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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                 FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT


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


                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                  AugustSeptember 2220, 2002

                        Commission File Number 000-23087

                    Startec Global Communications Corporation
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                                      52-2099559
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or organization)

     1151 Seven Locks Road
          Potomac, MD                                     20854
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                (Zip Code)


                                 (301) 610-4300
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)







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Item 5.  Other Events.

On AugustSeptember 2220, 2002, Startec Global Communications Corporation, Startec Global
Operating Company and Startec Global Licensing   Company,   debtors-in-possession,
in Chapter 11 Case Nos. 01-25013 DK, 01-25009 DK and 01-25010 DK,   respectively,
filed   monthly   operating   reports for the month ended  August July 31, 2002 with the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland Office of the United
States   Trustee,   copies of which are filed herewith as exhibits 99.1,   99.2 and
99.3,   respectively.   The   Company is filing   this   Current   Report on Form 8-K,
together   with the   aforementioned   exhibits   with the   Securities   and Exchange
Commission.


Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this report:

Exhibit   99.1 - Monthly   Operating Report of 
Startec Global Communications
Corporation for the month ending JulyAugust 31, 2002.

Exhibit   99.2 -   Monthly   Operating   Report of 
Startec Global Operating Company for
 the month ending JulyAugust 31, 2002.

Exhibit   99.3 - Monthly   Operating   Report of 
Startec Global Licensing Company for
 the month ending JulyAugust 31, 2002.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company
has duly   caused   this   report to the   signed on its   behalf by the   undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.


                                       For
                                       Startec Global Communications Corporation
                                       and as its Chief Financial Officer:

                                       By: /s/ Prabhav V. Maniyar



Date:  AugustOctober 309, 2002
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