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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statements on Form S-4 and related Prospectus of World Access, Inc.
and subsidiaries for the registration of $300,000,000 13.25% Senior Notes
due 2008 and $15,000,000 of its common stock and to the incorporation by
reference therein of our report dated March 26, 1999, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedules of World Access, Inc. and
subsidiaries included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K/A Amendment No. 2)
for the year ended December 31, 1998, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

                                     /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Atlanta, Georgia
October 20, 1999