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Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations expressed in or implied by our forward-looking statements include: general economic conditions; failure to achieve our business objectives; the intensity of competitive activity and the increase in wireless competitive activity that could result from Industry Canada’s decision to license additional wireless spectrum; our ability to respond to technological changes and rapidly offer new products and services; events affecting the functionality of, and our ability to protect, maintain and replace, our networks, information technology (IT) systems and softwares; labour disruptions; the potential adverse effects on our Internet business of the significant increase in broadband demand; competitive risks related to potential changes in foreign ownership restrictions; events affecting the operations of our service providers operating outside Canada; our ability to raise the capital we need to implement our business plan; the consummation of the Privatization (as defined immediately following this section under Privatization of BCE Inc.) is still subject to a number of terms and conditions including the receipt of regulatory approval, resolution of any appeal filed by the debenture holders which affects the approval of the Bell Canada Enterprises 2007 Annual Report 3 Management’s Discussion and Analysis Arrangement (as defined immediately following this section under Privatization of BCE Inc.), and contractual termination rights; our ability to discontinue certain traditional services as necessary to improve capital and operating efficiencies; regulatory initiatives or proceedings, litigation and changes in laws or regulations; increased regulations banning the use of wireless devices while driving; launch and in-orbit risks of satellites used by Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership (Bell ExpressVu); increased pension fund contributions; and health concerns about radio frequency emissions from wireless devices. These and other risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from ourexpectations expressed in or implied by our forward-looking tatements are discussed throughout this MD&A and,
in particular, under Our Competitive Environment, Our Regulatory Environment and Risks that Could Affect Our Business and Results.

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High-speed Internet net activations (thousands) (3) (4) 2007 - 124 2006 - 154 2005 - 254
High-speed Internet subscribers (thousands) (3) (4) 2007 - 2,004 2006 - 1,877 2005 - 1,723

(3) In 2007, we reduced total net activations for 2007 by 11,000 and for 2006 by 3,000 to correct for customer churn adjustments in 2007 and 2006.

(4) In 2007, our high-speed Internet subscriber base was increased by 18,000 to adjust for prior-year deactivations related to a major upgrade of our
order management system. In addition, our high-speed Internet subscriber base was decreased by 15,000 to adjust for the removal of customers who had
no network usage in 2007.

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Grow Broadband – We will continue to invest in advanced network enhancements, such as the continued deployment of fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) technology, in order to meet increased usage demands in a multi-media rich environment and to improve DSL network performance. FTTN will enable speeds of up to 26 Mbps. In the future, as consumer demand for bandwidth-intensive applications increases, we believe that FTTN bandwidth speeds can be increased to more than 40 Mbps through techniques such as shortening VDSL loop lengths and bonding twisted-pair copper telephone lines. Our objective is to migrate high-speed Internet customers to FTTN based on demand and willingness to pay for more speed. We also aim to develop and launch targeted marketing initiatives to further grow IP connectivity sales among business customers and to more aggressively monetize usage of our broadband networks. At year-end, Bell had deployed 4,828 neighbourhood nodes through its FTTN program.

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The number of high-speed Internet subscribers increased by 154,000 in 2006, compared with 254,000 in 2005, bringing the total subscriber count as at December 31, 2006 to 1,877,000. Our primary focus in 2006 was to up-sell customers to higher-speed products in order to increase ARPU, drive subscriber growth through expanded use of hardware offers and reduce customer churn. Sympatico’s subscriber growth in 2006 was adversely affected by the impact of ongoing aggressive price discounting on multi-product bundle offers from the major cable operators in our markets. Moreover, the significantly higher number of net additions in 2005 was driven by the introduction of our Basic Lite service offering in the Ontario market and by substantial footprint expansion. A major upgrade to the Sympatico order management system during the fourth quarter of 2006 also negatively impacted the sales process within our retail channels and at our contact centres.

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