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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. $35 (www.bce.ca) is a buy. The company has won a new contract from Canada’s federal government to modernize call centres for Employment and Social Development Canada, the Canada Revenue Agency, and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. These upgrades will use artificial intelligence (AI) tools and other software to improve service and provide real-time data to prevent outages. The company has not yet revealed the value of these deals, but each will run for at least five years.
BCE INC., $36.11, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 932.5 million; Market cap: $33.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 4.9%) purchased Ziply Fiber in August 2025, which offers high-speed Internet access and telephone services through a fibre-optic network in Washington State, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. BCE paid $3.65 billion U.S. in cash ($5.04 billion Canadian). BCE now plans to expand Ziply from about 1.4 million locations currently to 3 million in the next four years. As a result, overall capital spending will probably rise about 1% in 2026 to $3.7 billion.
BCE INC. $35 is a buy for long-term gains. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Income-Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 932.5 million; Market cap: $32.6 billion; Dividend yield: 5.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider. As of December 31, 2025, it had 1.65 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. It also has 4.46 million high-speed Internet users and 2.08 million fibre-optic TV subscribers. In addition, the company sells wireless services to 13.81 million users across Canada (including users of other mobile devices like tablets), and it owns TV and radio stations.
In August 2025, BCE paid $3.64 billion U.S. for Ziply Fiber, 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.
In August 2025, BCE paid $3.64 billion U.S. for Ziply Fiber, 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.
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