BCE Inc.
Toronto symbol BCE, provides local and long distance telephone services in Ontario and Quebec. It also operates a nationwide wireless service.
TELUS $49.19 (Toronto symbol T; Shares outstanding: 600.0 million; Market cap: $29.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.4%; www.telus.com) is Canada’s third-largest wireless carrier, after Rogers Communications (No....
In the past few years, Telus has invested huge sums in its wireless and Internet networks. Those improvements have helped it compete, not only with BCE and Rogers, but with Shaw Communications’ lower-priced Freedom Mobile service.
Less than 90% of Canadians use mobile services, so there’s still room to expand....
BCE INC. $59.56 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 898.2 million; Market cap: $53.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 5.1%; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider: it has 3.0 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces....
BCE INC. $59 (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 898.2 million; Market cap: $53.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend yield: 5.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) continues to improve the speed and reliability of its wireless and high-speed Internet networks....
BCE INC. $58.42 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 898.0 million; Market cap: $52.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.2%; www.bce.ca) and TELUS $47.93 (Toronto symbol T; Shares o/s: 598.7 million; Market cap: $28.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.6%; www.telus.com) have both used equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies Co....
Canada and the U.K. are considering joining other members of the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing group (U.S., Australia and New Zealand) in banning equipment from China’s Huawei for their planned ultrafast 5G wireless networks.
That could increase future costs for BCE, which has profited in the past few years on big investments in its wireless networks....
That could increase future costs for BCE, which has profited in the past few years on big investments in its wireless networks....
BCE INC. $58 (www.bce.ca) and TELUS CORP. $47 (www.telus.com) have both used equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. in their wireless networks. Canada and the U.K. are now considering joining other members of the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing group (U.S., Australia and New Zealand) in banning Huawei equipment from their planned ultrafast 5G wireless networks....
Bell Aliant was a key acquisition for BCE in 2014, with the company agreeing to pay $3.95 billion in cash and stock for a 56% stake.
The six ETFs we update below mainly hold high-quality stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. Each fund tracks the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from ETFs focused on narrower indexes or themes such as cryptocurrencies or biotechnology.
Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these investments....
Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these investments....
BCE INC. $53.97 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 898.0 million; Market cap: $48.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 5.6%; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider: it has 3.1 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces....