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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
Amendment No. 3 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 June 5, 1998, with respect to the combined financial statements of Cherry
Communications Incorporated (d/b/a Resurgens Communications Group) and Cherry
Communications U.K. Limited for the year ended December 31, 1997 included in WA
Telecom Current Report on Form 8-K date July 27, 1998, as amended by Amendment
No. 1 on Form 8-K/A dated September 4, 1998, as amended by Amendment No. 2 on
Form 8-K/A dated September 25, 1998.


                                          /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Atlanta, Georgia

November 2, 1999