Exclusive Coverage Of The World Cup Skateboarding Tour Available For Sympatico.msn.ca, Bell Expressvu And Bell Mobility Customers

First Canadian live-action sports event to be broadcast live via Webcast

TORONTO, ONTARIO (Wednesday, September 27, 2006) - The world's best professional
skateboarders are coming to Canada for the West 49 Canadian Open presented by
X-Box at Hamilton's Copps Coliseum, September 29th to October 1st, 2006.
Skateboarding fans worldwide will be able to catch all the high-flying
action online with Sympatico.MSN.ca, watch the live pay-per-view broadcast in
stunning high-definition (HD) with Bell ExpressVu or view streaming video
clips or download highlights when mobile anytime, anywhere with Bell Mobility.
"This promises to be a thrilling event and we'll have all of the
skateboarding action covered for fans around the world through the
Sympatico.MSN.ca Webcast, in addition to delivering the action sport
experience to Bell ExpressVu and Mobility customers," said Gary Anderson, Vice
President of Consumer Internet Services, Bell Canada. "Skateboarding is
exploding in popularity and we are committed to bringing the West 49 Canadian
Open to fans from coast to coast and around the world."
Bell ExpressVu will broadcast the event in both high and standard
definition at the following times and on these channels:

<<
- Friday, September 29th: 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Channel 831 HD, Channel 351
standard definition.
- Saturday, September 30th: 1 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Channel 831 HD, Channel
410 standard definition.
- Sunday, October 1st: 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Channel 831 HD, Channel 410
standard definition.
>>

"With the presence of Shaun White, the industry's top athletes and Bell's
innovative technologies, this competition will be the first Canadian
live-action sports event to be broadcast live via Webcast," said Mark Taylor,
Vice President of Event Properties for organizer IMG Canada. "We're thrilled
to be teaming up with Bell Canada - together we will be able to take this
competition and turn it into a world-class event that can be enjoyed by fans
around the world."
Fans will have a chance to see action sports superstar Shaun White go
head to head with the sport's top athletes including Canada's Pierre-Luc
Gagnon on the KD Quarterpipe. Billabong Street Course action will feature
Canadians Chris Haslam and Paul Machnau battling an all-star field of
international skaters like Greg Lutzka (defending champion), Ronnie Creager
and Tony Trujillo for all the glory and $75,000US prize money.
Subscription to a minimum Bell Mobility Fuel(TM) 20 bundle will allow
customers to view unlimited highlights of the competition from Friday,
September 29th to Friday, October 6th, 2006. All the action can be accessed on
the following Bell Mobility handsets: Samsung a900 and a920; Sanyo 8300 and
7500; Motorola E815 and RAZR.
Find out more about accessing the live Webcast by going to the
Sympatico.MSN.ca home page at www.sympatico.msn.ca or
directly to
action.sympatico.msn.ca.
Information on the West 49 Canadian Open is also available online at
www.canadianopenskateboard.com.

About Bell Canada

Bell Canada is Canada's national leader in communications with 28 million
customer connections across the country. The company provides consumers with
simple solutions to all their communications needs, including telephone
services, wireless communications, high-speed Internet, digital television and
voice over IP. Bell also offers integrated information and communications
technology (ICT) services to businesses and governments, and is the Virtual
Chief Information Officer (VCIO) to small and medium businesses (SMBs). Bell
is proud to be a Premier National Partner and the exclusive Communications
Partner to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Bell is
wholly-owned by BCE Inc. For information on Bell's products and services,
please visit www.bell.ca, and for corporate information on BCE,
please visit
www.bce.ca.

For further information: For media inquiries, please contact: Paolo
Pasquini, Bell Canada Media Relations, (416) 581-3311, 1 888 482-0809,
paolo.pasquini@bell.ca

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