BCE Inc. Will Hold a Live Meeting on the Internet on April 30, 1997.MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 1997--BCE (ME;TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). ;VSE See DOS/VSE. VSE - Virtual Storage Extended ;NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange BCE BCE abbr. 1. Bachelor of Chemical Engineering 2. Bachelor of Civil Engineering BCE Abbreviation for before the Common Era. ) BCE Inc., Canada's most widely held company with 400,000 beneficial common shareholders, will take to the Internet April 30 with a live webcast (audio and video) of its 14th annual meeting of shareholders. Up to 1,000 people will be able electronically to "attend" the meeting which will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Palais des Congres de Montreal. The telecommunications facilities for the webcast will be provided by BCE subsidiary Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for via its Sympatico Network. Bell has provisioned to allow up to 600 Internet users to access the video feed and up to 400 users to access the audio feed. Only computers with certain technical capabilities will be able to access both the video and audio feeds. Full technical details - including instructions on how to download the RealPlayer software that is required - can be found on BCE's site on the World Wide Web. www.bce.ca The live webcast will be available from 9:45 a.m. on April 30. A taped version of the webcast will also be placed on the site for those who wish to view it after the event. The BCE meeting of shareholders, including the question and answer period, is expected to last approximately two hours. BCE is Canada's largest telecommunications company See telecom company. with consolidated revenues of $28 billion. The BCE group includes: Bell Canada, the principal supplier of communications services in Quebec and Ontario; Nortel (Northern Telecom), a global leader in the design and building of telecommunications networks; Bell Canada International, with investments in the US, the UK, Asia and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. ; BCE Mobile, a provider of wireless services in Ontario and Quebec under the Bell Mobility banner; and Tele-Direct, a Yellow Pages TM directory publisher operating in Canada and internationally. BCE's shares are traded in Canada, the United States and in Europe. CONTACT: BCE Inc. Pierre Desmarteau, 514/397-7278 www.bce.ca |
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