EXHIBIT 99.7

                          CONSENT OF UBS WARBURG LLC

Board of Directors
Price Communications Corporation
45 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10020

     Re:  Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File Nos.
          333-82408 and 333-82408-01) of Verizon Wireless of the East LP and
          Verizon Communications Inc.
          (the "Registration Statement")

Members of the Board:

   We hereby consent to the use of our opinion letter dated December 13, 2001
to the Board of Directors of Price Communications Corporation included as
Appendix F to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus constituting a part of the
Registration Statement and references to such opinion contained therein under
the headings "Summary--Opinions of Price Communications' Financial Advisors,"
"The Verizon Transactions--Background of the Verizon Transactions," "The
Verizon Transactions--Recommendation of Price Communications Board; Reasons for
the Verizon Transactions" and "Opinions of Financial Advisors--Opinion of UBS
Warburg LLC." 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 of 1933, as amended, or the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder.

                                          UBS WARBURG LLC

New York, New York
May 31, 2002