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BCE Chief Executive and President George Cope to Retire in January 2020
BCE chief executive and president George Cope will retire at the start of next year after over a decade as CEO. A new press release from BCE, the telecommunications and media company which owns Bell Canada, CTV, and a portion of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, said that during his tenure, the 57-year-old Cope re-energized...
CEO George Cope Confident BCE Will Be Able to Offer Huawei ‘Non-Core’ Access to Upcoming 5G Network
The BCE's chief executive believes that allowing Huawei limited access to the country's upcoming 5G network is a viable option. According to a new report from The Globe and Mail, BCE CEO George Cope believes that Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei will have access to "non-core" parts of Canada's upcoming 5G wireless network. "In the end, on...
Bell Canada 2019 Q1 Sees Wireless Segment Help Net Profit Increase 12% to $740 Million
Thanks to improved subscriber retention and higher average revenue per user, Bell Canada has reported its first-quarter profit is up 12% from a year earlier, with overall revenue improving by 2.6% to $5.73 billion from $5.59 billion (via BNN Bloomberg). With the wireless division leading the growth, Bell says it added 38,282 net new postpaid...
Bell Canada Reports Q2 2018 Results: Substantial Subscriber Growth, Profit Declines
Bell Canada has announced their second quarter results for 2018. The carrier's saw wireless subscriber growth that beat analyst estimates. The company saw an additional 122,092 wireless subscribers, which gives them the best second quarter result in almost two decades. Other major growth areas for the company include internet and IPTV, where a total of...
Bell Q3 2015: Strong Results with Revenues Up 9.3% to $1.7 Billion
Following Rogers and Telus, it was Bell's turn to report its third-quarter earnings: Bell parent company BCE’s operating revenue is up 2.9% to $5.34 billion, driven by strong organic wireless, wireline residential, and media revenue growth. As for its wireless arm of the business, Bell reported strong financial results for the third quarter of 2015, with...