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Call-Net Enterprises expanding Sprint Canadas local telephone service in
Ontario and Quebec TORONTO,
April 29 /CNW/  Sprint Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Call-Net
Enterprises Inc., announced today that it has opened 14 new wire centres
allowing it to offer local home and business telephone service to more
communities in Southern Ontario and the Greater Montreal Area(1). With this expansion, we are now co-located in 148 wire centres, serving
31 municipalities across Canada and we intend to continue to invest in our
network and enhance our local telephone service across the country, said
Duncan McEwan, president and chief operating officer, Sprint Canada. Having a choice when it comes to local phone services is not only good
for the consumer but is also good for the economy. We intend to continue to
invest in our network and enhance our local service to households and
businesses across the country, McEwan added. Sprint Canadas home and business phone service offers a comprehensive
selection of features as well as bundles such as a home phone and wireless
combo. The basic home phone service starts at $29.95 per month, the home phone
service and unlimited North American long distance bundle is $49.95, and local
business service starts at $31.00 per month. There is no fee to change
telephone companies. Customers keep the same phone number and maintain their
listing in the phone directory. To switch to Sprint Canadas service, consumers
and businesses can call 1-866-JOIN-RED (1-866-564-6733) or visit the Companys
web store at www.sprint.ca. Sprint Canadas local service is growing at a rate of 50 per cent
annually, as more and more Canadians become aware of our competitive prices,
our outstanding service and just how easy it is to switch, added McEwan.
Sprint Canada is the smarter choice for savvy consumers and growing
businesses. Call-Net, primarily through its subsidiary Sprint Canada, was one of the
first companies to offer competitive telecommunication services to Canadian
consumers and businesses in 1986. Initially, the company offered long distance
services. Today, the Company provides home phone, long distance, and IP
services to households, and local, long distance, toll free, enhanced voice,
data and IP services to businesses of all sizes. Through Sprint in the United
States, Sprint Canada offers a seamless North American network to
multi-national organizations. Sprint Canada launched its local home and business service in 1999,
expanding the number of markets in 2001. It remains Canadas only competitive
national telecommunications company offering local telephone services to homes
and businesses in major markets. As of December 2003, Sprint Canada had more than 200,000 local home phone
service connections and 60,000 local business lines. Call-Net Enterprises Inc. and Sprint Canada Inc. Call-Net Enterprises Inc., (TSX: FON, FON.B) primarily through its wholly
owned subsidiary Sprint Canada Inc., is a leading Canadian integrated
communications solutions provider of home phone, wireless, long distance and IP
services to households, and local, long distance, toll free, enhanced voice,
data and IP services to businesses across Canada. Call-Net, headquartered in
Toronto, owns and operates an extensive national fibre network, has over 148
co-locations in five major urban areas including 31 municipalities and
maintains network facilities in the United States and the United Kingdom. For
more information, visit www.callnet.ca and www.sprint.ca.




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Note for Investors: This news release includes statements about expected future events and/or
financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and
uncertainties. For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor
for forward-looking statements provisions contained in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company cautions that actual performance
will be affected by a number of factors, many of which are beyond the Companys
control. Future events and results may vary substantially from what the Company
currently foresees. Discussion of the various factors that may affect future
results is contained in the Companys recent filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission and SEDAR.  (1)
    
    See attached backgrounder for a list of communities Backgrounder Sprint Canada expands local telephone service in
Ontario and Quebec Sprint Canada has opened 14 new wire centres in Ontario and Quebec
allowing it to offer local telephone services to households and businesses in
more communities in southern Ontario and the Greater Montreal Area. With this expansion, Sprint Canada now has 148 co-locations
(wire centres) and is able to provide local telephone service in 31
municipalities in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. Sprint Canadas local service is growing at a rate of 50 per cent
annually as more and more households and businesses in Canada become aware of
our competitive prices, our outstanding service and how easy it is to switch
telephone companies. The charts below show the latest Ontario municipalities and the Montreal
boroughs now able to take advantage of Sprint Canadas local home and business
telephone services. OntarioMunicipality
    
    Wire Centres
    
    Exchange Numbers - all 905 area codes
(1st three digits of the phone number,
following the area code)Ajax(xx)
    
    Ajax-Pickering
    
    231, 423, 424, 426, 427,428, 619, 683, 686Whitby(xx)
    
    Whitby
    
    430, 444, 556, 665, 666,668Pickering(xxx)
    
    South Pickering,
Orchard Park (Toronto)
    
    Pickering: 250, 420, 421,422, 831, 837, 839
Orchard Park: 509Burlington(*)
    
    Burlington-Guelph Line
    
    315, 319, 331, 332, 335, 336Oakville(*)
    
    Bronte
    
    465, 469, 825, 827, 847Mississauga(*)
    
    Clarkson, Erin Mills,
Streetsville, Port Credit
    
    Clarkson: 287, 403, 491, 822, 823, 829, 855, 919
Erin Mills/Streetsville: 569, 606, 607, 608, 820, 828
Port Credit: 271, 274, 278, 486, 891




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OntarioMontreal Boroughs
    
    Wire Centres
    
    Exchange Numbers - all 514 area codes
(1st three digits of the phone number,
following the area code)Lachine(xx)
    
    Lachine
    
    469, 634, 637, 639Dorval/LIle
Dorval(xx)
    
    Dorval
    
    420, 422, 631, 633, 635, 636, 780, 828Pointe-Claire(xx)
Beaconsfield/Baie-
dUrfé(xxx)
Kirkland(xxx)
    
    Pointe-Claire
    
    426, 428, 429, 630, 693, 694, 695, 697, 671, 782LIle-Bizard/Sainte-Geneviève/
Sainte-Anne-de-
Bellevue(xxx)
Pierrefonds/Senneville(xxx)
Kirkland(xxx)
    
    Sainte-Geneviève
    
    551, 620, 624, 626, 696Dollard-des-Ormeaux/
Roxboro(xx)
    
    Roxboro
    
    421, 472, 683, 684, 685, 822
 (*) Sprint Canada has provided service to parts of this municipality
since 2001. The new wire centre expands the service area. (xx) New
service area for Sprint Canada - The new wire centre covers the
entire municipality/borough. (xxx) New
service area for Sprint Canada - The new wire centre covers part
of this municipality/borough. To view community listings map in Toronto, please visit:
http://files.newswire.ca/344/TorontoCoverage.pdf
To view community listings map in Montreal, please visit:
http://files.newswire.ca/344/MontrealCoverage.pdf For
further information: Karen OLeary, (416) 718-6445,