Cancom -- Members of RegionalVision Consortium Pleased with Results of Industry Canada's Wireless Telecommunications License Allocation.

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 1996--Canadian Satellite C (TSE, ME SAT.) The four partners of the RegionalVision consortium are delighted that Industry Canada has approved its request for a licence to deliver new wireless telecommunications systems called LMCS (Local Multipoint Communications Systems) to 127 communities in remote and underserved regions of Canada.

Regional Vision is confident that the 1Ghz it was awarded will be sufficient to deliver new wireless LMCS services in the remote communities it aims to serve and intends to start working on implementation immediately.

The consortium expects the implementation of its system to be spread over five years and to include the unfolding of an array of video, audio and data services which will provide local businesses and consumers with a choice of integrated services beyond those already offered by the existing cable and telephone networks.

The Regional Vision consortium brings together companies and an individual who are leaders in their respective line of expertise. They are Cancom (Canadian Satellite Communications Inc.), Canada's leading provider of commercial satellites services; CSL Infrastructure Management Inc., a Canadian leader in the management of communications infrastructures; Capital Communications CDPQ Inc., one of the most important private equity companies in the field of communications and telecommunications in the country; and Hougen Communications, a leading business in the Yukon.

Cancom holds 49 percent of Regional Vision shares and trades on the Toronto and Montreal Stock Exchanges Created in 1981 to bring broadcasting choices and services to the remote and underserved communities of Canada. Cancom's Broadcast Division presently delivers services to over 2,600 small cable operators who in turn serve some 4 million households across the country. The Cancom Business Division is the leading provider of Mobile services to the Canadian trucking industry as well as the leading provider of private integrate satellite and terrestrial networks services. Cancom Business Television is Canada's top provider of satellite interactive distance learning for business and institutions.

CSL Infrastructure Management Inc. is owned 50/50 by the Bracknell Corporation through Clientech Management Services Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, and by SNC-Lavalin Inc. CSL provides infrastructure management, installation and maintenance services in all regions of Canada and abroad. It holds 29 percent of Regional Vision shares.

Capital Communications CPDQ, a subsidiary of La Caisse de depot et de Placement du Quebec, manages an investment portfolio in the fields of communications and telecommunications with a market value on June 30, 1995 of $714 million in 28 companies. It holds 20 percent of Regional Vision shares.

Hougen Communications, holding 2 percent of the consortium shares, is lead by Rolf Hougen, a Whitehorse business leader and entrepreneur with invaluable experience in the provision of services to Northern and remote communities. He is a past president of the Canada Chamber of Commerce (1989-90), an Officer of the Order of Canada and serves on the board of several national boards and organizations.

CONTACT: Cancom

Duncan McEwan, 905/272-6602

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