HANSEN, BARNETT & MAXWELL A Professional Corporation CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (801) 532-2200 Member of AICPA Division of Firms Fax (801) 532-7944 Member of SECPS 345 East 300 South, Suite 200 Member of Summit International Associates Salt Lake City, Utah 84111-2693 EXHIBIT 23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the Registration Statement and related Prospectus of World Wireless Communications, Inc. We consent to the use therein of our report dated November 21, 1997 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of World Wireless Communications, Inc. and subsidiaries. We also consent to the use therein of our report dated March 4, 1997, except for the second paragraph of Note 2 of the consolidated financial statements as to which the date is September 15, 1997, and except for the sixth paragraph of Note 14 as to which the date is November 21, 1997, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Digital Radio Communications Corporation and subsidiaries. HANSEN, BARNETT & MAXWELL Salt Lake City, Utah January 9, 1998