Exhibit 23.1


             Independent Auditors' Report on Schedule and Consent


The Board of Directors
Wireless Facilities, Inc.


The audits referred to in our report dated February 2, 2001, except as to the
first paragraph of Note 13, which is as of February 9, 2001 and the second
paragraph of Note 13, which is as of March 2, 2001, included the related
financial statement schedule as of December 31, 2000, and for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, included in the 2000 Annual
Report on Form 10-K. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of
the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this
financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial
statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated
financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects
the information set forth therein.

We consent to incorporation by reference in registration statement Nos. 333-
90455 and 333-54818 on Form S-8 and No. 333-53014 on Form S-3 of Wireless
Facilities, Inc. of our report dated February 2, 2001, except as to the first
paragraph of Note 13, which is as of February 9, 2001 and the second paragraph
of Note 13, which is as of March 2, 2001, relating to the consolidated balance
sheets of Wireless Facilities, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and
1999, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2000 and the financial statement schedule, which report appear in
the December 31, 2000, annual report on Form 10-K of Wireless Facilities, Inc.


San Diego, California
March 26, 2001