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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


         We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated
March 5, 1998, except for the discontinued operations reclassifications in the
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Note C, which are as of March 14,
2000, relating to the financial statements of World Access, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1997, which appears in World Access, Inc.'s Annual Report on
Form 10-K/A Amendment No. 2 for the year ended December 31, 1999, and which
report has been incorporated by reference in each of the following:

         1.     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-33640)
                of World Access, Inc.;

         2.     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-66723)
                of World Access, Inc.;

         3.     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-66731)
                of World Access, Inc.;

         4.     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-68125)
                of World Access, Inc.;

         5.     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-68619)
                of World Access, Inc.;

         6.     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-68623)
                of World Access, Inc.;

         7.     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-68625)
                of World Access, Inc.;

         8.     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-79097)
                of World Access, Inc.; and

         9.     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-33638)
                of World Access, Inc.;


/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Atlanta, Georgia
September 7, 2000