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PRIMUS Canada extends TalkBroadband (TM) service for consumers and

businesses to include local numbers in Victoria, Winnipeg, Quebec

City, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Halifax, Mississauga (Cooksville)

and St. Catharines.



- 911 emergency service to be provided in all TalkBroadband local

calling areas



- Now more Canadian consumers have a true alternative to traditional

local service, starting at $15.95 per month with purchase of voice

gateway hardware



- New TalkBroadband long distance package allows calling to 20 overseas

countries including China, Hong Kong, France, Germany and the UK for

as low as 2.5 cents per minute



- New Unlimited Bundle introduced for $45.95 per month, including all

local features and unlimited calling within Canada and to the U.S.



TORONTO, April 5 /CNW/ - PRIMUS Telecommunications Canada Inc. (PRIMUS

Canada) has announced 911 emergency telephone service for its TalkBroadband

local service customers and added calling areas for eight more cities, from

Halifax to Victoria.

PRIMUS Canada, the wholly-owned subsidiary of McLean, Virginia-based

PRIMUS Telecommunications Group, Incorporated (Nasdaq: PRTL), a global

telecommunications services provider offering bundled voice, data, Internet,

digital subscriber line (DSL), voice-over-Internet protocol (VOIP), web

hosting, enhanced virtual private network (VPN) applications and other value

added services, is expanding its successful TalkBroadband local phone service

to consumers and businesses in Victoria, Winnipeg, Quebec City, Halifax and

the Ontario cities of London, Kitchener-Waterloo, St. Catharines and the

Cooksville area of Mississauga. This means that with the addition of these

cities, high-speed Internet users can keep their existing phone number or

select a new one from 15 major centres across the country with the

TalkBroadband phone service.

Emergency 911 calling is now accessible with TalkBroadband for local

service customers in 14 of the 15 TalkBroadband local calling areas, and will

be available imminently in Halifax.

"The addition of 911 service moves TalkBroadband to the forefront as a

secure and cost-effective alternative to local service from the traditional

providers," says Ted Chislett, president, PRIMUS Canada. "By expanding

TalkBroadband local calling to eight more cities, PRIMUS Canada is the only

provider delivering the benefits of competition to residential and business

phone customers coast-to-coast."

TalkBroadband provides greater than 25 percent savings on average to

consumers and home offices, compared with traditional phone service. Now

starting at just $15.95 a month, TalkBroadband uses leading edge Voice Over

Internet Protocol (VOIP) technology to transform high-speed Internet service

into a local telephone connection simply, reliably and securely.

Any high-speed Internet user in Canada, or anywhere in the world - no

matter where they are located - can take advantage of TalkBroadband by

selecting an area code and number from one of the 15 local calling areas

available. For example, consumers who live in Halifax (902) can select a

Vancouver (604) area code and number, ensuring that calls to and from

Vancouver are not subject to long distance charges.



TalkBroadband Benefits and Features

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- Customers receive a home telephone number that can travel with them

wherever there is access to high-speed Internet service (telephone DSL

or cable). So a customer could go away for the weekend or overseas for

a week and they could still be reached at their home phone number.

- Customers have the option to keep their existing telephone number (in

serviceable areas) or add a new one, and can choose their area code.

- TalkBroadband is easy to set up, without the hassle and expense of a

service call.

- The service works with a regular telephone: PRIMUS Canada provides a

Broadband Voice Gateway box that connects easily to the phone and the

subscriber's existing high-speed Internet modem.

- Customers can surf the Internet while talking on the phone.

- A wide selection of features is available, including Call Answer, Call

Display and Call Waiting.

- TalkBroadband offers additional features not available on traditional

phone services such as Call Transfer and 5-way Calling.

- TalkBroadband offers free long distance calling between PRIMUS Canada

Talk Broadband customers on their Broadband Voice service.

- TalkBroadband customers can also select additional numbers and area

codes for a small additional monthly charge, providing the customer a

local presence in other areas of the country.



TalkBroadband, now available with local numbers for Toronto, Ottawa,

Hamilton, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton in addition to the eight

cities announced today, will continue to be extended to other major Canadian

centres. PRIMUS Canada also will introduce broadband phone services tailored

specifically for larger business customers, at significant cost savings over

traditional commercial phone service.



Residential Pricing

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- Basic service has been reduced to $15.95 per month, the Power Bundle

reduced to $25.95 per month and the Ultimate Bundle to $30.95 per

month for customers who purchase the TalkBroadband Voice Gateway for

$139.95.

- Primus has added a new Unlimited Bundle for $45.95 per month,

including unlimited calling within Canada and to the U.S., and all

local features except alternate number and unlisted number ($41.95 per

month for customers who purchase the TalkBroadband Voice Gateway).

- For customers choosing not to purchase the Gateway hardware upfront,

pricing remains unchanged as follows:

- Basic phone service is just $19.95 per month, 15 percent less

on average than the basic service customers pay now for

traditional residential phone service.

- PRIMUS Canada's TalkBroadband also lowers the cost of adding

features, so customers can get the most out of their home phone

service. Bundles including basic phone service plus Call

Answer, Call Waiting and Call Display start at just $29.95 per

month for the Power Bundle, with savings of 30 percent on

average over traditional phone service. Also available is the

Ultimate Bundle, including basic service plus 6 features, for

$34.95 per month.

- TalkBroadband offers great savings on long distance plans, with flat

rate calling as low as $2.95 per month for 60 Canada/U.S. minutes and

unlimited Canada/U.S. calling for just $20 per month. Subscribers

automatically receive PRIMUS Canada's best available overseas rates.

- The $39 activation fee continues to be waived, as a special

introductory offer.



Commercial Pricing

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- Basic service has been reduced to $25.95 per month, the Power Bundle

reduced to $32.95 per month and the Elite Bundle to $38.95 per month

for customers who purchase the TalkBroadband Voice Gateway for

$139.95.

- Pricing for customers choosing not to purchase the Gateway remains

unchanged at just $29.95 per month for Basic Service, $36.95 per month

for the Power Bundle and $42.95 per month for the Elite Bundle.

- Existing TalkBroadband commercial long distance options start at

5 cents per minute, with better rates available for larger volumes of

calls.

- The new pricing options provide savings of at least 22 percent over

comparable traditional commercial phone service.



New TalkBroadband Long Distance Offers

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Primus Canada today also introduced new long distance pricing for

TalkBroadband residential subscribers.

Subscribers can now select a long distance plan offering calling to 20

overseas countries for as low as 2.5 cents per minute through a package

providing 400 international minutes for just $10 per month.

The plan includes calls to Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark,

France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,

South Korea, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United

Kingdom. (Additional minutes are priced at 5 cents per minute).

As well, the existing Canada/U.S. calling package allowing 250 minutes

for $10 will be increased to 400 minutes, at the same low price.

911 Service and TalkBroadband

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As with regular telephone service, emergency 911 calling is accessible

only for the fixed location where the service is registered. The TalkBroadband

local service customer must choose a phone number within the telephone

exchange (area code and first 3 digits) associated with his or her service

location. 911 calling is not accessible when the customer uses the

TalkBroadband service away from their registered service location, nor is it

available when a customer chooses a phone number outside of the exchange

associated with their service location.



About PRIMUS Canada

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For more information on PRIMUS Telecommunications Canada Inc. and PRIMUS

Telecommunications Group, please go to

http://www.primustel.ca/en/about/press.html

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