[March 30, 2005]

IPCC, the Industry VoIP Forum, to Chair VoIP Panel at NCTA's National Show April 3-5; IPCC's Exhibit #5554 Will Feature Latest Voice Over IP -VoIP- Technology

FREMONT, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- March 30, 2005 -- The International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC) announced today it is chairing a VoIP panel on April 5 and exhibiting at the upcoming National Show, the 54th Annual Convention & International Exposition of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) being held in San Francisco, CA April 3-5.

NCTA represents cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks, as well as equipment suppliers and providers of other services to the cable industry.

At the National Show, IPCC will have an exhibit - #5554 - sponsored by IPCC members Convedia Corp, Global Crossing, Trendium, Inc., and Brooktrout Technology - featuring the latest in VoIP technology. In addition, the IPCC will host a VoIP panel chaired by IPCC Chairman Michael Khalilian with executives from CableLabs, Global Crossing, and VoX Communications. Details of the panel are: -0- *T "VoIP - Creating New Business Opportunities in Cable, Wireline, and Wireless" Tuesday, April 5 - 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. Room 310, Moscone Center *T

International Packet Communications Consortium Chairman and President Michael Khalilian said, "With the transition of over 20,000 telephony consumers every week to cable digital voice services, Cable MSOs with their high speed Internet access and technologies such as DOCSIS(R) and PacketCable(TM) are positioned to offer VoIP to the general public and lead VoIP deployments in the residential market. We're pleased to have CableLabs(R)' participation on our panel, along with IPCC members to discuss the business opportunities that VoIP brings to the Cable industry," he added.

About the International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC)

The IPCC is an international industry association dedicated to accelerating the deployment of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), video over IP technologies and services over converged wireless, wireline, and cable broadband networks. IPCC is focused on the deployment and promotion of real-time through educational forums, technical working groups, and industry conferences. For additional information, visit http://www.packetcomm.org.

Brooktrout Technology is a leading supplier of media processing, network interface, call control and signal processing products that enable the development of applications, systems and services for both the New Network(TM) (packet-based) and the traditional telephone (TDM) network. - http://www.brooktrout.com - Brooktrout Technology is a subsidiary of Brooktrout, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRKT).

Cable Television Laboratories was founded in 1988 by members of the cable television industry, and is a non-profit research and development consortium that is dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator members integrate those advancements into their business objectives. Cable operators from around the world are members. CableLabs maintains web sites at http://www.cablelabs.com ; http://www.packetcable.com ; http://www.cablemodem.com ; http://www.cablenet.org ; and http://www.opencable.com. CableLabs(R), DOCSIS(R), CableHome(R), PacketCable(TM), OpenCable(TM), OCAP(TM), CableCARD(TM), Go2Broadband(SM) and CableNET(R) are marks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

Convedia(R) Corporation is the leading supplier of next-generation IP media servers that enable telecommunication service providers to reduce service delivery costs and increase revenues through new approaches to enhanced services - http://www.convedia.com.

Global Crossing (NASDAQ:GLBC) provides telecommunications solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network. Its core network connects more than 300 cities and 30 countries worldwide, and delivers services to more than 500 major cities, 50 countries and 6 continents around the globe. The company's global sales and support model matches the network footprint and, like the network, delivers a consistent customer experience worldwide. - http://www.globalcrossing.com -

Trendium, Inc. is winner of the "Best New OSS Product - 2002" and "InfoVision-Software" awards, a software company whose service intelligence and performance management solutions have been deployed at several leading global service providers and enterprises - http://www.trendium.com.

VoX Communications is a wholly-owned subsidiary of eLEC Communications Corp. (OTCBB:ELEC), 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 http://www.voxcommunication.net.

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