Exhibit 23.2



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 1 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Verizon Communications Inc. and
Verizon Global Funding Corp. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of 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 Inc. 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 Registration Statement.



/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York

January 2, 2002