[May 31, 2005]

UTStarcom Executive Farshid Mohammadi Joins eLEC Advisory Board for VoX Communications

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. --(Business Wire)-- May 31, 2005 -- eLEC Communications Corp. (OTCBB:ELEC), a CLEC and integrated packet communications service provider, today announced that UTStarcom executive Farshid Mohammadi has joined its advisory board to support eLEC's wholly owned subsidiary VoX Communications. Based in Celebration, Fla., VoX is a premier packet communications services provider deploying wholesale, residential and business Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) services nationwide.

Farshid Mohammadi is general manager for the North America and international switching business unit at UTStarcom where he is responsible for the business operation, product direction and strategy, and product development of next generation IP-based switching product lines including, media gateways, softswitches, application servers, as well as unified communications. Prior to his position at UTStarcom, Mohammadi was the director of product management for wireline product lines at CommWorks, a division of 3Com. He was also one of the initial executive members of Westwave Communications where he was responsible for product definition, development and direction. His career began at Bell Communications Research where his responsibilities included the definition and rollout of SS7 and AIN at the RBOCs. His last position at Bellcore was the director of ITESF where he was responsible for technology and product definition of Internet offload and next generation switching. In that capacity he worked with a number of tier 1 and startup companies to help define their product lines and go-to-market strategies. He graduated from Cornell University with a master's degree in telecommunications and electrical engineering, and completed his undergraduate studies in electrical engineering at Syracuse University.

Mohammadi currently serves as chair of marketing and co-chair of the wireline & wireless convergence working group for the International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC), a technology forum working to advance VoIP over broadband cable, wireless and wireline.

"We're fortunate to have Farshid join our advisory board. His vast experience in all aspects of IP-based communication will be valuable to VoX Communications as it expands," said Michael Khalilian, chairman of eLEC's advisory board and chairman/president of the International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC).

"I'm pleased to serve on the advisory board to support VoX Communications. VoX is led by some of the best engineering minds in the business that have developed a unique VoIP technology platform using the latest VoIP signaling protocol and enhanced compression voice codec. This means VoX is processing VoIP calls quickly and efficiently, and at a very high quality. I look forward to working with VoX as they grow their company," Mohammadi said.

About VoX Communications

VoX Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of eLEC Communications Corp., a successful, 40-year-old, publicly held telecommunications company. 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, N.Y., 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 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 Form 10-QSB for the period ending February 28, 2005, and any subsequent SEC filings.

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