Glasses with composition (70 -x) B 2 O 3 Á15Bi 2 O 3 Á15LiFÁxNb 2 O 5 with x = 0-1.0 mol% were prepared by conventional glass-melting technique. The molar volume V m values decrease and the glass transition temperatures T g increase with increase of Nb 2 O 5 content up to 0.2 mol%, which indicates that Nb 5? ions act as a glass former. Beyond 0.2 mol% Nb 2 O 5 the V m increases and the T g decreases, which suggests that Nb 5? ions act as a glass modifier. The FTIR spectra suggest that Nb 5? ions are incorporated into the glass network as NbO 6 octahedra, substituting BO 4 groups. The temperature dependence of the dc conductivity follows the Greaves variable range hopping model below 454 K, and follows the small polaron hopping model at temperatures [454 K. r dc , r ac conductivity and dielectric constant (e) decrease and activation energy for dc conduction DE dc which increases with increasing Nb 2 O 5 content up to 0.2 mol%, whereas r dc , r ac and (e) increase and DE dc decreases with increasing Nb 2 O 5 content beyond 0.2 mol%. The impedance spectroscopy shows a single semicircle or arcs which indicate only the ionic conduction mechanism. The electric modulus formalism indicates that the conductivity relaxation is occurring at different frequencies exhibit temperatureindependent dynamical process. The (FWHM) of the normalized modulus increases with increase in Nb 2 O 5 content suggesting that the distribution of relaxation times is associated with the charge carriers Li ? or F -ions in the glass network.