Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  BCE INC
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/25/2006
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MOTIENT CORP [(MNCP)]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1000, RUE DE LA GAUCHETIERE OUEST,, BUREAU 3700 MONTREAL, QUEBEC
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

H3B 4Y7 CANADA,  
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Option to acquire (1) (2) 10/05/2006 01/15/2007 Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") (1) (2) $ (1) (2) I (1) (2) (See footnotes below) (1) (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
BCE INC
1000, RUE DE LA GAUCHETIERE OUEST,
BUREAU 3700 MONTREAL, QUEBEC
H3B 4Y7 CANADA 
    X    
TMI Communications Inc.
1601 TELESAT COURT
GLOUCESTER, ONTARIO
K1B 1B9 CANADA 
    X    
3924505 Canada Inc.
1601 TELESAT COURT
GLOUCESTER, ONTARIO
K1B 1B9 CANADA 
    X    
TMI Communications & Company, Limited Partnership
1601 TELESAT COURT
GLOUCESTER, ONTARIO
K1B 1B9 CANADA 
    X    
TMI Communications Delaware, Limited Partnership
1209 ORANGE STREE
WILMINGTON, DE 19801
    X    

Signatures

/s/ L. Scott Thomson 09/05/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ L. Scott Thomson 09/05/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ L. Scott Thomson 09/05/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ L. Scott Thomson 09/05/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ L. Scott Thomson 09/05/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) This Form 3 is being filed by BCE, Inc. (the "Parent"), TMI Communications Inc. ("TMI"), 3924505 Canada Inc. ("TMI Delaware GP"), TMI Communications and Company, Limited Partnership ("TMI Delaware LP") and TMI Communications Delaware, Limited Partnership ("TMI Delaware" and together with BCE, TMI, TMI Delaware GP, TMI Delaware LP, the "Reporting Persons") with respect to the Common Stock. Each of the Reporting Persons other than Parent is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
(2) TMI Delaware has a contractual right to cause Motient Corporation ("Motient") to enter into an agreement (the "Exchange Agreement") to exchange 5,073,715 shares of common stock of TerreStar Networks, Inc. and 1,887,133.89202 shares of common stock of Terrestar Networks Bermuda Ltd., currently held by TMI Delaware, for 9,031,213 shares of Common Stock. TMI Delaware may exercise its right to require Motient to enter into the Exchange Agreement at any time on or prior to the earlier of (a) ten days before public announcement by Motient of its planned dividend of shares of common stock of SkyTerra Communications, Inc. ("SkyTerra") that Motient received in a previously announced exchange transaction between Motient and SkyTerra (the "Initial Dividend") and (b) January 15, 2007. The Exchange Agreement would provide for a closing as soon as the conditions therein are satisfied, except that if the Initial Dividend is not paid in 2006, the closing would occur as soon as practicable in 2007

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