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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23-F
    
 
   
                        CONSENT OF SALOMON BROTHERS INC
    
 
   
     We hereby consent to the use of our name and to the description of our
opinion letter dated April 1, 1996 and our opinion letter dated June 3, 1996
under the caption "The Merger -- Opinions of Financial Advisors" in, and to the
inclusion of our opinion letter as Annex C to, the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus of SBC Communications Inc./Pacific Telesis Group, which
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is part of the Registration Statement on Form
S-4 of SBC Communications Inc. By giving consent we do not thereby admit that we
are experts with respect to any part of such Registration Statement within the
meaning of the term "expert" as used in, or that we come within the category of
persons whose consent is required under, the Securities Act of 1933 or the rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder.
    
 
   
                                            SALOMON BROTHERS INC
    
 
   
                                            By:      /s/  FRANK D. YEARY
    
 
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New York, New York
    
   
June 3, 1996
    
