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                                                                EXHIBIT 5.0




                                August 22, 1996




Board of Directors
Metro One Telecommunications, Inc.
8405 S.W. Nimbus Avenue
Beaverton, OR  97008

Gentlemen:

        In connection with the public offering of 2,400,000 shares of common
stock, no par value (the "Common Stock"), of Metro One Telecommunications,
Inc., an Oregon corporation (the "Company"), under the registration statement
on Form S-1 and the proposed sale of the Common Stock pursuant to the terms of
an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") to be entered into by
the Company and Black & Company, Inc. and Cruttenden Roth Incorporated, as
representatives of the several underwriters, we have examined such corporate
records, certificates of public officials and officers of the Company and other
documents as we have considered necessary or proper for the purpose of this
opinion.

        Based on the foregoing and having regard to legal issues which we deem
relevant, it is our opinion that the shares of Common Stock to be sold pursuant
to the Underwriting Agreement, when such shares have been delivered against
payment therefor as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

        We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
above-mentioned registration statement and to the reference to this firm under
the caption "Legal Matters" in the prospectus constituting a part of the
registration statement.  In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we
are in the category of persons whose consent is required to be filed pursuant
to Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules thereunder.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       ATER WYNNE HEWITT DODSON & SKERRITT, LLP