"A growing number of operators are turning to Peering Federations tosecurely and efficiently enable large scale interoperability of nextgeneration networks," said Eli Katz, Founder and CEO of XConnect. "I'mtherefore pleased to welcome Tania and John to our team, to enable us tomeet this expanding demand."

Tania Platt joins XConnect from IDT, where she served as Senior VicePresident for Europe. In this role, Tania built a successful European teamand produced record-breaking results, managing business in Western Europe,as well the quickly deregulating Eastern European markets. Prior to IDT,Tania spent 12 years with Cable & Wireless in numerous capacities,including Sales Director of their International Wholesale division.

John Wilkinson was previously Director of Voice Services at Interoute andhas over 10 years' experience in the voice industry. At Interoute, Johnwas responsible for developing Arena, the International Voice Interconnectand Peering platform which provides interconnection to operators on aPan-European basis. Prior to joining Interoute John was head of productmanagement for Energis Carrier Services, Swisscom, AT&T and KPN.

About XConnect Global Networks:

London-based XConnect is the leading provider of secure, ENUM-based PeeringFederations. XConnect's services enable telecom companies to offer richmultimedia IP communications on a cross-network basis and reduceinterconnection costs. Backed by Tier1 Venture Capital firms includingAccel Partners and Venrock Associates, XConnect was selected by the cableindustry in the Netherlands to operate the first national VoIP peeringsolution, and has lead industry consolidation via the acquisition of theEuropean carrier ENUM exchange, e164.info and US-based peering serviceIPeerX Inc. For more information, please visit www.xconnect.net.

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