The operator's biggest business is its Bell Wireline division, where operating revenues slid by 2.1% to C$2.98 billion following the sale of a call centre unit in September, reduced spending on data products by large business customers and softer wholesale revenues. The company reported $0.94 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.24.
The company added 69,848 net postpaid customers in the second quarter, up 14.4 percent, and lost 25,118 net prepaid customers.
"Wireless was strong, wireline was somewhat weak", said Maher Yaghi, an analyst at Desjardins, pointing to pressure from business accounts that cut into fixed-line revenue.
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Blended ARPU increased by 2.9% to C$64.32, driven by a larger proportion of two-year contracts, a higher postpaid smartphone subscriber mix, and increased data usage, BCE said.
Costing cutting along with "best-in-class" wireless additions helped BCE Inc. top operating earnings forecasts in its latest quarter even while revenue growth all but flat lined. Excluding the revenue loss from the call centre sale, residential-services revenue grew in the second quarter thanks to a 5.2 percent increase in total TV and internet sales.
Wireline adjusted EBITDA grew by 0.6% to C$1.27 billion.
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The company added 35,255 fibre TV customers in the second quarter, down from 50,466 a year earlier, reflecting the increasing maturity of the segment, fewer satellite TV customer migrations, and less aggressive acquisition and bundle offers. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and set a C$61.00 target price on shares of BCE in a research report on Thursday, June 9th. Finally, Citigroup Inc. increased their price objective on shares of BCE from $62.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock a neutral rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 19th. Bell Media revenue rose 5.3% to $779M. The company expects growth in full-year adjusted EBITDA, driven by the national expansion of its TMN pay TV service and workforce reductions more than offsetting higher TV programming and sports rights costs.
BCE Inc. reported net income of $778 million or 89 cents per common share, up 2.5 per cent from past year.
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