TORONTO,May 13 2004 --Bell Canada is launching today the
Sympatico Music Store, bringing Canadians a homegrown music solution featuring
a rapidly growing catalogue of more than 250,000 songs available for download.
The new Sympatico Music Store, powered by Puretracks, Canada's first digital
music download service, is available to all on-line Canadians via
sympatico.ca . Sympatico ISP subscribers will have exclusive access to special
features, offers and downloads.
    "Listening to online music is one of the most popular activities for
Sympatico customers", said Charlotte Burke, Senior Vice President, Consumer
Internet Services, Bell Canada. "We continue to lead the industry in the
delivery of broadband music services including streaming concerts,
personalized internet radio and today we are pleased to announce the Sympatico
Music Store, powered by Puretracks, which enables users to download music on
demand".
    "As Canada's leading digital music download service, Puretracks is
pleased to partner with the leading Canadian ISP to deliver a high quality,
made-in-Canada music solution," said Alistair Mitchell, co-CEO and co-founder
of Puretracks." The reach of Bell Canada's Sympatico.ca and its ISP will
benefit Canadian and French-Canadian artists."
    Bell Canada has lead the way in introducing Canada's first fully
licensed, subscription-based on-line streaming service. The Sympatico Music
Store is endorsed by the big five record labels and several independents which
enables recording artists to receive the royalties to which they are entitled.
    Any Internet user can access the Sympatico Music Store site to download
individual songs for as low as $0.99 and albums starting at $9.99. Users can
also access 30 second previews of all songs and have the ability to transfer
the songs to CD and portable devices that are Windows Media compatible. Songs
from the Sympatico Music Store are free of viruses, unwanted pop-up ads and
spyware.
    Features of the Sympatico Music Store include:

      - Different Featured Artists every month
      - Special pricing for ISP customers
      - Contests and promotions tied to online concert events

    The Sympatico Music Store is yet another service that can now take
advantage of the Bell Canada's new wireless home networking solution, which
offers consistent, anytime of day speed that wirelessly links IP-enabled
devices extending the Internet experience beyond strictly the PC.
    Bell Canada's commitment to digital music extends beyond the Internet to
include 30 pre-programmed, commercial-free digital music stations through
ExpressVu and Canada's broadest range of downloadable ring tones through Bell
Mobility and on sympatico.ca .
    Sympatico, Canada's leading ISP with more than 1.4 million high speed
subscribers, offers a variety of Internet access services ranging from dial-up
to a 4.0 meg High Speed Ultra; wireless home networking, exclusive-member only
content to its customers, a range of valued-added services such as streaming
and downloadable music, Gamesmania, and a suite of security products (anti-
virus, firewall, parental controls) and local and national wireless and
broadband content on Sympatico.ca , which is visited by more than 5 million
on-line Canadians each month.

    About Puretracks
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    Puretracks ( www.puretracks.com ) is Canada's first digital
music
download service. With a rapidly growing catalogue of songs from all five
major record labels and a growing list of Canadian and international
independents, Puretracks allows music fans nationwide to search and download
high quality Windows Media-format digital music, from 99 cents a song.
Puretracks was developed by Toronto-based Moontaxi Media ( www.moontaxi.com ),
a leading North American online music distributor dedicated to delivering high
quality music content in both streaming and download formats.

    About Bell Canada
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    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 .



For further information: Nathalie Moreau, Media Relations, Bell Canada,
(877) 391-2007, na.moreau@bell.ca