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BCE, the parent company of Bell, announced a huge third-quarter loss of $1.2 billion, heavily impacted by $2.11 billion in writedowns, mostly related to Bell Media’s TV and radio divisions. This result marks a major shift from the over $700 million profit recorded in the same quarter a year earlier. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS)...

Bell’s parent company BCE saw its stock drop nearly 10% on Monday, after announcing its $5 billion purchase of U.S. internet provider Ziply Fiber. The acquisition is causing waves among investors and analysts alike, with Scotia Capital analysts calling it a “perplexing transaction.” Maher Yaghi, Scotia Capital analyst, was skeptical of the purchase by Bell,...

Back in August, we told you about Rogers increasing the rental price of its Ignite TV boxes. Further backlash over that Rogers story expanded when CBC News covered the price increases last month. Now, in a follow up, CBC News says it has receive "hundreds of emails”, from customers of Rogers, Telus and Bell, fed...

Bell is set to buy U.S. fiber internet provider Ziply Fiber for around $5 billion CAD (U.S. $3.65 billion) to expand its network in the United States. The deal, expected to close in the second half of 2025, will add 1.3 million fiber connections in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, pushing Bell's North American reach to...

Bell has increased the price of select 5G plans on November 1, 2024. According to changes on its website today, entry 5G plans have increased in price by $5 per month. This comes ahead of Black Friday, where most carriers bring on cellphone deals. Bell’s wireless pricing as of today, can be seen below. It’s...

Rogers announced in its recent third-quarter earnings a big move, that it would be selling part of its network for $7 billion. This part of the network, known as the “backhaul,” is what connects its cell towers to its main network and keeps everything running. The plan is to use the money to pay off...

Bell is offering an exclusive $40/month plan with 100GB of data to its existing home services customers, according to emails shared with iPhone in Canada. The Essential Plan includes 100GB of shareable data at Bell's fastest available 5G+ speeds, with unlimited data at reduced speeds (512 Kbps) once the cap is reached. The plan also...

Bell Media announced a major content deal with NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution on Thursday, and will bring USA Network and Oxygen True Crime to Canadian audiences for the first time. Starting on January 1, 2025, Bell Media will also bring rebranding as part of a larger overhaul that will see five channels updated and new...

Bell and Virgin Plus have jacked their “connection service fee” to $70, matching what Rogers and Fido kicked off in July, plus Telus and Koodo following suit in August. The Bell website’s fine print explains, "A one-time Connection Service Fee (($70) per member) is applied on your first bill to activate your device on the...

Alright so Bell Media may have lost Warner Bros. Discovery content channels to Rogers, but it has secured extended rights to HBO for its Crave streaming service. Just when we thought Rogers was the one to tout winning TV channels from Warner Bros. Discovery, Bell announced it has extended its partnership with the latter, ensuring...

Friends don’t fight friends, right? Today, Rogers confirmed it will be the new home of Warner Bros. Discovery’s English-language U.S. lifestyle and factual TV channels in Canada, starting January 1, 2025. Rogers plans bring these channels to Canadian viewers after Bell dropped its legal bid to block the content. “We’re already home to Canada’s #1...

Bell and MacLean have announced a partnership focused on improving automation, autonomy, and connectivity in underground mining vehicles. The goal is to improve equipment performance, worker safety, and sustainability by reducing emissions. A new Bell Private Mobile Network (PMN) was installed at MacLean’s Research & Training Facility in Sudbury, Ontario. This is a dedicated, secure...