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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
The Board of Directors
interWave Communications International, Ltd.:
We consent herein to the incorporation by reference in this registration
statement on Form S-8 of interWave Communications International, Ltd. of our
report dated September 10, 1999, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of interWave Communications International, Ltd. and subsidiaries as of June
30, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity and comprehensive loss, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended June 30, 1999, which report appears in
the registration statement (No. 333-92967) on Form F-1 dated January 31, 2000
of interWave Communications International, Ltd.
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Francisco, California
June 6, 2000
