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FRENCH INTERNET TELEVISION SERVICE TO CANADIANS
(Canada Newswire; 06/24/98)
   JOINT EFFORT TO DELIVER A FRENCH VERSION OF BEYONDTV(TM), 

   CANADA'S FIRST INTERNET TELEVISION NETWORK

   WINNIPEG, MB., June 24 /CNW/ - Viewcall Canada, Inc. (VCC) and  QuebecTel 
Communications Inc. (QTC) announced today they have  entered into an agreement 
to provide Canadians with a French  version of BeyondTV--net connected 
television(TM) this fall. 

   Tim Nickerson, Managing Director for ViewCall Canada, Inc.,  said the 
partnership is a major step towards providing a truly  Canadian Internet 
television product. 

   "QTC's on-line experience and dedication to the French-Canadian  content 
makes them an excellent partner," said Nickerson. "QTC,  combined with VCC's 
two years of experience in the Canadian  Internet appliance market, will result 
in a unique and superior  French-Canadian service." 

   "This partnership exhibits the value BeyondTV(TM) provides to  Canadians. 
Understanding the convergence of the Internet and  television technologies, and 
using it to provide Canadians with a  sense of identity and community, is what 
VCC and BeyondTV(TM) are  all about," Nickerson said. 

   VCC works with Web and new media providers, broadcasters, and  Canadian 
Internet Service Providers to enrich and enhance  television programming. It 
offers families a uniquely Canadian  service that keeps them informed and 
offers five personal user  accounts, including E-mail and Web access. 

   Real Blais, Managing Director of QuebecTel Communications Inc.,  emphasizes 
the importance of supplying the Canadian francophone  community with a French-
language service that reflects its specific  needs and culture. "Not only will 
Quebecers and other  French-Canadians gain access to the Internet via such a  
user-friendly medium as television, but our joint effort will also  bring a 
broad range of information and entertainment content to  them in their own 
language," says Mr. Blais. 

   Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, ViewCall Canada is a wholly owned  subsidiary 
of MTS Advanced, the Internet, multimedia and directory  publishing arm of 
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (Stock symbol:  MBT). ViewCall Canada 
distributes new media targeted at the  Canadian Internet appliance industry. 
ViewCall launched  BeyondTV--net connected television(TM), available 
nationwide, in  November 1997. Web Site: http://www.beyondtv.net 

   QuebecTel Communications is The QuebecTel Group's member  organization 
involved in new technologies and multimedia. It has  under its wing 
"GlobeTrotter", the second largest Internet supplier  in the Province of 
Quebec, "VisioGlobe", a network of public  interactive multimedia kiosks, and 
Services de Television  Interactive, its new interactive television unit. 

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