EXHIBIT 23.1


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR

         We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the registration of 2,000,000 shares of
Common Stock under the Glenayre 1996 Incentive Stock Plan of our report dated
February 14, 2003 with respect to the consolidated financial statements and
schedule of Glenayre Technologies, Inc. included in its Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.


                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Atlanta, Georgia
August 4, 2003