EXHIBIT 99.8



             [Letterhead of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Inc.]


Price Communications Corporation


45 Rockefeller Plaza


New York, New York 10020



Ladies and Gentlemen:



We hereby consent to (i) the use of our opinion letter, dated December 13,
2001, to the Board of Directors of Price Communications Corporation, included
as Annex G to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus which forms part of the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") of Verizon
Wireless of the East LP relating to the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2001, among Cellco Partnership,
Verizon Wireless of the East LP, and Price Communications Corporation and its
subsidiaries, and (ii) the references to such opinion in such Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus under the captions "SUMMARY" and "THE VERIZON
TRANSACTIONS." In giving such consent, we do not admit that we come within the
category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder, nor do we admit that we are experts
with respect to any part of the Registration Statement within the meaning of
the word "experts" as used in the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.



                                          DRESDNER KLEINWORT WASSERSTEIN, INC.



New York, New York


May 20, 2002


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