EXHIBIT 23



                [LETTERHEAD OF ADDISON, ROBERTS & LUDWIG, P.C.]





CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amended Registration
Statement on Form S-3, for this amendment number one and any further amendments,
of our report dated August 31, 1998,  which appears in the annual report on Form
10-KSB/A  of  Wavetech   International,   Inc.  (formerly  Wavetech,   Inc.  and
Subsidiaries)  for the year ended August 31, 1997,  and to the  reference to our
Firm under the caption "Experts" in the Prospectus.


                                        /s/ Addison, Roberts & Ludwig, P.C.

                                        Addison, Roberts & Ludwig, P.C.



Tucson, Arizona
December 4, 1998