Mr. Adel Bazerghi reports

BELL BUSINESS MARKETS ANNOUNCES MAJOR ENHANCEMENT TO QUEBEC'S LARGEST DATA CENTRE; MONTREAL CENTRE'S CAPACITY INCREASED TO 6.8 MEGAWATTS OF CRITICAL IT LOAD ACROSS EXPANDED 60,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY; BELL OFFERS BUSINESS CUSTOMERS ACCESS TO CANADA'S LARGEST NETWORK OF DATA HOSTING AND CLOUD COMPUTING CENTRES

BCE Inc.'s Bell Business Markets has launched a 10,000-square-foot (929-square-metre) expansion of its data hosting facility in Montreal, already the largest data centre in Quebec, that supports an information technology load capacity increase of 1.2 megawatts. Providing secure and reliable data hosting solutions to a broad range of Quebec business customers, Bell's Montreal centre now offers a total capacity of 6.8 MW in a 60,000-square-foot (5,574-square-metre) location.

"Bell's Montreal data centre expansion reinforces our leadership in Canadian hosting, connectivity and cloud services, and it will play a significant role in supporting business technology growth in Quebec," said Adel Bazerghi, senior vice-president of marketing for Bell Business Markets. "Strategically located across Canada, Bell's data centre network offers business customers unparalleled capacity, scalability and reliability for the latest data hosting and cloud computing solutions."

Together with Bell Aliant and Q9 Networks, Bell Business Markets offers customers access to 27 data centres across Canada, including three in Quebec, and now has the capacity to support more than 39 MW of critical IT load, more than any other data centre operator in Canada.

Bell data centres offer a range of co-location and virtual data centre hosting solutions backed by:

• Reliability: Exceptional reliability ensures customers' IT infrastructure is always available for their mission-critical applications. Bell offers 100-per-cent power and network availability, backed by comprehensive service-level agreements.
• Performance: A high-performing network is essential for connecting to data centres. Bell operates the country's largest broadband fibre optic network.
• Security: Stringent physical security includes video surveillance, controlled access and 24-7 on-site security and centralized monitoring.
• Service: As part of the largest support team in the country, Bell has unparalleled expertise in delivering secure and reliable hosting services to businesses, including capacity planning, provisioning, installation and configuration.

For more information about Bell's data centre services, please visit Bell's website.