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January 24, 2001 Fourth Quarter 2000 (Unaudited) Investor Briefing This supplement to the press release announcing BCE’s Quarterly results is intended to provide, on a timely basis, information of interest to the investment community. Results are reported in Canadian dollars and prepared according to Canadian GAAP. For further information, please contact Sophie Argiriou at (514) 786-3845 or George Walker at (514) 870-2488. The Investor Briefing is also available on BCE’s web site at www.bce.ca under the Investor Relations section. Certain sections of this document contain forward-looking statements with respect to BCE and its subsidiaries. These forward-looking statements, by their nature, necessarily involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Factors which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations are discussed on page 24 under “CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS”. This material is presented for information only, and should not be construed as a solicitation to invest in any securities of BCE Inc. Investor Briefing January 24, 2001 n BCE Announces 8% Revenue Growth In The Fourth Quarter and 9% for the year Cash baseline earnings up 10% - Data revenues up 29% Sympatico High Speed Edition customers up 49% over the third quarter · BCE today reported its fourth excluding CTV, Teleglobe and Excluding CTV, Teleglobe and quarter results which continue Excel for comparison Excel this represents 9.7% to show strong growth driven purposes. growth. by Bell Canada and BCE Emergis. · Consolidated EBITDA was · Consolidated cash baseline $1.7B. This reflects 9.0% earnings per share were $0.40 · Consolidated revenues for the growth, excluding CTV, for the quarter and $1.81 for fourth quarter of 2000 were Teleglobe and Excel. the year 2000. $5.2B. This reflects a 7.7% increase over the same period · Consolidated cash baseline last year, earnings were $299M. Summary of Fourth Quarter Results (Millions of dollars, except where otherwise indicated) 2000 1999 % change Consolidated results Revenues 5,185 4,230 22.6% EBITDA 1,699 1,508 12.7% Cash baseline earnings to common shares 299 263 13.7% Cash baseline earnings per common share ($) 0.40 0.41 (2.4%) Bell Canada Growth drivers Wireline Data revenues 839 652 28.7% Sympatico High Speed Edition subscribers (k, at December 31) 264 51 417.6% Bell Mobility Revenues 352 289 21.8% PCS and cellular subscribers (k, at December 31) 2,340 1,797 30.2% PCS and cellular net activations (k) 185 111 66.7% Bell ExpressVu Revenues 98 47 108.5% DTH subscribers (k, at December 31) 722 416 73.6% DTH net activations (k) 128 119 7.6% Teleglobe Net Data Revenues (1) 158 104 51.9% BCE Emergis Revenues 141 62 127.4% (1) Reflects 3 months of revenues. BCE Inc. ½ Investor Briefing – Fourth Quarter 2000 Data / DSL Growth Bell data revenues increased by 29% to $839M in the fourth quarter of 2000 compared to the same period last year. Growth Customer Wins · In November, Bell Nexxia · Once again, revenue · Bell Nexxia’s 4th quarter reinforced its position as a increases in Bell Nexxia’s IP & brought major contract wins serious contender in the west Broadband services of 60% worth over $1 billion from by leveraging the Bell Intrigna and a 150% increase in customers using its entire suite relationship and winning the Sympatico revenues were the of services and focusing on Government of Alberta’s $300 driving forces contributing to Nexxia as a single source million contract for a network the 29% growth in data communications supplier for infrastructure program. revenues compared to the services ranging from fourth quarter last year. consulting to IP services and · Also in November, Bell Nexxia announced its largest contract Gigabit Ethernet. award to date, a multi-year · The number of digital supply agreement to provide equivalent access lines grew CIBC with 100% of its to 3.2M, reflecting an 11% Data Revenues Canadian voice and data increase over the third quarter 900 839 transport services. 752 and a 46% growth compared 800 693 650 to last year. 700 611 600 · Bell Nexxia also signed a 500 400 multi-year contract with BMO 300 which will see Bell Nexxia 200 100 become the IP engine for their 0 e-commerce strategy. Q499 Q100 Q200 Q300 Q400 · Nexxia also signed its first e- learning deal with the Hudson’s Bay Company. Sympatico High Speed Internet customer base grows to 264,000. Market share in Ontario and Quebec increases to 34%. · Bell Canada’s Sympatico High · During the quarter Bell Canada · In addition to its success with Speed Edition closed the year captured 58%of all new high its consumer offering, Bell at 264,000 customers, speed Internet additions. Canada also closed the year shattering its year-end target with another 36,000 customers of 200,000 by more than 30%. for its business and wholesale Including Aliant, consumer DSL service offerings, bringing Sympatico High Speed Internet Consumer Market DSL services grew to 299,000 (000) % its total DSL customer base to 300 40 customers. 34 * 300,000, excluding Aliant. 250 35 25 30 200 · The 87,000 increase in 20 25 · As of year end, nearly 70% of 150 20 subscribers in Bell Canada’s 15 264 all homes and business lines 15 100 177 territory in the fourth quarter 10 in Bell Canada territory were 50 109 led to a rise in market share to 51 69 5 eligible for DSL service, a 34%. 0 0 significant improvement over Q499 Q100 Q200 Q300 Q400 the 38% coverage at year end 1999. * Reflects improved market information as a result of the Rogers and Shaw swap of cable properties. BCE Inc. ½ Investor Briefing – Fourth Quarter 2000 Page 2 Wireless Growth Bell Mobility wireless revenues of $352 million were up 22% from the prior year’s quarter. PCS and cellular net additions of 185,000 were a Bell Mobility record. On an annual basis, PCS and cellular subscribers grew 30% to 2,340,000. Improved subscriber mix reflective of Bell Mobility’s launch. Looking ahead, the commitment to provide existing recently announced digital · Of the 185,000 record customers with quality service network buildout and 3G trials breaking net additions of PCS levels, hardware upgrades and position us to build on our and cellular customers, 62% differentiated products that success. represented higher value meet their changing needs. postpaid subscribers. At year National Expansion end, 70% of total PCS and ARPU cellular customers were · Bell Mobility, together with its postpaid. Including Aliant, · Bell Mobility’s ARPU of $48 Wireless Alliance partners, is total PCS and cellular during the fourth quarter participating in the spectrum customers grew by 220,000 remained unchanged from last auction which commenced on this quarter to reach quarter and from the fourth January 15, 2001. If 2,769,000. quarter of 1999. successful, additional spectrum will make it possible Low Churn Wireless data to address the capacity needs of the fast growing customer · Bell Mobility’s post-paid churn · Explosive growth of Mobile base in existing markets as declined in the fourth quarter Browser continued as data hits well as bringing enhanced of 2000, falling to an industry for the fourth quarter reached wireless services to leading 1.3%, down from 1.4% 19M, up nearly 60% from the Canadians on a national in the third quarter and well third quarter. As of year-end, basis. below the 1.9% in the fourth there were nearly 300,000 quarter of 1999. This customers who had used the continued improvement is Mobile Browser since its Bell Mobility (000) $ 140 48 48 50 120 48 100 44 44 45 80 60 40 40 20 35 119 47 48 108 18 100 71 114 0 -8 -11 -20 Q499 Q100 Q200 Q300 Q400 30 Prepaid adds Postpaid adds ARPU BCE Inc. ½ Investor Briefing – Fourth Quarter 2000 Page 3 DTH Growth After just three years in operation, Bell ExpressVu has become the country’s leading direct-to- home (DTH) satellite TV company and the fifth largest broadcast distributor of television content. · Compared to the fourth quarter · During the quarter, Bell of 1999, revenues more than ExpressVu increased its · Bell ExpressVu’s multi- doubled to $98M. monthly average revenue per dwelling unit division, together subscriber to approximately with Sympatico, entered into a · This growth was driven by an $48. The full year average deal with CAP REIT that will increase in Bell ExpressVu’s revenue per subscriber of $47 allow them access to 8,370 subscriber base, which is a significant improvement residential units across exceeded 722,000 at the end from $44 in 1999, driven by Canada. This adds to two of the year. increases in pay-per-view similar deals entered into revenues. earlier this year with · Bell ExpressVu increased its Metropolitan Toronto Housing estimated market share from · Bell ExpressVu achieved Authority and Les Placements 55% to 58% of net subscriber annualized churn of 10.3% Supra. additions. Some 57% of Bell which compares favorably to ExpressVu’s net additions U.S. DTH providers who have came from urban areas. churns in the 15% range. Bell ExpressVu Subscribers - end of period 800 722 700 594 600 526 469 500 416 400 300 200 100 0 Q499 Q100 Q200 Q300 Q400 BCE Inc. ½ Investor Briefing – Fourth Quarter 2000 Page 4 Bell Globemedia CRTC approves BCE acquisition of CTV. Bell Globemedia, Canada’s premier company in the fields of broadcasting, print, and new media created. · In December, BCE received increase of 67% compared to · EBITDA margins have also CRTC approval of its purchase the same period last year.