Description

BCE, through its Bell brand, is both a wireless and Internet service provider, offering wireless, broadband, television, and landline phone services in Canada. It is one of the big three national wireless carriers, with its roughly 9 million customers constituting about 30% of the market. It is also the ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier— the legacy telephone provider) throughout much of the eastern half of Canada, including in the most populous Canadian provinces—Ontario and Quebec. Additionally, BCE has a media segment, which holds television, radio, and digital media assets. BCE licenses the Canadian rights to movie channels including HBO, Showtime, and Starz. In 2017, the wireline segment comprised 55% of total revenue, while wireless comprised 35%. Media provided the remainder.