EXHIBIT 23.6

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

   We hereby consent to the use in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus on Form S-4
of Verizon Wireless of the East LP and Verizon Communications Inc. of our
report dated April 20, 2001 relating to the financial statements of the Orange
County-Poughkeepsie Limited Partnership, which appears in such Proxy
Statement/Prospectus. 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