Exhibit 32

                                      Certification of Periodic Financial Reports
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      Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, each of the undersigned officers of SBC Communications Inc. (the "Company")
hereby certifies that the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 (the "Report")
fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and that information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and
results of operations of the Company.


March 10, 2004                                                  March 10, 2004


By:     /s/ Edward E. Whitacre Jr.                              By:       /s/ Randall Stephenson
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       Edward E. Whitacre Jr.                                            Randall Stephenson
       Chairman and Chief Executive Officer                              Senior Executive Vice President
                                                                           and Chief Financial Officer


The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as
part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.  This certification shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to liability under that
section.  This certification shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act except to the extent this Exhibit 32 is expressly and specifically incorporated by
reference in any such filing.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging,
or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement
required by Section 906, has been provided to SBC Communications Inc. and will be retained by SBC and furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.