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                                                             Exhibit 10.104Q


             FIRST AMENDMENT TO WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK


          THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK is made 
and entered into as of January 23, 1998 (the "First Warrant Amendment") by 
and between International Wireless Communications Holdings, Inc., a Delaware 
corporation (the "Company"), and VANGUARD CELLULAR FINANCIAL CORP., a North 
Carolina corporation (the "Holder").

                                RECITALS

          A.  In connection with certain amendments and supplements, dated as 
of September 18, 1997, to that certain Bridge Loan Agreement, dated as of May 
16, 1997 (as amended, supplemented or modified, the "Bridge Loan Agreement"), 
between Star Digitel Limited, a company organized under the laws of Hong Kong 
("SDL"), and Toronto-Dominion Bank ("Toronto-Dominion"), IWC China Limited, a 
corporation organized under the laws of Mauritius ("IWC China"), and the 
Holder entered into that certain Reimbursement Agreement, dated as of 
September 18, 1997 (the "Reimbursement Agreement"), and that certain Pledge 
Agreement, dated as of September 18, 1997, and the Company issued to the 
Holder that certain Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, dated as of September 
18, 1997 (the "Warrant").

          B.  SDL and Toronto-Dominion entered into certain further 
amendments and supplements, dated as of November 17, 1997 ("Bridge Loan 
Supplement No. 2"), to the Bridge Loan Agreement to increase the amount of 
advances available thereunder by another $4,700,000.

          C.  In order to reflect the availability of additional advances of 
up to $4,700,000 pursuant to Bridge Loan Supplement No. 2, the parties hereto 
desire to amend the Warrant.

          NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of their 
mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and intending to be legally 
bound hereby, covenant and agree that the Warrant be, and hereby is, amended 
and supplemented as follows:

          1.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the 
respective meanings assigned to them in the Warrant.

          2.  Section 2(c) of the Warrant is hereby amended by deleting 
clause (A) in the definition of "Commitment Percentage" in its entirety and 
replacing it with the following therefor:

     "(A) the numerator of which is $8,000,000, less the Discharged Amount 
     (as defined below), if any, as of such time and".

          3.  Section 8(a) of the Warrant is hereby amended by deleting the 
reference to "Section 7(a)" in the last sentence thereof and replacing it 
with "Section 8(a)" therefor.

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          4.  Except as hereby amended by this First Warrant Amendment, all 
terms and provisions of the Warrant are and shall continue to be in full 
force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

          5.  Each reference in the Warrant to this "Warrant," "Agreement," 
"hereunder," "hereof," "hereto" or words of like import referring to the 
Warrant shall mean and be a reference to the Warrant as amended by this First 
Warrant Amendment; provided that each reference to the "date of this 
Agreement" or "the date of this Warrant" or words of like import shall mean 
and be a reference to September 18, 1997.  Each reference in the Warrant to 
the "Reimbursement Agreement," "thereunder," "thereof," "thereto" or words of 
like import referring to the Reimbursement Agreement shall mean and be a 
reference to the Reimbursement Agreement as amended by that certain First 
Amendment to Reimbursement Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and 
between IWC China and the Holder.

          6.  This First Warrant Amendment may be executed in any number of 
counterparts, and each such counterpart shall for all purposes be deemed to 
be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one 
and the same First Warrant Amendment.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of 
a signature page to this First Warrant Amendment by telecopier shall be 
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this First 
Warrant Amendment.

          7.  REGARDLESS OF THE PLACE OF EXECUTION, THIS FIRST WARRANT 
AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF 
THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS 
THEREOF.


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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers thereunto 
duly authorized, have executed this First Warrant Amendment as of the day 
and year first above written.

                                       INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS 
                                       COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.


                                       By: __________________________________

                                       Its: _________________________________


                                       VANGUARD CELLULAR FINANCIAL CORP.


                                       By: __________________________________

                                       Its: _________________________________


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