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Media Advisory - BMO Nesbitt Burns to Webcast 2003 Telecom Conference

BMO Nesbitt Burns will provide complete, live webcasting of its 2003 Telecom Conference on Tuesday, September 16th. The conference will be co-hosted by Peter Rhamey, Telecommunications Analyst and Tim Casey, Cable Analyst, BMO Nesbitt Burns. Presenters include senior management from leading North American telecommunications and cable companies, who will discuss:

Competing for the Consumer
Competing in the Business Market
The View from the South

The live webcast can be accessed at:
http://corporate.bmo.com/conference/2003Telecom/

Scheduled presenters and times are*:

8:05 am	OPENING REMARKS William Downe, Deputy Chair, BMO Financial Group and CEO, BMO Nesbitt Burns
8:10 am	INTRODUCTION Peter Rhamey, Telecommunications Analyst, BMO Nesbitt Burns
8:15 am	TELUS Mobility George Cope, President & CEO
8:40 am	Call-Net Enterprises Bill Linton, President & CEO
9:05 am	Aliant Inc. Frank Fagan, Executive Vice-President & COO
9:30 am	Allstream Inc. John MacDonald, President & COO
9:55 am	Bell Canada Karen Sheriff, President, Small and Medium Enterprises
10:35 am	Primus Telecommunications Group K. Paul Singh, Founder, President and CEO
11:00 am	Verizon Communications Tom Bartlett, SVP, Investor Relations
11:25 am	Cogeco Cable Louis Audet, President & CEO
11:50 am	Rogers Cable Edward Rogers, President & CEO
12:15 am	CLOSING REMARKS Tim Casey, Cable Analyst, BMO Nesbitt Burns

BMO Nesbitt Burns, a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), is one of Canada’s largest full-service investment firms, offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a broad range of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisition advisory services, research, institutional sales and trading. BMO Nesbitt Burns’ Private Client Division employs more than 1,400 Investment Advisors who draw on the firm's top-ranked research and broad range of products and services to meet the specific investment objectives of individual clients.

*Agenda subject to change.

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