EXHIBIT
        31.1
 
 CERTIFICATE
        OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 PURSUANT
        TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
 I,
        Edward
        B. Kornfeld, certify that: I am the chief executive officer and chief financial
        officer of Porta Systems Corp.
  1.
        I have
        reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Porta Systems Corp.;
  2.
        Based
        on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statements of a
        material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
        made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
        not
        misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
  3.
        Based
        on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
        included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
        condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of,
        and
        for, the periods presented in this report;
  4.
        I am
        responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
        (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
        registrant and I have:
  a)
        designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
        controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that
        material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
        subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly
        during the period in which this report is being prepared;
  b)
        evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and
        procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness
        of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
        by this report based on such evaluation; and
  c)
        disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
        financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal
        quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
        affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
  5.
        I have
        disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
        financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the
        registrant’s board of directors:
  a)
        all
        significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
        of
        internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
        adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and
        report financial information; and
  b)
        any
        fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
        who
        have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial
        reporting.
 
 November
                  13, 2007
              By:
              /s/Edward
                  B. KornfeldEdward
                  B. KornfeldChief
                  Executive Officerand
                  Chief Financial Officer