Type: Public
On the web: http://www.bce.ca
Employees: 50,200
Employee growth: (0.9%)

BCE is Canada's Biggest Communications Enterprise. The company (BCE stands for Bell Canada Enterprises) owns Bell Canada, the incumbent provider of long-distance and local telephone access in Ontario and Quebec, with more than 9 million lines in service. It also provides broadband Internet access to about 3 million subscribers under the Bell Internet banner and digital video subscriptions to more than 2 million viewers via Bell TV. BCE's mobile holdings include wireless carrier Bell Mobility and subsidiary Virgin Mobile Canada (more that 7 million subscribers). It owns 44% of Bell Aliant, which serves more than 2 million local phone and 840,000+ broadband Internet customers in eastern Canada.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $18,065.4M
One year growth: 6.9%
Net income: $2,276.5M
Income growth: 37.5%

Officers:
Chairman, BCE and Bell Canada: Thomas C. (Tom) O'Neill
President, CEO, and Director, BCE and Bell Canada: George A. Cope
EVP and CFO, BCE and Bell Canada: Siim A. Vanaselja

Competitors:
MTS Allstream
Rogers Communications
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