaufmann & Goble Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan Adoption
        Agreement #009).
5.1
Opinion
      of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
5.2
Opinion
      Letter from Internal Revenue Service to Kaufmann & Goble Associates, Inc.,
      dated November 19, 2001.
23.1
Consent of Wilson
        Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst
        & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
24.1
Power of Attorney.
        (See page II-4)
(1)
        Incorporated by reference to exhibits filed with the Company's Form S-8
        filed on July 27, 2001
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Exhibit
  5.1
Wilson Sonsini
  Goodrich & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
June 20,
  2003
Socket Communications,
  Inc.
37400 Central Court
Newark, CA 94560
Re:
  Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have examined the Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  on or about June 24, 2003 (the "Registration Statement") in connection
  with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 1,464,559
  shares of your Common Stock (the "Shares") reserved for issuance under
  the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan (the "Stock Plan") and the
  Socket Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the "401(k) Plan"). As your
  legal counsel, we have examined the proceedings taken and are familiar with
  the proceedings proposed to be taken by you in connection with the sale and
  issuance of the Shares under the Stock Plan and 401(k) Plan.
It is our opinion that,
  when issued and sold in the manner referred to in the Stock Plan and the 401(k)
  Plan and pursuant to the standard agreements which accompany any sale under
  the Stock Plan and 401(k) Plan, the Shares will be legally and validly issued,
  fully paid and nonassessable.
We consent to the use of
  this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent
  to the use of our name wherever it appears in the Registration Statement and
  any amendment thereto.
Very truly yours,
WILSON SONSINI
            GOODRICH & ROSATI
Professional Corporation
/s/ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Exhibit
  23.2
CONSENT
  OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation
  by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-____) pertaining
  to the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Plan and Socket Communications, Inc.
  401(k) Plan of our report dated February 10, 2003 (except Note 14, as to which
  the date is March 28, 2003), with respect to the consolidated financial statements
  of Socket Communications, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for
  the year ended December 31, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ ERNST
  & YOUNG LLP
San Jose, California
June 23, 2003