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                                                                   Exhibit (23)e

                       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,
33-34264-1, 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), Forms 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, 4 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), the McCaw Cellular Communications,
Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (Registration No.
33-52119-04) 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
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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 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 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 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), Post Effective Amendment No. 1
to Form S-8 for AT&T Senior Management Incentive Award Deferral Plan and AT&T
Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (Registration No.
333-61676-1), Form S-8 for AT&T Senior Management Incentive Award Deferral Plan
and 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 May 1, 2002,
relating to the consolidated financial statements of Concert B.V., and its
subsidiaries, which appears in AT&T Corp.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the
year ended December 31, 2002.


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