PETAH TIKVA, Israel -- ECI Telecom (Nasdaq:ECIL - News) announced today the election of Mr. Richard Liebhaber, a prominent US telecommunications industry figure, to its Board of Directors. Richard Liebhaber was employed by IBM for many years where he held various senior executive positions. He then joined MCI as Executive Vice President where he architected, engineered and constructed MCI's network and managed the establishment of Concert, the joint venture between MCI and BT, among other joint ventures. Mr. Liebhaber is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Avici Systems Inc., ILOG Inc and JDS Uniphase. He also serves as an adviser and board member of Telera Inc., White Rock Networks, Rapid 5, Syndeo, Sylantro Systems, and Internet Photonics Inc. among others. "I am impressed by the strengths of ECI Telecom, which enable it to withstand this particularly challenging environment. I believe ECI's leading edge technology and products, customer responsiveness and financial condition will enable the Company to emerge as an industry leader when the telecom crisis eases. I look forward to contributing to ECI's success," said Mr. Liebhaber. ECI Telecom Ltd.