BC Tel and ADT Security Services Partner to Provide Home Security Services to British Columbians.

BURNABY, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 1998--BC TEL (TSE:BCT.) (VSE:BCT.) (ME:BCT.) will offer its residential customers ADT home security together with telecommunications services beginning in January 1999. The two companies have agreed to a partnership that will result in special offers on ADT home security exclusively for BC TEL customers.

"This partnership reflects BC TEL's commitment to provide our customers with value well beyond the price of a phone call," said Roy Osing, BC TEL's senior vice-president of marketing. "We will continue to be a leader in bundling products and services into offers that bring telecommunications, and much more, together into simple, extra-value packages."

ADT Security Services is the largest security service provider in Canada. BC TEL is the only company in B.C. to provide a full range of telecommunications services. Both companies were incorporated in British Columbia in 1891.

"This unique partnership brings together two companies each with more than 100 years of experience in serving British Columbians," said Roy Maguire, president of ADT Security Services Canada. "ADT and BC TEL have come together because we share the same philosophy of providing excellent, long-term customer value."

Under the partnership, ADT home security service will be offered to residential BC TEL customers within a package of telecommunications services. Further details, including pricing of the joint offer, will be announced when the offer is available to BC TEL customers in January.

"BC TEL and ADT will continue to develop and refine our bundled services over time to ensure our offer meets the needs of our customers while providing the most value possible," added Osing.