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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.7
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
     We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of World Access, Inc.
on Form S-4 of our report on the consolidated financial statements of Advanced
TechCom, Inc. and Subsidiary dated February 26, 1997 (October 15, 1997 as to
Notes 2 and 13, and the last paragraph of Note 5) (which expresses an
unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph referring to certain
subsequent events, including entering into an agreement to subcontract certain
of ATI's manufacturing, raising of additional equity and the receipt of a
commitment for additional financing), appearing in the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus which is a part of such Registration Statement, and to the
reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus which is part of such Registration Statement.
 
                                           /s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
 
Boston, Massachusetts
November 6, 1998