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-4 by Verizon Global Funding
Corp. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc.) of our report
dated June 30, 2000, on 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
July 3, 2001