Agreement with NETg will enable Bell to offer its customers a wider
    selection of e-Learning services

TORONTO,July 10 2002 --Bell Canada today announced that it has signed
an agreement with NETg, a worldwide leader in corporate education and training
and part of the Thomson Corporation (NYSE, TSX:TOC), to deliver NETg's e-
Learning courses material to Bell's customers. Under the agreement, Bell will
offer, host and manage NETg's extensive selection of courseware, which will be
integrated into the Managed Solutions group's portfolio of e-business
products.
    "Very few e-business providers can offer their customers a solution that
includes superior technology with a broad selection of content and services,"
said May Scally, Vice-President - eBusiness, Bell Canada. "This agreement with
NETg not only complements our service offer, it enables us to give our
customers a one-stop, customized solution to meet all their e-Learning needs."
    A major benefit for Bell's customers is the flexibility to pay only for
access to courses they need so they can adjust their course selection to meet
their changing training needs. Bell will be the single point of contact for
their customers' e-Learning technology solution, services and courseware.
    "We are very pleased to work with Bell to deliver high-quality learning
solutions to their corporate customers," said Joe Dougherty, President of
NETg. "The NETg products, recognized for innovation and quality by users and
industry experts alike, provide broader employee access to the knowledge and
skills required to meet current business goals."
    NETg's feature-rich courseware includes over 2,000 IT and business and
professional development titles ranging from strategic business planning to
Microsoft Office 2000 to client/server development tools to Web design. Based
on proven instructional design principles, NETg courses combine highly
interactive, real business world learning scenarios and assessments to ensure
skills transfer, along with access to expertly trained mentors to guide the
learning process. Courses take full advantage of multiple delivery methods to
accommodate different learning styles, and are available in a variety of
languages to serve employees around the world. Built on NETg's flexible
learning object architecture (NLOs), NETg learning solutions allow users to
develop targeted courses and personalized learning paths by adding, removing,
combining, reorganizing, and modifying content from a vast library of learning
objects. NETg is part of a broader set of learning products and services from
Thomson, the worldwide leader in enterprise learning.

    E-BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
    The Managed Solutions group offers a variety of e-business products, such
as Bell's e-Human Resources Centre and eLearning Centre. The fully managed,
end-to-end, integrated solutions enable customers to direct their resources
back into their core business and improve business processes. Bell's e-
business solutions are Web-based electronic applications for key functions
such as invoicing, procurement, human resources, learning and CRM.
    Bell's e-Human Resources Centre provides organizations with a single,
integrated system that leverages the Internet to increase productivity and
reduce the costs of managing intellectual capital. It supports value-added HR
processes, such as recruitment, competency management, performance management,
career management, and e-learning.
    Bell's e-Learning Centre is a network-centric solution for providing
information and learning to a company's clients or employees wherever they
need it, in a secure, reliable and cost effective way. It allows for the
delivery of information and training, greatly expanding access to learning
resources.
    "Bell Managed Solutions", launched last March, is the source for end-to-
end communication solutions that help businesses 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
comprehensive Professional Services.

    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. For more information please visit http://www.bell.ca

    ABOUT THE THOMSON CORPORATION & NETg
    The Thomson Corporation, with 2001 revenues of $7.2 billion, is a global
leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and
professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information and
technology to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax,
accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information,
corporate training and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. The
Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto Stock
Exchange (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
    As part of The Thomson Corporation, NETg (www.netg.com) is a
global
leader in blended learning with a complete solution of content, technology and
services. NETg's offering is comprised of its award-winning e-Learning
courseware, Course Technology books, CourseCards, instructor-led training
manuals and Wave accelerated IT Boot Camps and self-study kits and the Cardean
University online executive education and MBA programs.




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For further information: Marie-Claude Bacon, Bell Canada,
1 877 391-2007, marie-claude.bacon@bell.ca; Bill
Bonner, NETg,
(630) 637-8924, bbonner@netg.com