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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2

WORLD ACCESS ANNOUNCES JOHN P. IMLAY, JR., CARL E. SANDERS, AND MARK A.
GERGEL TO JOIN BOARD OF DIRECTORS


ATLANTA, GEORGIA - December 15, 1998 - World Access, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAXS)
announced today that John P. Imlay, Jr., Carl E. Sanders, and Mark A. Gergel
have been elected to the company's Board of Directors, each for a three year
term expiring in 2001, and Stephen J. Clearman has been reelected to the
company's Board of Directors for a two-year term expiring in 2000.

John P. Imlay, Jr., is Chairman of Imlay Investments, Inc., a private
investment firm which manages capital and provides venture funds for
small technology companies.  Mr. Imlay is the retired Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Management Science America, Inc. ("MSA"), a
mainframe applications software company.  Under his leadership, MSA grew
from $2 million in revenue in 1970 to $280 million in 1989, when the
company was acquired by The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation.  Mr. Imlay
served as Chairman of Dun & Bradstreet Software Services, Inc. for six
years, until his retirement in 1996.  He currently serves as director
for Metromedia International Group, Inc., IMS Health, Inc., Gartner
Group, Inc., System One Technical, Inc., and the Atlanta Falcons.

Carl E. Sanders is Chairman of Troutman Sanders LLP, one of the largest and
most prestigious law firms in Atlanta, Georgia. He was Governor of the State of
Georgia from 1963 to 1967. Prior to becoming Governor, he served one term in
the Georgia House of Representatives and three terms in the Georgia State
Senate. Mr. Sanders currently serves as director for First Union Corporation of
Georgia, Carmike Cinemas, Inc., Norrell Corporation, Metromedia International
Group, Inc., Learning Technologies, Ltd., Matria Corporation, and Healthdyne
Information Enterprises, Inc.

Mark A. Gergel has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since
he joined World Access in 1992. He was appointed Executive Vice President in
January 1997.

The Board of Directors of World Access now consists of seven members --
Steven A. Odom, John D. Phillips, Stephen J. Clearman, Hensley E. West
and Messrs. Imlay, Sanders and Gergel.

Steven A. Odom, Chairman of World Access, stated, "We are extremely pleased
that these three gentlemen have joined our Board. They bring to our company
exceptional business skills, significant experience in serving as directors for
other public companies and proven track records of building successful and
profitable companies. John Imlay is highly acclaimed for his business
management and acquisition integration skills and received the Entrepreneur of
the Year Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. Governor Sanders is nationally
recognized as a key contributor to the spectacular social and economic change
that has taken place in Georgia during the past few decades. The business
knowledge, experience and networks of these businessmen will prove to be
extremely valuable to World Access as we continue to implement our long-term
strategic plans."


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         World Access, Inc. is a provider of wholesale switched voice and data
services and proprietary network equipment to the global telecommunications
markets. The World Access Telecommunications Group provides international long
distance service to over 200 foreign countries through a combination of it's
own international network facilities, various international termination
relationships and resale arrangements with other international long distance
providers service. The World Access Equipment Group develops, manufactures and
markets digital switches, billing and network telemanagement systems, cellular
base stations, fixed wireless local loop systems, intelligent multiplexers,
microwave and millimeterwave radio systems and other telecommunications network
products.


   World Access Contact:            Nancy L. de Jonge
(404-231-2025)    Director of Investor Relations
                                    http://www.waxs.com