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                                                                     Exhibit 23a



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

         We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statements on Form S-3 for the Shareowner Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
Purchase Plan (Registration No. 333-00573), Form S-8 for the AT&T Long Term
Savings and Security Plan (Registration No. 333-47257), Forms S-8 for the AT&T
Long Term Savings Plan for Management Employees (Registration Nos. 33-34264,
33-29256 and 33-21937), Form S-8 for the AT&T Retirement Savings and Profit
Sharing Plan (Registration No. 33-39708), Form S-8 for Shares Issuable Under the
Stock Option Plan of the AT&T 1987 Long Term Incentive Program (Registration No.
333-47251), Form S-8 for the AT&T of Puerto Rico, Inc. Long Term Savings Plan
for Management Employees (Registration No. 33-50819), Form S-8 for the AT&T of
Puerto Rico, Inc. Long Term Savings and Security Plan (Registration No.
33-50817), Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement
(Registration No. 33-54797) for the AT&T 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Form
S-8 for the AT&T Shares for Growth Program (Registration No. 333-47255), Form
S-8 for the AT&T 1997 Long Term Incentive Program (Registration Nos. 333-43440
and 33-28665), Form S-3 for the AT&T $2,600,000,000 Notes and Warrants to
Purchase Notes (Registration No. 33-49589), Form S-3 for the AT&T $3,000,000,000
Notes and Warrants to Purchase Notes (Registration No. 33-59495), Form S-4 for
the AT&T 5,000,000 Common Shares (Registration No. 33-57745), and in
Post-Effective Amendment Nos.1, 2 and 3 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 Registration
Statement (Registration No. 33-42150) for the NCR Corporation 1989 Stock
Compensation Plan (Registration No.33-42150-01), the NCR Corporation 1984 Stock
Option Plan (Registration No. 33-42150-02) and the NCR Corporation 1976 Stock
Option Plan (Registration No. 33-42150-03), respectively, and the Post-Effective
Amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 Registration Statement
(Registration No. 33-52119) for the McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. 1983
Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (Registration No. 33-52119-01), the McCaw
Cellular Communications, Inc. 1987 Stock Option Plan (Registration No.
33-52119-02), the McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. Equity Purchase Plan
(Registration No. 33-52119-03) and the McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Registration No. 33-52119-05), respectively, and
Post-Effective Amendment No.1 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 Registration Statement
(Registration No. 33-45302) for the Teradata Corporation 1987 Incentive and
Other Stock Option Plan (Registration No. 33-45302-01), Form S-8 for the AT&T
Amended and Restated 1969 Stock Option Plan for LIN Broadcasting Corp.
(Registration No. 33-63195), and in Post Effective Amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and
5 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-49419)
for the Teleport Communications Group Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan (Registration
No. 333-49419-01), Teleport Communications Group Inc. 1996 Equity Incentive Plan
(Registration No. 333-49419-02), ACC CorpEmployee Long Term Incentive Plan
(Registration No. 333-49419-03), ACC Corp. Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option
Plan (Registration No. 333-49419-04) and ACC Corp. 1996 UK Sharesave Scheme
(Registration No. 333-49419-05), and in Post-Effective Amendment Nos.1 and 2 on
Form S-8 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form S-4 Registration Statement
(Registration No. 333-70279) for the Tele-Communications, Inc. 1998 Incentive
Plan, the Tele-Communications, Inc. 1996 Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated),
the Tele-Communications, Inc. 1995 Employee Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and
Restated), the Tele-Communications, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and
Restated), the Tele-Communications, Inc. 1994 Nonemployee Director Stock Option
Plan, the Tele-Communications International, Inc., the 1996 Nonemployee Director
Stock Option Plan, the Tele-Communications International, Inc. 1995 Stock
Incentive
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Plan (Registration No. 333-70279-01), the Liberty Media 401(K) Savings Plan, the
TCI 401(K) Stock Plan (Registration No. 333-70279-02), , Form S-4 for Vanguard
Cellular Systems, Inc. (Registration No. 333-75083), Form S-4 for MediaOne Corp,
(Registration No. 333-86019), Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8
Registration Statement for the AT&T Long Term Savings Plan for Management
Employees, the AT&T Long Term Savings Plan - San Francisco, and the AT&T
Wireless Services 401(K) Retirement Plan (Registration No. 33-34264-1), Post
Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 Registration Statement for the
MediaOne Group 1999 Supplemental Stock Plan and the Amended MediaOne Group 1994
Stock Plan (Registration No. 333-86019-1), Post Effective Amendment No. 2 on
Form S-8 to Form S-4 Registration Statement for MediaOne Group 401(K) Savings
Plan (Registration No. 333-86019-2), Form S-8 for the AT&T Broadband Deferred
Compensation Plan (Registration No. 333-53134), Form S-8 for AT&T Deferred
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (Registration No. 333-61676), Form
S-3 for the Redemption of TCI Preferred Securities (Registration No.
333-73120-01), Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 for the Redemption of TCI Preferred
Securities (Registration No. 333-73120-02), Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3 for the
Redemption of TCI Preferred Securities (Registration No. 333-73120-03),
Amendment No. 3 to Form S-3 for the Redemption of TCI Preferred Securities
(Registration No. 333-73120-04) Form S-3 for the AT&T Universal Shelf
Registration (Registration No. 333-83174, which supercedes Form S-3 for the
$13,080,000 Debt Securities and Warrants to Purchase Debt Securities 333-71167),
and Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-3 for the AT&T Universal Shelf Registration
(Registration No. 333-83174-01) of our report dated March 25, 2002, relating to
the consolidated financial statements of AT&T Corp. and its subsidiaries, which
appears in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31,
2001.We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated March
25, 2002, relating to the consolidated financial statement schedule, which
appears in this Form 10-K.


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York
March 25, 2002