Amended Statement of Beneficial Ownership


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

Information Statement pursuant to Rule 13d-1 and 13d-2

(Amendment No. 2 )*

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
(NAME OF ISSUER)

COMMON STOCK
(TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)

17275R102
(CUSIP NUMBER)

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement :_:
(A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.) (See Rule 13d-7.)

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person`s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be 'filed' for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ('Act') or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

(CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE(S))


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|CUSIP NO. 17275R102 |         13G              | Page 2 of 13 Pages |
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| 1|NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                         |
|  |AXA Assurances I.A.R.D. Mutuelle                                 |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON                |
|  |                                                                 |

|--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 2|CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP * (A) [ ] | | | (B) [X] | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

| 3|SEC USE ONLY                                                     |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |                                                                 |
|--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 4|CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                             |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |France                                                           |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------| | NUMBER OF |5|SOLE VOTING POWER |
| SHARES | | 23,815,979 |
| BENEFICIALLY |-|----------------------------------------------| | OWNED |6|SHARED VOTING POWER | | AS OF | | 19,363,588 | | December 31, 1997 |-|----------------------------------------------|
| BY EACH |7|SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
| REPORTING | | 54,255,248 | | PERSON |-|----------------------------------------------|
| WITH |8|SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | | 23,965 | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9|AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | | | 54,279,213 | | |(Not to be construed as an admission of beneficial ownership) | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |10|CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN |
| |SHARES * |------| | | | |------| | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |11|PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 | | | | | | 5.3% | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|12|TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *                                       |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |                             IC                                  |

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* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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|CUSIP NO. 17275R102 |         13G              | Page 3 of 13 Pages |
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| 1|NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                         |
|  |AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle                                      |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON                |
|  |                                                                 |

|--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 2|CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP * (A) [ ] | | | (B) [X] | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

| 3|SEC USE ONLY                                                     |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |                                                                 |
|--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 4|CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                             |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |France                                                           |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------| | NUMBER OF |5|SOLE VOTING POWER |
| SHARES | | 23,815,979 |
| BENEFICIALLY |-|----------------------------------------------| | OWNED |6|SHARED VOTING POWER | | AS OF | | 19,363,588 | | December 31, 1997 |-|----------------------------------------------|
| BY EACH |7|SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
| REPORTING | | 54,255,248 | | PERSON |-|----------------------------------------------|
| WITH |8|SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | | 23,965 | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9|AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | | | 54,279,213 | | |(Not to be construed as an admission of beneficial ownership) | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |10|CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN |
| |SHARES * |------| | | | |------| | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |11|PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 | | | | | | 5.3% | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|12|TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *                                       |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |                             IC                                  |

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* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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|CUSIP NO. 17275R102 |         13G              | Page 4 of 13 Pages |
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| 1|NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                         |
|  |Alpha Assurances Vie Mutuelle                                    |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON                |
|  |                                                                 |

|--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 2|CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP * (A) [ ] | | | (B) [X] | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

| 3|SEC USE ONLY                                                     |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |                                                                 |
|--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 4|CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                             |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |France                                                           |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------| | NUMBER OF |5|SOLE VOTING POWER |
| SHARES | | 23,815,979 |
| BENEFICIALLY |-|----------------------------------------------| | OWNED |6|SHARED VOTING POWER | | AS OF | | 19,363,588 | | December 31, 1997 |-|----------------------------------------------|
| BY EACH |7|SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
| REPORTING | | 54,255,248 | | PERSON |-|----------------------------------------------|
| WITH |8|SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | | 23,965 | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9|AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | | | 54,279,213 | | |(Not to be construed as an admission of beneficial ownership) | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |10|CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN |
| |SHARES * |------| | | | |------| | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |11|PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 | | | | | | 5.3% | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|12|TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *                                       |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |                             IC                                  |

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* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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|CUSIP NO. 17275R102 |        13G               | Page 5 of 13 Pages |
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| 1|NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                         |
|  |AXA Courtage Assurance Mutuelle                                  |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON                |
|  |                                                                 |

|--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 2|CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP * (A) [ ] | | | (B) [X] | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

| 3|SEC USE ONLY                                                     |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |                                                                 |
|--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 4|CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                             |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |France                                                           |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------| | NUMBER OF |5|SOLE VOTING POWER |
| SHARES | | 23,815,979 |
| BENEFICIALLY |-|----------------------------------------------| | OWNED |6|SHARED VOTING POWER | | AS OF | | 19,363,588 | | December 31, 1997 |-|----------------------------------------------|
| BY EACH |7|SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
| REPORTING | | 54,255,248 | | PERSON |-|----------------------------------------------|
| WITH |8|SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | | 23,965 | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9|AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | | | 54,279,213 | | |(Not to be construed as an admission of beneficial ownership) | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |10|CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN |
| |SHARES * |------| | | | |------| | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |11|PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 | | | | | | 5.3% | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|12|TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *                                       |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |                             IC                                  |

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* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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|CUSIP NO. 17275R102 |         13G              | Page 6 of 13 Pages |
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| 1|NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                         |
|  |AXA-UAP                                                          |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON                |
|  |                                                                 |

|--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 2|CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP * (A) [ ] | | | (B) [ ] | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

| 3|SEC USE ONLY                                                     |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |                                                                 |
|--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 4|CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                             |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |France                                                           |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------| | NUMBER OF |5|SOLE VOTING POWER |
| SHARES | | 23,815,979 |
| BENEFICIALLY |-|----------------------------------------------| | OWNED |6|SHARED VOTING POWER | | AS OF | | 19,363,588 | | December 31, 1997 |-|----------------------------------------------|
| BY EACH |7|SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
| REPORTING | | 54,255,248 | | PERSON |-|----------------------------------------------|
| WITH |8|SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | | 23,965 | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9|AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | | | 54,279,213 | | |(Not to be construed as an admission of beneficial ownership) | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |10|CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN |
| |SHARES * |------| | | | |------| | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |11|PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 | | | | | | 5.3% | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|12|TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *                                       |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |                             HC                                  |

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* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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|CUSIP NO. 17275R102 |         13G              | Page 7 of 13 Pages |
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| 1|NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                         |
|  |THE EQUITABLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED                             |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON                |
|  |13-3623351                                                       |

|--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 2|CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP * (A) [ ] | | | (B) [ ] | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

| 3|SEC USE ONLY                                                     |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |                                                                 |
|--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 4|CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                             |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |State of Delaware                                                |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------| | NUMBER OF |5|SOLE VOTING POWER |
| SHARES | | 23,244,324 |
| BENEFICIALLY |-|----------------------------------------------| | OWNED |6|SHARED VOTING POWER | | AS OF | | 19,363,588 | | December 31, 1997 |-|----------------------------------------------|
| BY EACH |7|SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
| REPORTING | | 53,683,593 | | PERSON |-|----------------------------------------------|
| WITH |8|SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER | | | | 23,965 | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9|AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON | | | 53,707,558 | | | | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |10|CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN |
| |SHARES * |------| | | | |------| | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |11|PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 | | | | | | 5.3% | |--|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|12|TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *                                       |
|  |                                                                 |
|  |                            HC                                   |

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* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


Item 1(a) Name of Issuer: Page 8 of 13 Pages

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.

Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 170 W. Tasman Dr.
San Jose, CA 95134

Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing: Alpha Assurances Vie Mutuelle, AXA Assurances I.A.R.D Mutuelle, AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle, and AXA Courtage Assurance Mutuelle, as a group (collectively, the 'Mutuelles AXA').

AXA-UAP

The Equitable Companies Incorporated
(the 'Equitable Companies')

(Please contact Patrick Meehan at (212) 641-8234 with any questions.)

Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office: Alpha Assurances Vie Mutuelle 100-101 Terrasse Boieldieu 92042 Paris La Defense France

AXA Assurances I.A.R.D Mutuelle and AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle 21, rue de Chateaudun
75009 Paris France

AXA Courtage Assurance Mutuelle 26, rue Louis le Grand
75002 Paris France

AXA-UAP
23, avenue Matignon
75008 Paris France

The Equitable Companies Incorporated
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10104


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Item 2(c) Citizenship: Mutuelles AXA and AXA-UAP France Equitable Companies - Delaware

Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:

Common Stock

Item 2(e) CUSIP Number:

17275R102

Item 3. Type of Reporting Person: Equitable Companies as a parent holding company, in accordance with 240.13d-1 (b)(ii)(G).

The Mutuelles AXA, as a group, acting as a parent holding company.

AXA-UAP as a parent holding company.



Item 4. Ownership as of December 31, 1997:
        ---------------------------------
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned:
    -------------------------
  54,279,213 shares of common stock beneficially owned including:
                                                    No. of Shares
                                                ---------------------
The Mutuelles AXA, as a group                                       0
AXA-UAP                                                             0
AXA-UAP Entity or Entities:
  AXA Managed Funds                                           183,670
  AXA Belgium                                                   4,500
  AXA Colonia Konzern AG                                       80,335
  AXA Sun Life & Provincial Holdings PLC (U.K.)               286,150
  National Mutual                                              17,000
    Common Stock acquired solely for investment purposes.

(Each of the Mutuelles AXA, as a group, and AXA-UAP expressly declares that
the filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an admission
that it is, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, the
beneficial owner of any securities covered by this Schedule 13G).

The Equitable Companies Incorporated                                0
Subsidiaries:
------------
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of
the United States acquired solely for
investment purposes:
Common Stock                                     684,450      684,450
                                             -----------
Alliance Capital Management L. P.,
acquired solely for investment purposes
on behalf of client discretionary investment
advisory accounts:
Common Stock                                  54,600,727
Shares which may be acquired/(disposed of)
   upon exercise of Options                   -1,915,700   52,685,027
                                             -----------
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
Corporation held for investment purposes:
Common Stock                                      30,720
Shares which may be acquired/(disposed of)
   upon exercise of Options                       -60,000     -29,280
                                             -----------
Wood, Struthers & Winthrop Management Corp.
acquired solely for investment purposes
on behalf of client discretionary investment
advisory accounts:
Common Stock                                     367,361      367,361
                                             -----------  -----------
Total                                                      54,279,213
                                                          ===========
(Each of the above subsidiaries of The Equitable operates under
independent management and makes independent decisions).

(B) Percent of Class:                                            5.3%
    ----------------                                      ===========



     (c) Deemed Voting Power and Disposition Power:
         -----------------------------------------
                       (i)         (ii)          (iii)        (iv)
                      Deemed      Deemed        Deemed       Deemed
                      to have     to have       to have      to have
                      Sole Power  Shared Power  Sole Power   Shared Power
                      to Vote     to Vote       to Dispose   to Dispose
                      or to       or to         or to        or to
                      Direct      Direct        Direct the   Direct the
                      the Vote    the Vote      Disposition  Disposition
                      ----------  ------------  -----------  ------------

  The Mutuelles AXA,
      as a group               0             0            0             0
  AXA-UAP                      0             0            0             0
  AXA-UAP Entity or Entities:
  ---------------------------
  AXA Managed Funds      183,670             0      183,670             0
  AXA Belgium              4,500             0        4,500             0
  AXA Colonia Konzern AG  80,335             0       80,335             0
  AXA Sun Life &
   Provincial Holdings
   PLC (U.K.)            286,150             0      286,150             0
  National Mutual         17,000             0       17,000             0

  The Equitable
  Companies
  Incorporated                 0             0            0             0

  Subsidiaries:
  ------------
  The Equitable
  Life Assurance
  Society of the
  United States           84,450       600,000      684,450             0

  Alliance Capital
  Management L. P.    23,086,269    18,696,625   52,676,402         8,625

  Donaldson, Lufkin
  & Jenrette
  Securities
  Corporation            -44,620             0      -44,620        15,340

  Wood, Struthers
  & Winthrop
  Management
  Corporation            118,225        66,963      367,361             0
                      ----------  ------------  -----------  ------------
             TOTAL    23,815,979    19,363,588   54,255,248        23,965
                      ==========  ============  ===========  ============

(Each of the above subsidiaries of the Equitable Companies operates under
independent management and makes independent voting and investment decisions).


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Item 5.
Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following.

( )

Item 6.
Ownership of More than Five Percent on behalf of Another Person. N/A
Item 7.
Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired

the Security Being Reporting on by the Parent Holding Company:

This Schedule 13G is being filed by Equitable Companies; AXA-UAP, which beneficially owns a majority interest in Equitable Companies; and the Mutuelles AXA, as a group which beneficially own a majority interest in AXA-UAP:

(X) in the Mutuelles AXAs' capacity, as a group, acting as a parent holding company with respect to the holdings of the following AXA-UAP entity or entities;

(X) in AXA-UAP's capacity as a parent holding company with respect to the holdings of the following AXA-UAP entity or entities:
AXA Managed Funds
AXA Belgium
AXA Colonia Konzern AG
AXA Sun Life & Provincial Holdings PLC (U.K.) National Mutual

(X) in EQUITABLE COMPANIES capacity as a parent holding company with respect to the holdings of its following subsidiaries:

(X) THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES (13-5570651), an insurance company, a broker-dealer registered under Section 15 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

(X) ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L. P. (13-3434400), an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

( ) DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE SECURITIES CORPORATION (13-2741729), a broker-dealer registered under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and an investment adviser registered under
Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

(X) WOOD, STRUTHERS & WINTHROP MANAGEMENT CORP. (13-2774791), an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.


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Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. N/A

Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group: N/A

Item 10. Certification: By signing below I certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect.

Signature

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: February 10, 1998           THE EQUITABLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED*




                                        /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
                         --------------------------------------------
                                       Alvin H. Fenichel
                                     Senior Vice President
                                        and Controller

*Pursuant to the Joint Filing Agreement with respect to Schedule 13G attached hereto as Exhibit I, among The Equitable Companies Incorporated, Alpha Assurances Vie Mutuelle, AXA Assurances I.A.R.D Mutuelle, AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle, AXA Courtage Assurance Mutuelle, and AXA-UAP, this statement Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of them.



EXHIBIT I

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

Each of the undersigned hereby agrees that the Schedule 13G filed herewith is filed jointly, pursuant to Rule 13d-1(f)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended on behalf of each of them.

Dated: February 10, 1998

The Equitable Companies Incorporated

BY:  /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
   -------------------------
   Alvin H. Fenichel
   Senior Vice President
   and Controller

AXA Assurances I.A.R.D. Mutuelle; AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle; Alpha Assurances Vie Mutuelle; AXA Courtage Assurance Mutuelle, as a group, and AXA-UAP

Signed on behalf of each of the above entities

BY:      /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel
   -----------------------------------------
   Alvin H. Fenichel
   Attorney-in-Fact
   (Executed pursuant to Powers of Attorney)