EXHIBIT 23.7

                      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

May 31, 2002