UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~WASHINGTON~~Washington, DCD.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the ~~Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~

~~Date~~Securities ofExchange ~~Report (Date~~Act of ~~earliest event reported): February 4, 2008~~1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 5, 2008

Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc.

(Exact ~~Name~~name of ~~Registrant~~ registrant as ~~Specified~~specified in its ~~Charter~~charter)

Delaware	333-131152	16-1710376
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
	1177 Bishop Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
	(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

333-131152

(Commission File Number)

16-1710376

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

~~(808)~~1177 ~~546-4511~~Bishop Street

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

(Address of principal executive offices)

808-546-4511

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former ~~Name~~name or ~~Former~~ ~~Address~~former address, if ~~Changed~~changed ~~Since~~since ~~Last~~last ~~Report~~report)

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Item 57.~~02.~~01 ~~Departure~~Regulation ofFD ~~Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Disclosure.

On Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc. issued a press release on February 45, 2008~~, the~~ ~~Board~~announcing ofa ~~Directors~~conference ofcall ~~Hawaiian~~to ~~Telcom~~be ~~Communications~~held February 6, 2008 at 2:30 ~~Inc~~p.m. (~~the~~Eastern ~~“Company”~~Time) ~~appointed~~ ~~Kevin~~to Jdiscuss recent management changes. A ~~Nystrom~~copy asof the ~~Company’s~~press ~~Chief~~release ~~Operating~~is ~~Officer~~attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

~~Mr. Nystrom,~~Item 48, is a Senior Director of Kroll Zolfo Cooper LLC (“KZC”), a leading financial advisory and interim management firm, and has more than 20 years of experience in turnaround and financial management9. ~~Mr. Nystrom has~~01 worked over seven years with KZC working on numerous turnaround assignments in the telecom, financial services, manufacturing and transportation industries. Mr. Nystrom has advised and assisted clients in designing and executing turnaround plans, developing reorganization plans, formulating business strategies, executing cost reduction programs, negotiating with key constituencies and evaluating business plans. Most recently, Mr. Nystrom served as Director of Restructuring of American Home Mortgage from August 2007 to present. Other past advisory clients of Mr. Nystrom while working at KZC include ANH Refractories (February 2002 to present), PTS Transportation (October 2005 to January 2007), ICG Telecommunications (October 2000 to February 2002) and Marsh Inc. (November 2004 to June 2005 and September 2006 to January 2007). Prior to joining KZC in 2000, Mr. Nystrom served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial ~~Officer~~Statements ~~of National Mortgage Corporation~~ and ~~the Chief Financial Officer of a publicly-held REIT, Asset Investors Corporation~~Exhibits.

2 (d) Exhibits

~~SIGNATURES~~ 99.1 Press Release dated February 5, 2008 announcing conference call.

~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~2

	HAWAIIAN TELCOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Date: February 4, 2008	By:	/s/ Alan M. Oshima
		Alan M. Oshima
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

SIGNATURES

3 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: February 5, 2008
	HAWAIIAN TELCOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.


	/s/ Alan M. Oshima
	Alan M. Oshima Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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