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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 2, 2004

AETHER SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
000-27707   52-2186634
  		 
 
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
11500 Cronridge Drive, Suite 110, Owings Mills, Maryland   21117
  		 
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(410) 654-6400

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.02 Results of Earnings and Financial Condition

On November 2, 2004, Aether Systems, Inc. issued a press release announcing earnings for the quarter ended September 30, 2004. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein. This Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release attached hereto are being furnished by Aether pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K.

This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits

99.1 Press Release of Aether Systems, Inc., dated November 2, 2004.

 

 

SIGNATURES

According to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on November 2, 2004.

         
  AETHER SYSTEMS, INC.
 		  
  /s/ David C. Reymann    
  By: David C. Reymann   
November 2, 2004  Its: Chief Financial Officer Date: