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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.9


                   Consent of Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

         We hereby consent to the inclusion in the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 of World Access, Inc. relating to the proposed mergers involving STAR
Telecommunications, Inc. and World Access, Inc., and WORLDxCHANGE
Communications, Inc. and World Access, Inc., of our opinion letter appearing as
Annex E to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus which is part of the
Registration Statement on Form S-4, and to the use of our name under the
captions "The Merger between World Access and STAR--Background of the STAR
merger" and "The Merger between World Access and STAR--Opinion of
STAR's financial advisor regarding the STAR merger" therein.

         In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within
the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules adopted thereunder, nor do we
admit that we are "experts" with respect to any part of the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the rules adopted thereunder.


                                          /s/  Dong-Gun Kim
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                                            Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.


New York, New York
October 4, 2000