Eli Katz
CEO and Founder of XConnect



Eli Katz is the Founder and CEO at XConnect, an organisation which realises the vision of global end-to-end IP communications. XConnect is the world's first and largest provider of 'Plug and Peer' VoIP interconnection services dedicated to connecting IP communications providers and by-passing the legacy PSTN.

Eli co-founded and is interim chairman of the UK’s VoIP trade body ITSPA - the Internet Telephony Service Providers’ Association and has a distinguished track record in telecoms. In 1996 he joined Telco Global at its inception, and in 1999, as Managing Director, the company grew rapidly offering telecoms, internet & mobile services to one million customers with £250m annual revenue. He was a key player in the IPO of the US parent company.

Eli is the author of several VoIP directory and security patents. He is a frequent and dynamic speaker on the topics of VoIP Peering and Regulatory issues, sharing his expertise at numerous international conferences. He graduated from Imperial College in 1992, with a first class honours in Computer Science.