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[LETTERHEAD OF VENTURE LAW GROUP]
September 14, 1998
VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE (202) 942-9594
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Attention: Ms. Andrea Biller
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Mail Stop 4-7
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
METAWAVE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM 8-A
FILE NO. 000-24673
Dear Ms. Biller:
Metawave Communications Corporation (the "Company") has instructed us to
withdraw the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (the "Form 8-A"),
which was filed on July 22, 1998.
Due to the timing of the anticipated effectiveness of the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the "Form S-1"), we anticipate the currently
filed Form 8-A to become effective prior to the Registration Statement's
effectiveness. Therefore, we respectfully request that the Form 8-A be
withdrawn. We will refile a new Form 8-A at a later date closer to the
anticipated effective date of the Registration Statement, with a request to
accelerate the effectiveness of the new Form 8-A to the date the Registration
Statement is to become effective.
If you have any questions, please call the undersigned at (425) 739-8700.
Sincerely,
VENTURE LAW GROUP
A Professional Corporation
/s/ Sonya F. Erickson
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Sonya F. Erickson
Enclosures
cc: Kathryn Surace-Smith
Stephanie Daley-Watson
William W. Ericson
John W. Robertson
