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                                                                   Exhibit 23.2



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


 We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
 Statement on Form S-4 of Verizon Communications Inc. and Verizon Global Funding
 Corp. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc.) of our report
 dated February 14, 2000, except as to the pooling-of-interests with GTE
 Corporation, which is as of June 30, 2000, on our audits of the consolidated
 financial statements and financial statement schedule of Verizon Communications
 Inc. and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and for each of the two years
 in the period ended December 31, 1999, which appears in the Verizon
 Communications Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
 2000. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in
 such Registration Statement.



 /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 New York, New York

 November 26, 2001



