Exhibit 23.1

            CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

 	We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in 
the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Socket 
Communications, Inc. for the registration of 1,192,308 shares of its common 
stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated 
February 9, 1996, with respect to the financial statements and schedule of 
Socket Communications, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-KSB) for 
the year ended December 31, 1995 filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission.



ERNST & YOUNG LLP
San Jose, California
November 27, 1996