Bell Canada is a member of the BCE (Bell Canada Enterprises) family that includes Bell Canada International, BCE Emergis, BCE Media, CGA, Teleglobe and Telesat. Bell Canada Holdings includes: Bell Quebec, Bell Ontario, Bell Mobility, Bell ActiMedia, Bell Distribution Inc. (BDI), Bell Nexxia, Alliant, MTS/Bell Intrigna, Northern Telephone, Northwestel & Telebec. The company provides a full range of communications services to customers, including wired and wireless local and long distance telephone services, Internet access, high-speed data services and directories. Incorporated by a special act of Parliament in 1880, Bell Canada is the first and largest telecommunications company in Canada.

Bell ActiMedia is Canada's most popular Internet Service Provider, with over 800,000 members (500,000 dial-up access and 100,000 high-speed access in Ontario and Quebec). Sympatico Internet service at Bell ActiMedia provides dedicated high-speed access and dial-up access to consumers. Sympatico.ca is Canada's leading Internet portal, with over 83 million page views and 3.5 million unique visitors each month, offering access to a wide variety of on-line information and services. Bell ActiMedia is also host to four comprehensive on-line city guides toronto.com, calgaryPlus.ca, quebecPlus.ca and montrealPlus.ca, as well as the leading Canadian connection between buyers and sellers on the Internet, YellowPages.ca, to help businesses build their Internet presence and boost sales.

Bell Canada offers a full range of Internet products and services for business and residential customers, such as Bell Advantage Internet that offers access and Web hosting, advanced e-commerce solutions, and Bell World on-line shopping for ordering Bell products and services. A leader in offering customers e-bill presentment and soon, e-bill payment, Bell Canada's interactive services on Vista 450, and Cybiolink 8000 phones also provides e-mail access, Bell Internet Call Display to manage phone calls while surfing the Internet, and voice over IP solutions for call centres.

Bell Nexxia is Canada's premier IP broadband network that serves customers with access to U.S. points, and offers a suite of business class IP and Internet service that targets the unique connectivity needs of large enterprises and service providers. The company's backbone carries more than 75% of Canada's Internet traffic and was critical to the implementation and management of Canada's Internet backbone, CA*net and CA*net2, as well as the nation's world-leading, national research and development optical Internet network, CA*net 3.

Bell Mobility offers Digital DATA to Go services, which allow wireless access to the Internet, e-mail, company Intranets or networks, as well as faxing using a digital PCS phone. With Mobile Browser, customers can also browse the Internet right on their digital PCS phone. Customers can expect the company's IP virtual private network infrastructure to deliver reliable, private network services over a less expensive public infrastructure.

Bell Canada, its telecom partners and subsidiaries provide services through 13.6 million access lines, including 11 million in Ontario and Quebec. Bell Canada also serves more than 2.3 million wireless customers through Bell Mobility. Bell Canada is 80 per cent owned by BCE Inc. of Montreal and 20 per cent owned by SBC Communications Inc. of San Antonio, Texas.

For additional information about Bell Canada, visit www.bell.ca.