Exhibit 23




CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS





We consent to the incorporation by reference in this
registration statement (No. 33-56909) as amended through May
30, 1995 and as supplemented by the prospectus supplement
dated September 30, 1996 of SBC Communications Inc. 
and SBC Communications Capital Corporation of our
report dated February 22, 1996, on our audits of the
consolidated financial statements of Pacific Telesis Group
as of December 31, 1995 and 1994 and for the years ended
December 31, 1995, 1994, and 1993, which report is included
in Pacific Telesis Group's 1996 Proxy Statement.  We also
consent to the reference to our Firm under the caption
"Experts."

Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of
Pacific Telesis Group listed in item 14(a) of the Form 10-K.
This schedule is the responsibility of Pacific Telesis
Group's managment.  Our responsibility is to express an
opinion based on our audits.  In our opinion, the financial
statement schedule referred to above, when considered in
relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly in all material respects the information set
forth therein.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Registration Statements (Form S-8) pertaining to the SBC
Communications Inc. Savings Plan for Salaried Employees and
Savings and Security Plan (Non-Salaried Employees) (Nos. 33-
38706 and 33-54309), the Stock Savings Plan, Management
Stock Savings Plan and Stock Based Savings Plan (Nos. 33-
37451 and 33-54291), the SBC Communications Inc. 1992 Stock
Option Plan (No. 33-49855) and the SBC Communications Inc.
1995 Management Stock Option Plan (No. 33-61715), and in the
Registration Statements (Form S-3) pertaining to the SBC
Communications Inc. Dividend Reinvestment Plan (Nos. 2-
99261, 33-49893 and 333-08979) and SBC Communications Capital
Corporation and SBC Communications Inc. (Nos. 33-45490 and
33-56909), and in the related Prospectuses of our report
dated February 22, 1996, with respect to the aforementioned
consolidated financial statements and financial statement
schedule incorporated therein by reference.




                            Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.


San Francisco, California




September 30, 1996