BCE Emergis Provides Bell ExpressVu with webdoxs, Canada's Leading Online Bill Delivery Service

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, NOVEMBER 12, 2003, 13:03 ET -- BCE Emergis Inc. (TSX: IFM) announced today
that Bell ExpressVu has selected its webdoxs(TM) online bill
delivery service. Bell ExpressVu joins three other Bell Canada
units that have already chosen BCE Emergis' market-leading
eBilling solutions to deliver greater convenience and simplified
service to their customers.  With webdoxs, Bell ExpressVu
customers will be able to receive, view, pay, print and file
their bills directly from their participating online banking
sites, where many of them are already paying those bills.

With the addition of Bell ExpressVu to webdoxs, Bell Canada
customers across the country will have virtually all of their
bills available electronically via one or more of BCE Emergis'
eBilling services. These bills include Bell Canada wireline and
wireless, and most recently, Bell Canada's One Bill, which allows
Bell Canada customers who subscribe to more than one service to
receive and pay a single bill.

"Offering integrated online billing is one way in which Bell
ExpressVu is adding convenience to its billing services as we
deliver greater simplicity and more innovative products to our
customers," said Tim McGee, president of Bell ExpressVu. "We
chose webdoxs to provide Bell ExpressVu customers with an easy
way to receive and pay bills online through existing banking
sites."

"We're pleased to be expanding the eBilling initiatives between
Bell and BCE Emergis," said Stephane Marceau, vice president of
Bell Interactive, a division of Bell Canada that oversees online
billing initiatives.  "BCE Emergis direct and consolidator
eBilling services allow Bell Canada companies to deliver more
convenience to our customers through online banking channels, and
at the same time, enable our innovative and market-leading eCare
solutions."

"Bell Canada is considered a leader in electronic billing, and
offers some of the most advanced eCare solutions in Canada," said
Marc Filion, executive vice president of BCE Emergis and
president of webdoxs. "We're extremely pleased that Bell has once
again chosen BCE Emergis as a partner in eBilling. It is also
great news for our existing webdoxs customers, and for those
eager to adopt eBilling."

Today, of the nearly 8 million consumers banking online in
Canada, 95 percent have access to webdoxs through participating
financial institutions-CIBC, Laurentian Bank, Mouvement
Desjardins, National Bank of Canada, RBC Financial Group,
Scotiabank and TD Canada Trust. webdoxs now has over 700,000
registered users. With the addition of Bell ExpressVu, the list
of billers and bills continues to grow, with 87 billers now
signed up, representing some 125 distinct bills. Canadian
consumers can view and pay monthly bills, including cable and
satellite TV, utility, telecommunications and major credit card
bills as well as municipal tax bills, depending on their area of
residence.

With more than 1.3 million customers, Bell ExpressVu is Canada's
leader in digital home entertainment, nationally broadcasting
more than 300 digital video and audio channels.  Bell ExpressVu
was launched in September, 1997 and since then has become the
largest direct-to-home satellite company in Canada and the
fastest growing in North America.

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, eBusiness solutions and satellite
television services. Bell Canada is wholly owned by BCE Inc.

About BCE Emergis

BCE Emergis supplies eBusiness solutions to the financial
services and health industries in North America, automating
transactions between companies and allowing them to interact and
transact electronically. The Company also provides cost
containment services for medical claims, mainly through its
preferred provider network. Its leading technologies are centred
on claims and loan-related document processing, electronic bill
presentment and payment solutions.

BCE Emergis customers include leading North American health
insurers, top U.S. banks, the top six Canadian banks and a number
of North America's largest enterprises. The Company's shares
(TSX: IFM) are included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index.

Certain statements made in this press release are forward-looking
and are subject to important risks, uncertainties and
assumptions. The results or events predicted in these
forward-looking statements may differ materially from actual
results or events. These statements do not reflect the potential
impact of any non-recurring items or of any dispositions,
monetizations, mergers, acquisitions, other business combinations
or other transactions that may be announced or that may occur
after the date hereof. Other factors that could cause results or
events to differ materially from current expectations include,
among other things: general and economic factors; adoption of
eBusiness, the adoption rate of our solutions by customers;
response to industry's rapid pace of change; competition;
operating results; success of U.S.-based operations; control by
BCE; integration of past acquisitions; strategic relationships;
dependence on contracting medical service providers; exposure to
professional liability; defects in software or failures in the
processing of transactions; security and privacy breaches; key
personnel; protection of intellectual property; intellectual
property infringement claims; integrity of public key
cryptography technology; and industry and government regulation.
For additional information with respect to certain of these and
other factors, refer to BCE Emergis Inc.'s Annual Report
(Management Discussion and Analysis) and the BCE Emergis Inc.
Annual Information Form (Risks and Uncertainties) filed with the
Canadian securities commissions.

THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE
REPRESENT THE EXPECTATIONS OF BCE EMERGIS INC. AND ITS
SUBSIDIARIES AS AT NOVEMBER 12, 2003 AND, ACCORDINGLY, ARE
SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE. HOWEVER, BCE EMERGIS INC. AND
ITS SUBSIDIARIES DISCLAIM ANY INTENTION OR OBLIGATION TO UPDATE
OR REVISE ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF
NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR OTHERWISE.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
BCE Emergis
Ann-Marie Gagne
Corporate Communications
(514) 868-2361
ann-marie.gagne@emergis.com
or
BCE Emergis
John Gutpell
Investor Relations
(514) 868-2232
john.gutpell@emergis.com
or
Bell Canada
Nathalie Moreau
Media Relations
(514) 786-9716
namoreau@expressvu.com
 
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