EXHIBIT 23.2


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement (No. 333- 81149) of Qwest Communications International
Inc. to be filed on or about August 9, 1999, of our report, dated February 2,
1999, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Qwest Communications
International Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998,
and our report, dated February 2, 1999, pertaining to the related consolidated
financial statement schedule, which reports appear in the December 31, 1998
annual report on Form 10-K of Qwest Communications International Inc., and to
the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Registration
Statement.

                                              /s/ KPMG LLP
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Denver, Colorado
August 9, 1999

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