**EXHIBIT 10.1**
**GLOSSARY**
Set forth below are the meanings of certain terms defined as they are used inthis Annual Report on Form 20-F:
***ADSL***(Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) means an Internet and networkaccess technology providing speeds of up to 50 times standard phone lineInternet access.
***ASP***(Application Solutions Provider*)*means an e-commerce provider of businesssolutions via the Internet, including application hosting and remote accessservices.
***ATM***(Asynchronous Transfer Mode) means a data services technology which allowsthe transmittal of many small, fixed-sized cells of data at very high-speeds.
***Broadband***means a network capable of transporting voice, data and IP servicesat higher capacities than traditional telephone networks.
***CLEC***(Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) means a CRTC authorized provider oftelecommunications services in Canada.
***CRTC***(Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) means thegovernmental body in Canada which oversees the regulation of thetelecommunications industry.
***DSL***(Digital Subscriber Line) means a family of evolving digital servicesprovided over local switched telephone networks generally associated withhigh-speed Internet services.
***Equal Ease of Access***means interconnection with ILEC toll offices in a mannerwhich is equivalent to long distance service provided by an ILEC (i.e., with norequirement for extra dialling by the subscriber).
***FCC***(Federal Communications Commission), means an independent agency of theUnited States (U.S.) federal government charged under the Communications Act of1934, as amended, and the *Telecommunications Act*(U.S.) (collectively “the*Communications Act*”).
***IFL***means International Facilities Licence.
***ILEC***(Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) means one of the telecommunicationsproviders in Canada which operated prior to the deregulation of the longdistance market in 1992, in respect of the geographic market in which thecarrier then provided telecommunications services.
 

 

***Incumbent***means former monopoly phone companies (those Canadiantelecommunications companies which were members of the alliance known asStentor, prior to its break-up).
***IP Network***means an infrastructure dedicated to the transport, routing andmanagement of Internet protocol data.
***IP-VPN***(Internet Protocol — Virtual Private Network) means a service used toconnect branch offices and remote workers over a single provider’s IP networkor through several networks (the Internet). Data traverses a public datainfrastructure, but offers the appearance, functionality and usefulness of adedicated network.
***IRU***(Indefeasible Right of Use) means a long-term right to use a fibre opticfacility, including a right to use underlying rights and support structures.
***IXCs****means*Interexchange Carriers.
***LAN***(Local Area Network) means a short distance data communications network(typically within a building or campus) used to link together computers andperipheral devices under some form of standard protocol.
***LEC***(Local Exchange Carrier) means a telecommunications company offering localservices.
***LMCS***(Local Multi-point Communications System) means a line-of-sight broadbandwireless service capable of carrying basic and advanced communicationsservices.
***LNP***means Local Number Portability.
***Local Services***means the Canadian local telephone services, including localnetwork services (such as dial tone, enhanced calling features and dataservices), network access services and other services (such as the publicationof telephone directories).
***MAN****means*operational Metro Area Network.
***MNS***(Managed Network Services) means the outsourcing to a telecommunicationsprovider of certain complex hosting solutions including enterprise networkmonitoring, network security and network architecture, design andimplementation.
***NAS***means Network Access Service.
***PCS***(Personal Communications Service) means a low-powered wirelesscommunications technology similar to cellular.
***PUCs***(Public Utilities Commissions) means Telecommunications services providersin the United States who are also regulated at the state level by state publicutilities commissions and/or other authorities.
 

 

***SME***(Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) means businesses ranging in size from 5to 500 employees, requiring a range of communications products.
***SOHO***(Small Office, Home Office) means the customer segment made up ofbusinesses with fewer than 10 employees requiring unique communicationssolutions.
***SONET***(Synchronous Optical Network) means an international standard fortransmitting digital signals over fibre optic networks.
***Stentor***means Stentor Canadian Network Management, an organization formed bythe nine major provincial and regional Canadian telephone companies, andTelesat Canada, the monopoly provider of satellite broadcasts in Canada.
***TLS***(Transparent LAN Service) means a service that provides connectivitybetween a company’s remote LANs without the need for conversion of LAN data toa different Wide Area Network protocol (such as frame relay). All users appearto be on the same LAN regardless of their location.
***TSR****means*Total Subsidy Requirement.