EXHIBIT 23.5

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

   We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Proxy
Statement/Prospectus on Form S-4 of Verizon Wireless of the East LP and 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 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 Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

/s/  PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

New York, New York
February 8, 2002