Systems & Technology Careers: Job Family Introduction

Bell Systems and Technology is the driving force for innovation at Bell. Not only are we innovating on the customer side with new IP-based products and services, but we are also changing the way that Bell works internally.

Eugene Roman, Group President, leads the effort to create breakthroughs in productivity and performance, and to deliver current and next-generation services more efficiently by harnessing the power of Bell's network.

Across BST, there are approximately 2,100 employees, predominantly across Ontario and Québec and in Atlantic Canada and Calgary.

Bell Systems and Technology is comprised of three groups:

Enterprise Systems, Billing and Infrastructure
We deliver effective Billing and Enterprise solutions to support market and employee needs, while containing costs and maintaining service for Operations/Infrastructure.

Systems Delivery, National Programs
Our mandate is to deliver Market Segment and Operations solutions while ensuring systems and process support for new products and technologies.

Technology
By planning and developing Bell's National network for both the wireline and wireless segments, Technology will be the driving force in transitioning our current infrastructure to an end-to-end, IP-based network.

The top initiatives in Bell Systems and Technology for 2005/2006 are:

• Wireless - broadband/new services
• Internet Protocol TV - deliver over FTTN (fibre to the node) architecture
• Commercial Consumer VOIP
• Carrier-grade core data network (MPLS)
• Fix billing
• Drive Galileo work program
• Radical changes in BST operating paradigm
• Innovation leadership - focus on partnership ecosystems

With a focus on:

• Change management and benefits realization
• Smaller projects/market-driven
• Leveraging existing systems