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Telecom Industry Exec Payam Maveddat Joins eLEC Communications' Advisory Board for VoX CommunicationsWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. & CELEBRATION, Fla. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 9, 2005 -- eLEC Communications Corp. (OTCBB:ELEC), an integrated communications service provider, today announced that telecommunications industry executive Payam Maveddat has joined its advisory board to support eLEC's wholly owned subsidiary VoX Communications. Based in Celebration, Fla., VoX is a wholesale and retail provider of residential and business Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) services nationwide. Payam Maveddat has more than 21 years of experience in product development, systems engineering and marketing, specializing in wireless, broadband, VoIP, soft switching, and fixed/mobile convergence. Maveddat is the vice president of Next Gen Wireless Switching Solutions, Product Line Management at Tekelec (NASDAQ:TKLC), a leading developer of telecommunications products for next-generation fixed, mobile and packet networks. Previously, he has held various executive positions in engineering and marketing at Xybridge (acquired by Zhone), Nortel Networks, AT&T Bell Laboratories and DSC. Maveddat holds eight U.S. patents and has been published in 30 wireless networking publications. He also regularly speaks at industry forums and conferences around the world. Maveddat is a member of the IPCC (International Packet Communications Consortium) board of directors and chairs IPCC's Fixed and Mobile Convergence Working Group. He also serves on the Technical Advisory Board for the Telecom Engineering Program at University of Texas - Dallas School of Engineering, and is a co-chair of the Telecom Corridor Technology Management Forum. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas, an MSEE from Georgia Tech, and a BSS from the University of Iowa. "We're pleased to have someone of Payam's stature who is highly respected in this industry join our advisory board," said Michael Khalilian, chairman of eLEC's advisory board. "Payam's expertise in telecommunications and wireless technologies and deep connections in this industry will be a great asset to VoX Communications as the company moves to enhance its service offerings for packet telephony and VoIP." Khalilian is also chairman and president of the IPCC, a technology forum working to advance VoIP over broadband cable, wireless and wireline - http://www.packetcomm.org. "VoX Communications entered the burgeoning market of VoIP earlier this year with a unique technology offering that allows for better bandwidth management to support higher quality phone calls and more bundled features than most of its competitors," said Payam Maveddat. "I have great admiration for VoX Communications, and I'm very excited to be working with eLEC and VoX to help grow the VoIP business." About VoX Communications Based in Celebration, Fla., VoX Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of eLEC Communications Corp. Using its advanced, nationwide VoIP network, VoX offers wholesale broadband voice, origination and termination services for cable, wireless and wireline operators, and enhanced VoIP telephone service to the small business and residential marketplace. VoX's VoIP service is a feature-rich, low-cost and high-quality alternative to traditional landline phone service. For more information, visit http://www.voxcorp.net. About eLEC Communications eLEC Communications Corp., headquartered in White Plains, NY, is a publicly traded communications services company that is taking advantage of the convergence of the technological and regulatory developments in the Internet and telecommunications markets. eLEC provides an integrated suite of communications services to business and residential customers, including local, long distance, dedicated access, and VoIP. For more information, visit http://www.elec.net. This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. eLEC's actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, among others, certain risks and uncertainties over which the company may have no control. For further discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the discussions contained in eLEC's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended November 30, 2004 and Quarterly Report on Forms 10-QSB for the period ending February 28, 2005, May 31, 2005 and any subsequent SEC filings. |
