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Exhibit 23(a)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated October 29, 1999, except for Note 7
and Note 16, for which the date is December 31, 1999, relating to the financial
statements which appear in the 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders of General
DataComm Industries, Inc. and Subsidiaries, which is incorporated by reference
in General DataComm Industries, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended September 30, 1999. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of
our report dated October 29, 1999, except for Note 7 and Note 16, for which the
date is December 31, 1999, relating to the financial statement schedule, which
appears in such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
/S/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
September 14, 2000
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