UNITED STATES
                                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                              Washington, D.C. 20549

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                         WaveRider Communications, Inc.
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                 [ON WAVERIDER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. LETTERHEAD]




                                         JOINT PROXY STATEMENT-PROSPECTUS

                                                      ERRATA

August 20, 2004

To:   All Stockholders of WaveRider Communications Inc.



      WaveRider Communications Inc. wishes to inform you that the following
information appearing in this joint proxy statement-prospectus should read as
follows:

1)    On the front page, the final sentence should read:

      "The joint proxy statement/prospectus dated August 20, 2004, will be first
      mailed to stockholders on August 20, 2004."

2)    On pages F-A4 to F-A9, the headings reading "March 31, 2004" should
      instead read "June 30, 2004".

3)    On page F-B15, note 10B, the number of Series J warrants should read
      "150,000", not "1,500,000".



                                         By Order of the Board of Directors

                                         /s/ T. Scott Worthington
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                                         T. Scott Worthington
                                         Vice President, Chief Financial
                                         Officer and Corporate Secretary