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To: DenverTechie who wrote (2574)	12/14/1998 2:04:00 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Respond to of 12823

Press Release from Nortel re 1-Meg Modem deployment by Bell Canada Nortel Networks' 1-Meg Modem Provides the Technology for Largest Consumer Deployment of Mass Market High Speed Data Access PR Newswire - December 14, 1998 13:25 -- Bell Canada achieves record time to market for offering consumers 1 Meg Modem capabilities in 100 central offices -- TORONTO, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ - Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT/TSE: NTL) announced today that Bell Global Solutions, a subsidiary of Bell Canada, the largest Canadian telecommunications operating company, is launching high-speed data access services using Nortel Networks' award-winning 1-Meg Modem to customers in four major regions. The large-scale rollout, which was implemented on Dec. 9, 1998, covers 100 central offices at Bell Canada, making high speed data access services available to consumers in Ottawa/Hull, the greater Toronto area, metropolitan Montreal, and Quebec City. The deployment is the largest of its kind in Canada, and demonstrates Bell Canada's commitment to Nortel Networks' 1-Meg Modem as the mass-market solution for high speed Internet access. The Bell Sympatico High Speed Edition service offers consumers easy to use, high-speed access in the home. Bell Canada's use of the 1-Meg Modem requires no rewiring in the home, no installation service call and only slight modifications to equipment in Bell's central offices. Customers will have the choice of self installing or having an expert technician perform the installation. ''Nortel Networks' 1 Meg Modem offers Bell Canada robust performance and an ease of integration into our existing networks and operations,'' said John MacDonald, president and COO, Bell Canada. ''The ease of deployment has allowed us to quickly enter this market and deliver to our subscribers a truly enhanced Internet experience. In fact, with Nortel Networks' assistance we launched the service with only seven weeks of preparation.'' ''As one of the preeminent service providers in North America, Bell Canada is delivering on their commitment to offer innovative solutions that meet their customers' requirements for high speed access to the Internet,'' said Nortel Networks' Clarence Chandran, president and general manager of the Carrier Packet Networks division. Nortel Networks' 1-Meg Modem solution is a cost effective, plug-and-play, integrated voice and data solution that will allow access to data applications from individual's homes at speeds of up to 30 times faster than traditional dial-up modems. Bell Canada's customers with 1-Meg Modem service will be able to access the Internet, send and receive e-mails, and download files at megabit speeds through their existing residential telephone lines - giving them dedicated high-speed access to the Internet. The 1-Meg Modem also provides users the capability of accessing voice calls while connected to the Internet. More information on Nortel Networks' 1-Meg Modem is available at nortel.com. SOURCE Northern Telecom Limited /CONTACT: Frank McNally, Nortel Networks, (703) 712-8374, frank.mcnally(at)nortelnetworks.com; Jeff Young, Nortel Networks, (978) 916-4986, jyoung(at)baynetworks.com; Or visit Nortel Networks' web-site at www.nortelnetworks.com; Nortel's press releases are also available through CNO-Call by fax at 800-758-5804, ext. 122158 or at prnewswire.com /Company News On-Call: prnewswire.com or fax at 800-758-5804, ext. 122158/