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Bell Canada adds Hosted VoIP service for Small and Medium Business

August 11, 2005

TORONTO, ON, Aug. 11 /CNW Telbec/Press Release - Bell Canada today announced the launch of Business IP Voice, an exciting new addition to its portfolio of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) products designed for Canadian small and medium businesses (SMB). Business IP Voice offers choice for customers that want to leverage Internet-based voice services that are affordable, easy-to- use, and drive business opportunities.

"Business IP Voice is changing the way voice services are delivered to customers and how our SMB customers will use innovative technology to drive business success," said Karen Sheriff, President, Small and Medium Business at Bell Canada. "As business customers begin to explore and take advantage of the benefits and power of VoIP they will gain confidence knowing they can do so at the pace of their business with Bell as their trusted technology advisor."

Bell understands that Canadian SMBs face greater competition than ever across diverse industries, and therefore require a technology partner that can provide innovative technology solutions that deliver business advantages often only available to large corporations.

For example, a home-based business person can now take their office wherever they go and still be connected regardless of location and device using Bell IP Voice. A small construction firm can connect to field employees at a remote construction site by using the secondary phone line feature that allows remote employees to connect to the company's primary business line without incurring long distance charges. Professional services firms such as a law office or accounting firm can leverage Business IP Voice to manage costs and collaborate on projects easily through online data management and

Business IP Voice comes with a full set of calling features including Caller ID, Call Display, Call Forwarding and Call Answer and includes innovative IP-based communication features, such as:
- Call Forwarding and Find Me/Follow Me - providing a single number for customers to call or forward to any device
- Meet Me Conferencing - providing a dedicated, reservation-free conferencing tool that allows real-time consulting between employees, partners, suppliers and customers, - Online Web Portal - providing a management tool to review and modify account features and services
- Voicemail to e-mail - providing the ability to forward a voice mail message as an attachment to an e-mail account
- Secondary Phone Numbers - allowing businesses to have a local presence in multiple cities and providing customers the option to call a local secondary phone line that rings on your primary business line without incurring long distance charges.

Business IP Voice works on any high-speed Internet connection, DSL or Cable. The easy two-step installation process simply requires the customer to plug a standard phone into a small digital device that is connected to the Internet and activate their account using the Bell Business IP Voice web portal.

Today's launch of Business IP Voice for SMBs follows the launch of other hosted and premise-based IP voice communications services that the company began to market to its entire customer base, such as Managed IP Telephony for mid-size and large enterprise customers and Bell Digital Voice for the consumer marketplace. For more information on Bell's Business IP Voice service, please visit www.bell.ca/businessIPvoice

About Bell Canada: Bell Canada, Canada's national leader in communications, provides connectivity to residential and business customers through wired and wireless voice and data communications, local and long distance phone services, high- speed and wireless Internet access, IP-broadband services, e-business solutions and satellite television services. Bell Canada is wholly owned by BCE Inc. For more information please visit www.bell.ca.

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