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. -30- 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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