Exhibit 23.3

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 by Verizon Communications
Inc. and Verizon Global Funding Corp. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon
Communications Inc.) of our report dated June 30, 2000 on the consolidated
financial statements of GTE Corporation as of December 31, 1999, and for each of
the two years in the period ended December 31, 1999, and to all references to
our Firm included in this registration statement.

/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
Dallas, Texas

November 16, 2001