Bell Mobility delivers mobile Enhanced 911 capabilities

    Implementation of E911 Phase Two rolled out faster in Canada than any
other country

MONTREAL, Feb. 1 2010 -- As announced by the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) earlier today,
emergency responders across Canada will now receive much more precise
location information to help them find people calling 911 emergency services
from mobile phones.
    This new Enhanced 911 (E911) Phase Two capability is the result of a
year-long effort that involved the close cooperation of Canada's wireless
carriers, local telephone companies and 911 call centres across the country.
    "As the first wireless provider to begin independent E911 trials in
Canada, Bell is delighted that the intense effort by Canada's wireless
industry to ensure national E911 service has been a success," said Stephen
Howe, Chief Technology Officer for Bell Mobility. "Location information is
crucial for police, fire and ambulance services responding to people in
distress - all the more so when wireless callers may not even know their own
precise location. Improved E911 offers emergency responders a significantly
greater ability to arrive at the right spot at the right time."
    The wireless industry worked with more than 120 Public Safety Answering
Points (911 call centres) and local phone companies to install technology
needed to find the location of mobile handsets calling 911, route the calls
to the most appropriate call centres, and display location information to 911
operators. Testing of the system involved placing and answering calls to
validate its effectiveness across approximately 7,000 wireless cell site
locations in Canada.
    "This latest phase of wireless E911 puts Canada at the head of the
wireless class globally," added Mr. Howe. "Few countries in the world offer
Enhanced 911 service and no other country in the world has rolled out a
national E911 service as quickly as Canada, including the United States."
    E911 Phase Two uses GPS (Global Positioning System satellite location)
and triangulation of surrounding cell sites or towers to estimate a wireless
handset's longitude and latitude coordinates. Location information may be
more or less precise depending on such factors as clear line of sight between
a handset and satellite or the distance between the cell sites used for
triangulation.
    While E911 Phase Two dramatically improves their ability to locate
callers, 911 call centres continue to recommend that mobile phone users be
prepared to immediately provide 911 call takers with their location as best
they can and remain on the line to provide additional information if
requested.
    Wireless E911 is available to Bell Mobility and Solo Mobile clients with
compatible handsets wherever wireline 911 service exists in Canada. To check
your Bell or Solo phone's compatibility with E911, please visit
www.bell.ca/E911.

About Bell

    Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing consumers and
business with solutions to all their communications needs, including Bell
Mobility wireless, high-speed Bell Internet, Bell TV direct-to-home satellite
television, Bell Home phone local and long distance, and IP-broadband and
information and communications technology (ICT) services. Bell is proud to be
a Premier National Partner and the Exclusive Telecommunications Partner to
the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
    Bell is wholly owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For information on
Bell's products and services, please visit www.bell.ca. For
corporate
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For further information: Jacqueline Michelis, Bell Media Relations, (613)
785-1427, Jacqueline.michelis@bell.ca

SOURCE Mobility / Wireless