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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 Registration Statement on Form S-4 by Verizon Communications
 Inc. and Verizon Global Funding Corp. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon
 Communications Inc.) of our report dated June 30, 2000, on the consolidated
 financial statements of 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

 November 26, 2001



