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                                                                    Exhibit 23-h


                           CONSENT OF A PERSON NAMED
                         AS ABOUT TO BECOME A DIRECTOR


                 I hereby consent to my being named in the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of SBC Communications Inc.  (the "Company") as a person
who will become a director of the Company upon consummation of the transactions
described therein.


June 3, 1996                                /s/ PHILIP J. QUIGLEY
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                                                Philip J. Quigley
    


