Bell Mobility and Solo
Mobile today announced a content access control solution that lets parents
limit mobile-phone access to Internet sites they feel might be inappropriate
for their children, a first in Canada.
"We understand the Internet is an incredible source for entertainment,
education and social networking, but also a challenge considering the large
number of Internet sites featuring content that may be inappropriate for
children to view," said Adel Bazerghi, Senior Vice President of Products for
Bell Mobility. "As use of the Internet on mobile phones grows, fuelled by the
popularity of smartphones and the fast access speeds delivered by 3G networks,
our clients have asked for tools to help them manage access. Bell Parental
Control offers them content filtering capability on mobile phones for the
first time in Canada."
The solution employs Unipier Ltd.'s Intelligent Policy Manager (IPM)
system, which sets the guidelines for identifying and filtering content. The
system applies these guidelines in real-time over any mobile content.
To activate Parental Control, payment-responsible account holders visit
My Bell or Solo Mobile self serve and follow the instructions on the
password-protected sites. Parental Control is available nationally on most
phones for $5 a month on both prepaid and postpaid accounts.
For more information, please visit bell.ca/parental or
solomobile.ca/parentalcontrol.
About Bell
Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing consumers with
solutions to all their communications needs, including telephone services,
wireless communications, high-speed Internet, digital television and voice
over IP. Bell also offers integrated information and communications technology
(ICT) services to businesses and governments, and is the Virtual Chief
Information Officer (VCIO) to small and medium businesses (SMBs). Bell is
proud to be a Premier National Partner and the exclusive Telecommunications
Partner to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Bell is
wholly owned by BCE Inc. For information on Bell's products and services,
please visit www.bell.ca. For corporate information on BCE, please
visit
www.bce.ca.