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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.7



                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 and related Prospectus
of World Access, Inc. and subsidiaries for the registration of 473,060 shares of
its common stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report
dated November 4, 1998, with respect to the consolidated financial statements
and schedule of Telco Systems, Inc. for the year ended August 30, 1998 included
in World Access, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated November 10,
1998.



                                          /s/ Ernst & Young LLP



Boston, Massachusetts


October 5, 1999