Exhibit 23.6

               [LETTERHEAD OF DUSSELDORFER TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT
                             ALTENBURG & TEWES AG]

                       Consent of Independent Accountants

   
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 2 to the 
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 33-62327) of Geotek Communications,
Inc. (the "Company") of our report dated September 6, 1994, on our audit of the
financial statements of DBF Bundelfunk GmbH & Co. Betriebs-KG as of December 31,
1993, and for the year ended December 31, 1993, which report appears in the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 2, 1994, as amended.

Dusseldorf, October 13, 1995
    

DUSSELDORFER TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT
ALTENBURG & TEWES AG
WIRTSCHAFTSPRUFUNGSGESELLSCHAFT
STEUERBERATUNGSGESELLSCHAFT

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