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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3


                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 by
Verizon Global Funding Corp. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon
Communications Inc.) of our report dated June 30, 2000, on GTE Corporation as of
December 31, 1999, and for each of the two years in the period ended December
31, 1999, and to all references to our Firm included in this registration
statement.


/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
Dallas, Texas

August 7, 2001




