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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
    
 
   
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
    
 
   
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
use of our report dated March 1, 1996, in the Registration Statement (Form S-4)
and related Prospectus of IXC Communications, Inc. for the registration of
$285,000,000 12 1/2% Series B Senior Notes due 2005.
    
 
   
                                          Ernst & Young LLP
    
 
   
Austin, Texas
    
   
May 16, 1996