VoX President & CIO Mark Richards Tapped to Speak Feb. 16 at the CompTel/ASCENT Spring 2005 Convention & Expo in New Orleans
Celebration, FL. February 10, 2005 – VoX Communications, a nationwide Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider for residential and business customers, today announced that VoX’s President and CIO Mark Richards will speak at the CompTel/ASCENT show on Feb. 16 in New Orleans. VoX, a wholly owned subsidiary of eLEC Communications Corp. (OTCBB:ELEC), has recently deployed its packet telephony technology, and is offering local and long-distance residential and business VoIP service nationwide.
CompTel/ASCENT is a leading convention and trade show that attracts key executives and decision makers in the competitive telecommunications industry, including wholesale carriers, local and long-distance companies, VoIP providers, ISPs, and their supplier partners.
At CompTel/ASCENT, VoIP industry leader Mark Richards will speak on a panel entitled, “Service Creation, Advanced VoIP and Packet Services,” which will be hosted by Michael Khalilian, eLEC board member, and chairman and president of the International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC). The IPCC is the industry’s leading international association dedicated to accelerating the deployment of VoIP, video over IP and packet technologies and services over converged wireless, wireline, and cable broadband networks.
“CompTel/ASCENT remains a premiere event for competitive telecommunications providers and suppliers," Richards said. “VoIP is the single most compelling service being offered in this industry today, and on this panel we will address how companies can create scalable, reliable, and manageable services in an IP network,” he added.
Richards has more than 20 years’ domestic and international experience working in senior management positions for Fortune 500 and emerging companies in information technology and telecommunications. He has managed all aspects of telecommunications and information technology companies, and has successfully led businesses through capital funding, and dramatically increased profitability and cash flow.
VoX Communications offers VoIP services to the small business and residential marketplace. This feature-rich offering includes Call Hold, Call Waiting, Caller ID, Call Transfer, Hunt Groups, Do Not Disturb, Call Forward, International Call Blocking, Call Return, Repeat Dialing/Redial, Extension Dialing, Anonymous Call Rejection and email notification of voicemail, all at no additional charge. Add-on features include: Multibox Voicemail, Music on Hold, Corporate Conference calling, Reassign Phone, Find me/Follow me, Auto Attendant, among others.
VoX’s residential and business VoIP service pricing begins at $29.95/month and is available now.
About VoX Communications
VoX Communications is a wholly-owned subsidiary of eLEC Communications Corp., a 40-year old publicly held company. VoX provides enhanced Voice over IP (VoIP) telephone service to small business and residential customers who have a high-speed broadband Internet connection. VoX’s VoIP service is a feature-rich, low-cost and high-quality alternative to traditional landline phone service. For more information, visit www.voxcorp.net.
About eLEC Communications
eLEC Communications Corp. is a publicly traded local telecommunications 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.
About the International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC)
The IPCC is a leading international industry association dedicated to accelerating the deployment of VoIP, video over IP, and packet technologies and services over converged wireless, wireline, and cable broadband networks. The association is comprised of service providers, solutions providers, systems integrators, and government agencies translating industry standards into revenue generating services. IPCC members develop simpler, more cost effective technical frameworks for converged services in wireline, cable, 3G, WiFi, and WiMAX networks. The IPCC continues the groundbreaking work of the International Softswitch Consortium (ISC) founded in 1998. For additional information visit www.packetcomm.org.
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 forw ard-looking statements, see the discussions contained in eLEC’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended November 30, 2003, eLEC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarters ended February 29, 2004, May 31, 2004 and August 31, 2004 and any subsequent SEC filings.
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