TMC and VoX Communications Team Up to offer VoIP Services

Business Wire, Oct 24, 2005

CELEBRATION, Fla. -- Leading VoIP Industry Media Company to Private-label VoX VoIP Services to Residential and Business Customers Worldwide

VoX Communications, Inc., eLEC Communications Corp.'s (OTCBB: ELEC) wholesale and retail provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, and Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R)), one of the world's foremost publishers of magazines and websites covering communications technology, have teamed up to offer Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to consumers and businesses worldwide.

Under terms of the agreement, TMC has chosen VoX's advanced wholesale VoIP services in order to immediately begin offering private-labeled VoIP services to residential and small-business customers.

TMC's President Rich Tehrani stated, "We're excited about offering VoX's VoIP services under our 'TMC VoIP' brand to give consumers and businesses around the world the highest voice quality service at incredible cost savings." Tehrani has been at the forefront of VoIP technology since its inception, and is regarded as a leading authority on VoIP. He is also a member of eLEC's advisory board for VoX Communications.

Tehrani added, "We selected VoX because of its strong management team and leading-edge VoIP server-cluster technology. Mark Richards and Michael Khalilian are two of the greatest engineering minds in this business and the reason why VoX's services are leading this industry in terms of quality and cost savings. By working with VoX, we can give our customers access to VoX's nationwide VoIP network and flat-rate calling with the latest telephone features - at a fraction of the cost of traditional, landline telephone services. VoIP is the wave of the future, and we're pleased to be working with VoIP experts like VoX Communications to bring this exciting next-generation phone service to our customers."

VoX's President Mark Richards said, "TMC and Rich Tehrani are authorities on the business and technology of VoIP, and we're thrilled to have been selected to enable TMC to become a provider of VoIP services. With TMC's knowledge of the industry and the incredible branding power of TMC's marketing vehicles we are sure TMC VoIP will be a great success. TMC's flagship print magazine INTERNET TELEPHONY reaches more than 200,000 readers worldwide each month, and their website TMCnet receives between 500,000 and a million unique visitors per month. These readers and visitors are looking to learn more about communications and technology and having access to this vast audience TMC is uniquely positioned to sell VoIP services to residential customers and small companies who are anxiously awaiting the right VoIP solution."

"This relationship exemplifies the value of partnerships that bring together the best possible combination of technology and marketing," he added.

Consumers and small businesses who are interested in signing up for the new TMC VoIP service can visit voip.tmcnet.com or call (800) VOX 1699.

About TMC(R)

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes two print magazines: Customer Interaction Solutions, and Internet Telephony; five digital publications, SIP Magazine, Speech-World, WiFi Telephony Magazine, VoIP Developer, WiMAX Magazine; and the leading communications and technology Website, TMCnet. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, The VoIP Developer Conference, Speech-World Conference, IP Contact Center Summit and The Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit. TMCnet publishes more than 20 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit http://www.tmcnet.com.

About VoX Communications

Based in Celebration, Fla., VoX Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of eLEC Communications Corp. Using its advanced, nationwide Voice over IP (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 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. For more information, visit 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 Form 10-QSB for the period ending August 31, 2005, and any subsequent SEC filings.