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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.8




                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No.
333-89479) on Form S-4 of World Access, Inc. of our report dated December 4,
1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of NACT Telecommunications,
Inc. and subsidiary as of September 30, 1997, and the related consolidated
statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended September 30, 1997, which report appears in
the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on October 6, 1998, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 filed on October 7, 1998, and Amendment No. 2 to
Form S-4 filed on October 7, 1998, and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the prospectus.



                                                        /s/ KPMG LLP


Salt Lake City, Utah
November 2, 1999