TORONTO,Sept. 8 2005 --Bell Canada today launched its leading-
edge IP telephony service for consumers, the new Bell Digital Voice. The
service, the first of its kind in Canada, delivers advanced IP-based
communications capabilities together with the quality and reliability of
Bell's networks, without the need for an Internet connection. Bell Digital
Voice is available in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton now, and will be
progressively rolled out across Ontario and Quebec.
The new Bell Digital Voice allows consumers to benefit from a telephone
service with advanced capabilities such as voicemail to email, additional
numbers, enhanced call forwarding and online account management. Consumers can
keep their current phone number and use all existing phone jacks and handsets
in their home. The service does not require a technician visit or the
installation of additional equipment at the customer's premise, such as a
modem, router or battery back-up. All that's required to activate the service
is a simple phone call.
"The new Bell Digital Voice is an IP telephony breakthrough and an
attractive option for consumers ready to move to this technology," said
Ron Close, President, VoIP, Bell Canada. "This combination of advanced IP-
based calling features and the reliability of Bell's networks is simply
unmatched in the Canadian market."
The service is available at $40 per month, including unlimited local
calling and an extensive array of calling features, with no contract required.
Customers also can choose between two long distance plans including $10 per
month for 1200 minutes of province-wide long distance calling and $18 per
month for 1200 minutes of Canada-US long distance calling.

The features of the new Bell Digital Voice service include:
- Voicemail to email - automatically forwards voice messages to your
email account
- Call Forwarding Plus - program up to ten phones, such as your mobile,
home and cottage phones to ring sequentially or simultaneously
- Popular calling features - voicemail, caller ID, call waiting, call
screening, three-way calling
- Online Account Manager - personalize your service features and view
call records anytime through a simple website
- Enhanced 911 and 411 - emergency response centre and Directory Service
- 24/7 support - live and online
- Additional numbers - from 23 cities across Canada regardless of your
home city, for a monthly fee of $4 each
- Meet Me Calling - organize conference calls for $4 a month

Bell's existing IP telephony service, launched last March in Québec City,
Trois-Rivières and Sherbrooke, is being renamed Bell Digital Voice Lite and
made available throughout Quebec and Ontario starting today. It is a
convenient, portable solution, targeted mainly to secondary line users and
individuals on the go. Using a regular phone and the provided voice adapter,
consumers can place and receive phone calls over any router-equipped high-
speed Internet connection, whether DSL or cable, from anywhere in the world.
Bell Digital Voice Lite offers similar calling features to Bell Digital
Voice. The service is priced at $34 for unlimited local plus 1200 minutes of
province-wide long distance calling and $39 for unlimited local plus
1200 minutes of Canada-US long distance calling.
"Bell Digital Voice Lite will appeal to consumers who want a second home
line or for those who seek the added benefit of portability," added Mr. Close.
For more information on Bell Digital Voice, consumers can visit
www.bell.ca/digitalvoice or call 1-800-649-8816.

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 .



For further information: Nessa Prendergast, Bell Canada Media Relations,
(416) 581-3311, 1-888-482-0809, nessa.prendergast@bell.ca