'Converged Desktop' technology to manage voice and data on a single
        network new to suite of communication solutions from Bell
                         Managed Solutions

TORONTO,June 4 2002 --Bell Canada and Cisco Systems, Inc. today
announced that they are working together to provide IP (Internet Protocol)
telephony products and services to Bell Managed Solutions customers. As part
of the strategic relationship with Cisco, Bell Canada will deliver the
Enterprise Convergent Desktop, a single network solution that manages all the
voice and data communication needs of large enterprises.
    As part of the Bell-managed IP telephony solution, customers also receive
services such as end-to-end network management, pro-active performance and
change management, customer care consulting, billing information and
statistical reporting. The converged desktop solution eliminates the need to
maintain separate voice and data networks, and helps increase employee
productivity by exploiting the flexibility of Internet Protocol to support
multimedia applications such as unified messaging as well as the ability to
add or move telephony stations within the enterprise.
    For customers transitioning from traditional PBX systems to a converged
voice and data network, Cisco's Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated
Data (Cisco AVVID) technology, provides an intelligent, standards-based
infrastructure that is flexible and reliable. Voice and video solutions based
on Cisco AVVID support scalable call processing, IP-based business
applications, instant video-conferencing, online directory services and
devices such as IP phones.
    "Companies today are looking for advanced IP-based applications and
reliable communications solutions that they don't have to manage themselves,"
explained Charles Salameh, vice-president, Bell Managed Solutions. "Bell's
unmatched experience in managing large communications networks, coupled with
Cisco's advanced AVVID IP-technology platform, enables Bell Managed Solutions
to provide customers with a one-stop source for network-based communications
applications and services. The end result is that customers can concentrate on
attaining their business goals, rather than worrying about communication
technologies."
    "Cisco and Bell have combined their respective strengths in technology
leadership and managed infrastructure services to further expand the market
for IP telephony," said Pierre-Paul Allard, managing director, Cisco Systems
Canada. "Cisco's IP telephony solutions give service providers like Bell
Canada the ability to make a broad range of e-business solutions available to
their customers. With Enterprise Convergent Desktop, Bell manages the network
right up to the desktop phone while companies can benefit from increases in
employee productivity and the reduced operational costs inherent in converged
networks."
    "Network convergence has emerged as a powerful trend in Canada, with more
than 50 percent of Canadian businesses expected to move from traditional PBX
telephone technology to IP or network-based telephony communications within
the next three years," said Dan McLean, senior analyst, IDC Canada. "IDC
research also indicates that over 40 percent of medium and large enterprises
in Canada want to outsource the implementation of IP telephony solutions and
lease the technology from a service provider."
    Bell Managed Solutions provides a single source for end-to-end
communication solutions to help business customers improve e-business
productivity, protect company data and manage network-based applications,
services and content. Network-based and fully managed from start to finish,
Bell Managed Solutions offers e-Business Solutions, Network Management and
Outsourcing, Security and Data Integrity, Converged Desktop Communications and
a comprehensive range of related Professional Services. For more information
please visit http://www.network-based.bell.ca.

    About Bell Canada
    Bell Canada, Canada's national leader for communications in the Internet
world, provides connectivity to residential and business customers through
wired and wireless voice and data communications, high speed and wireless
Internet access, IP-broadband services, e-business solutions, local and long
distance phone and directory services. Bell Canada is owned by BCE Inc of
Montreal (80%) and by SBC Communications of San Antonio, Texas (20%). For more
information please visit http://www.bell.ca.

    About Cisco
    Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking
for the Internet. News and information are available at www.cisco.com.

    About Cisco Systems Canada
    Cisco Systems Canada Co. has offices across Canada dedicated to customer
support, sales, and service. In addition, Cisco Systems has a significant
research and development centre in Ottawa, Ontario. Additional information
about Cisco Systems Canada is available at www.cisco.com/ca.

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their respective owners.




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For further information: For media inquiries, please contact: Andrew
Cole, Bell Canada Media Relations, Tel: (416) 581-3311 or 1 888 482-0809,
andrew.cole@bell.ca; Lisa Daly, Strategic/Ampersand (for
Cisco),
Tel: (416) 961-5595 ext 438, ldaly@cisco.com