VoX Communications Selects Global Crossing for Nationwide VoIP Services FLORHAM PARK, N.J., June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Crossing (NASDAQ:GLBC) announced today that it is providing Global Crossing VoIP Outbound Service(TM) and Global Crossing VoIP Local Service(TM) to VoX Communications, a premier packet communications services provider deploying wholesale, residential and business VoIP services nationwide. VoX is a wholly owned subsidiary of eLEC Communications Corp (OTC:ELEC) (BULLETIN BOARD: ELEC) . VoX selected Global Crossing's robust VoIP solution set to power its high-quality alternative to traditional landline service. "We selected Global Crossing as a network partner because of its global reach and proven network performance, as well as sophisticated feature sets that interest our customers," said Mark Richards, president of VoX Communications. VoX Communications offers wholesale broadband voice, origination and termination services for cable, wireless and wire line operators and enhanced VoIP service to the small business and residential marketplace. VoX's 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 e-mail 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, and Auto Attendant, among others. "VoX Communications' selection of Global Crossing is a ringing endorsement of our VoIP capabilities," said John Mulhearn, Global Crossing's senior vice president global wholesale voice & access management. "By leveraging our flexible, global offer, VoX Communications is assured of providing its end customers with high-quality, reliable and advanced IP communications services." Global Crossing VoIP Outbound Service enables IP Transit, public Internet and fully meshed IP VPN connectivity, providing carriers with unlimited VoIP Local Services and VoIP toll-free connection options to maximize flexibility and control expenses. The service is available worldwide with any public Internet connection for termination of packet-based traffic to any phone. Global Crossing's VoIP Local Service is a direct inward dial service that provides local origination for nationwide local numbers through a single IP point of interconnection as a cost-effective alternative to traditional toll- free applications. This service eliminates traditional TDM, private line and foreign exchange service fees by providing a single IP connection alternative, and is ideal for service providers embracing VoIP technology. A leader in fully interoperable, secure VoIP services for enterprise and carrier customers, Global Crossing currently runs over two billion minutes per month of VoIP traffic over its private, global backbone. The company's VoIP services deliver carrier-class quality, backed by end-to-end IP service level agreements (SLAs) for jitter, packet loss, availability and latency. Global Crossing was one of the first service providers to announce the replacement of legacy switches with VoIP switches in its network core, enhancing the seamless delivery of converged IP services. VoX Communications also benefits from Global Crossing's uCommand(R) Customer Service Portal, a unique offering that delivers 24*7 self-service autonomy to customers. This secure, private Web-based network management tool allows customers to order data services, monitor their networks, create utilization reports, establish end-user and product accounts, and view monthly billing reports. About Global Crossing 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. Global Crossing IP services are global in scale, linking the world's enterprises, governments and carriers with customers, employees and partners worldwide in a secure environment that is ideally suited for IP-based business applications, allowing e-commerce to thrive. The company offers a full range of managed data and voice products including Global Crossing IP VPN Service, Global Crossing Managed Services and Global Crossing VoIP services, to more than 40 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs. Please visit http://www.globalcrossing.com/ for more information about Global Crossing. Statements made in this press release that state the company's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the future are forward-looking statements. These statements contain words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "plan," "believe," "will," "seek," or similar expressions. Such statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the statements, including the conditioning of the company's continued listing on the NASDAQ National Market on its timely filing with the SEC of all periodic reports for all reporting periods ending on or prior to September 30, 2005; the company's history of substantial operating losses and the fact that, in the near term, funds from operations will not satisfy cash requirements; legal and contractual restrictions on the payment of dividends and the inter-company transfer of funds by the company's subsidiaries, including restrictions under the senior secured notes indenture applicable to Global Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Limited ("GCUK"); the likelihood that the prices the company charges for its services will continue to decrease; the company's ability to continue to connect its network to incumbent carriers' networks or maintain Internet peering arrangements on favorable terms; the success of the company's business realignment plan and the realization of anticipated cost savings; the consequences of any inadvertent violation of the company's Network Security Agreement with the U.S. Government; the impact of actual and potential customers' bankruptcies on the company's sales prospects and results of operations; increased competition and pricing pressures resulting from technology advances and regulatory changes; competitive disadvantages relative to competitors with superior resources; the impact on the company's competitiveness of its technology choices; the company's dependence on third parties for many functions; political, legal and other risks due to the company's substantial international operations; risks arising out of the company's material weaknesses in internal controls and possible difficulties and delays in improving such controls; the concentration of GCUK's revenue in a limited number of customers, and the rights of such customers to terminate their contracts or to simply cease purchasing services thereunder; and other risks referenced from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company undertakes no duty to update information contained in this press release or in other public disclosures at any time. Contact Global Crossing: Press Contact Tom Topalian +1-973-937-0154 Analysts/Investors Contact Laurinda Pang +1-800-836-0342 DATASOURCE: Global Crossing CONTACT: Press: Tom Topalian, +1-973-937-0154, ; Analysts/Investors: Laurinda Pang, +1-800-836-0342, , both of Global Crossing Web site: http://www.globalcrossing.com/

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