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Quebec City, Canada (June 5^th 2006) - Bell, Canada's largest communications company, will use Multitel's FIRM Suite^TM as its standard information system for power asset management to increase efficiency and better manage the state of its DC power network in real time, within its nationwide telecommunications infrastructure network.

Primarily used to centralize inventory of critical power assets and provide real-time direct communications with remote power equipment, FIRM Suite^TM's Planning module will also help Bell manage growth and modernization planning within its 11,000+ sites nationwide. With more services being deployed and more telecommunications data being consumed daily, becoming more efficient in a very competitive market has become Bell's driving force in implementing FIRM Suite to manage its power assets.

"Bell was proactive in foreseeing a wave of retirements scheduled for 2011 which would potentially lead to a gap in knowledge transfer in managing the critical power assets needed to guarantee uptime," stated Benoit Méthot, president of Multitel. "By automating and centralizing critical data within FIRM Suite^TM, Bell expects to reduce planning and provisioning time and become more efficient. As a collaborative tool, FIRM Suite^TM will benefit both engineering and operations teams, as well as executives looking for real-time status of their power network's critical assets."

With FIRM Suite^TM, Bell Canada will have speedy access to real-time inventory and capacity data for planners in engineering departments to maximize capital expenditures and execute their work faster and better. As for operations managers, FIRM Suite^TM will help provide real-time intelligent alarm management in case of power outages and enable better planning of maintenance using accurate historical data. Finally, managers will be able to visualize, through intelligent dashboards, key performance indicators of the various power assets and take proactive measures to optimize capital and operational expenditures.

About Multitel

Multitel is a Quebec City-based corporation with over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, serving Tier 1 wireline & wireless telcos, cable operators, and power utilities. FIRM Suite^TM, the smarter power asset management solution for telecom managers, power engineers and operations personnel, is a modular software solution that consolidates power asset data across an organization, bridging the knowledge gap between engineering, operations, and management departments. FIRM Suite^TM allows for better planning, provisioning, alarm dispatch, and maintenance for optimized capital and operational expenditures, and improved ROI over the entire power asset life cycle. For more information: www.firmsuite.com