Montreal, Quebec, Thursday, October 11, 2001, 16:28 EDT --
 New services to provide security; convergent eCommerce services

BCE Emergis Inc. (TSE: IFM) announced today that it has signed a
number of key agreements with Bell Canada for the provision of
advanced eCommerce services. The result will be to significantly
increase both the breadth and the nature of services being offered
through the Bell channel.

Under these agreements, Emergis will offer secure, state-of-the-art
eCommerce services. Emergis will supply the security application
layer to the advanced Bell Virtual Private Network (VPN) offering.
In addition, it will include, in the bundled service, its high
level BCE Emergis Business Network (BEBN). Through this
combination, customers will receive a newer, more advanced
value-added service offering.

The agreements with Bell Canada relate to the delivery of eCommerce
network-centric services through the Bell channel as part of BCE's
convergence strategy. Included in these services are solutions that
will provide the following capabilities: common infrastructure
application; online web-based customer care; web-based management
of marketing processes; small, medium and large enterprise
web-based automation of ordering, invoicing and payment functions;
and enablement services to support suppliers and buyers for
electronic procurement. These solutions will provide Bell Canada
with leading-edge eCommerce services to offer to its business
customer base.

Emergis will realize guaranteed revenues of $315 million over three
years. Emergis will also have the opportunity to generate growing
transactional revenue as a result of the security and convergence
deployments. For 2002, forecasted revenue from all these agreements
is $132 million. While guaranteed revenues will progressively
decline in the second and third years of the agreement, Emergis
will benefit from the opportunity to derive additional revenue from
what it expects to be a growing market demand for these security
services and convergence solutions.

"These agreements are important for Emergis in many respects. We
signed the initial IP connectivity agreement three years ago,
stating that connectivity would not be a future core service for
Emergis. Today, with these agreements, we have moved to offering
advanced eCommerce security offerings as part of the convergence
solutions which will allow us to further build our revenue base, as
demand for secure and managed e-commerce services increases,"
enthused Brian Edwards, Vice-Chairman & CEO, BCE Emergis. "Without
a doubt, this partnership further strengthens our channel
distribution strategy as well as our relationship with our Bell
partners."

Karen Sheriff, Chief Marketing Officer of Bell Canada, stated,
"With this agreement, Bell Canada is delivering on its commitments
to provide superior IP based network-centric solutions and
services. It is yet another proof point that customers can only
benefit from the combination of Emergis' leadership in the
eCommerce arena and Bell Canada's expertise in delivering
high-powered connectivity."

This announcement highlights the convergent strengths of the
players. Bell Canada enhances its offering in the area of
connectivity and will have responsibility for the BEBN network -
which enables enterprises to connect with its partners and exchange
data in a secure IP-based environment - operating it, supporting
any investment it requires and managing and expanding its customer
base. Emergis brings its expertise in secure eCommerce and in
network-centric solutions to bear on the value proposition. These
include, among others, its best-of-breed centralized privilege
management solution that affords businesses with a secure portal
infrastructure and its customers with personalized and secure
automation and enablement services.

BCE Emergis is a premier B2B e-commerce infrastructure provider,
strategically focusing on market leadership in the
transaction-intensive eHealth and financial services sectors. By
layering technologically advanced e-commerce services on existing
Internet-based platforms, Emergis offers its customers increasing
value in their e-commerce adoption and ever-increasing levels of
sophisticated services. These scalable solutions electronically
transform business processes, such as buying, selling, invoicing
and payment, and enable companies to succeed in the web-centric,
cost-driven, and highly competitive global Internet economy. BCE
Emergis' customers include leading North American banks and
insurance companies. The Company's shares (TSE:IFM) are included in
the TSE 100 composite index.

This news release contains forward-looking statements which are
subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual
results and events may vary significantly.

Factors which could cause actual results or events to differ
materially from current expectations include, among other things:
uncertainty as to whether BCE Emergis' strategies will yield the
expected benefits and growth prospects, the current negative trends
in North American economic conditions, BCE Emergis' ability to
expand its operations in the United States particularly in the
ehealth and financial sectors, the extent of its customers' use of
its exchanges and services and the ability to integrate efficiently
new acquisitions. For additional information with respect to
certain of these and other factors, see the Annual Information Form
of the Company filed with securities commissions. THE
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE
REPRESENT BCE EMERGIS EXPECTATIONS AS AT OCTOBER 11, 2001 AND,
ACCORDINGLY, ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE. HOWEVER BCE
EMERGIS DISCLAIMS ANY INTENTION OR OBLIGATION TO UPDATE OR REVISE
ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF NEW
INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR OTHERWISE.

For more information:

Sylvia Morin                        John Gutpell
Director, Corporate Communications  Director, Investor Relations
(514) 868-2358                      (514) 868-2232
Email: sylvia.morin@emergis.com Email: john.gutpell@emergis.com

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