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BCE Inc., an abbreviation of its former name Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., is a publicly traded Canadian holding company for Bell Canada, which includes telecommunications providers and various mass media assets under its subsidiary Bell Media Inc. Founded through a corporate reorganization in 1983, when Bell Canada, Northern Telecom, and other related companies all became subsidiaries of Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., it is one of Canada’s largest corporations. The company is headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell in the Verdun borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
BCE Inc. is a component of the S&P/TSX 60 and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the American-based New York Stock Exchange.
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BCE INC., $28.97, through its Bell AI Fabric unit, continues to build new datacentres to run complex artificial intelligence (AI) programs.
BCE is currently building a datacentre in Sherwood, Saskatchewan, that will use 300 megawatts of electricity. (Note—AI datacentre capacity is typically measured in how much electrical power they consume.) The company is spending $1.7 billion on this facility, which should begin operating in early 2027.
BCE is currently building a datacentre in Sherwood, Saskatchewan, that will use 300 megawatts of electricity. (Note—AI datacentre capacity is typically measured in how much electrical power they consume.) The company is spending $1.7 billion on this facility, which should begin operating in early 2027.
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These top telecoms have cut their dividends to help pay down debt. The resulting stronger balance sheets improve their long-term prospects, particularly as competition for new subscribers intensifies.
BCE INC. $32 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 932.5 million; Market cap: $29.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.2; Dividend yield: 5.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) has 13.77 million wireless users across Canada. It also has 4.47 million high-speed Internet users and 2.16 million fibre-optic TV subscribers; it provides traditional telephone service to 1.57 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. Its other operations include TV and radio stations.
BCE INC. $32 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 932.5 million; Market cap: $29.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.2; Dividend yield: 5.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) has 13.77 million wireless users across Canada. It also has 4.47 million high-speed Internet users and 2.16 million fibre-optic TV subscribers; it provides traditional telephone service to 1.57 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. Its other operations include TV and radio stations.
BCE and Telus are leading competitors in their respective markets; you should look for that to cut your ongoing risk. We see both as buys.
BCE INC., $32.35, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 932.5 million; Market cap: $30.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 5.4%) purchased Ziply Fiber in August 2025, which offers high-speed Internet access and telephone services through a fibre-optic network to residential and business customers in Washington State, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
BCE INC., $32.35, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 932.5 million; Market cap: $30.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 5.4%) purchased Ziply Fiber in August 2025, which offers high-speed Internet access and telephone services through a fibre-optic network to residential and business customers in Washington State, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
ANDREW PELLER LTD. $7.98 (www.andrewpeller.com) is a hold. The wine producer has accepted a takeover offer from Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (Toronto symbol FFH). Fairfax will pay $8.00 a share in cash for the class A shares and $12.00 for the class B shares. Shareholders should tender their shares to the offer. Meantime, the company will continue to pay a quarterly dividend of $0.0615 a share until Fairfax completes the takeover; the annual rate of $0.246 yields 3.1%.
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BCE INC. $33 is now building a new datacentre near Regina, Saskatchewan that will handle advanced artificial intelligence (AI) programs. The telecom giant expects to spend $1.7 billion on this project, which should begin operating in the first half of 2027. The company is also building or expanding three other datacentres (two in B.C. and one in Manitoba). BCE expects these AI facilities will add $2 billion to its annual revenue by 2028.