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    <periodOfReport>2006-08-29</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001010286</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>FIRST AVENUE NETWORKS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FRNS</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Leeds David</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O FIBERTOWER CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>185 BERRY STREET, SUITE 4800</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN FRANCISCO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94107</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Senior VP- Sales</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>.40</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
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                <value>2014-01-19</value>
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                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <value>2013-07-21</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
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                <value>2016-05-05</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Received in exchange for 3,536,604 shares of FiberTower Network Services Corp. (FNS) common stock in connection with the merger of FNS into the Issuer (the Merger).  Upon the effectiveness of the Merger, each share of FNS common stock converted into 0.3040542 share of Issuers common stock</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The option grant vested immediately on January 19, 2004.  Received in the Merger in exchange for stock option to acquire 7,083 shares of FNS common stock at $0.12 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The option grant was originally granted under the FNS Stock Option Plan, as amended.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The option grant vested immediately on July 21, 2003.  Received in the Merger in exchange for stock option to acquire 37,450 shares of FNS common stock at $0.12 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The option grant shall be fully vested on December 31, 2007 in equal monthly installments with vesting beginning on January 1, 2007.  Received in the Merger in exchange for stock option to acquire 49,500 shares of FNS common stock at $1.42 per share.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>David Leeds</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-08-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
