Bell Canada

Bell Canada
FormerlyThe Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Ltd. (1880–1968)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedApril 29, 1880; 144 years ago (1880-04-29)[1]
FoundersCharles Fleetford Sise
HeadquartersVerdun, Quebec, Canada[2]
Area served
Canada
Key people
Mirko Bibic (CEO)[3]
Products
RevenueIncrease CA$23.96 billion (2019)[4]
Increase CA$10.106 billion (2019)[4]
Increase CA$3.253 billion (2019)[4]: 58 
Number of employees
Decrease 52,100 (2019)[4]
Parent
Subsidiaries
ASN
Websitewww.bell.ca

Bell Canada (commonly referred to as Bell) is a Canadian telecommunications company headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell[6] in the borough of Verdun, Quebec, in Canada. It is an ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier) in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec; as such, it was a founding member of the Stentor Alliance. It is also a CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier) for enterprise customers in the western provinces.

Its subsidiary Bell Aliant provides services in the Atlantic provinces. It provides mobile service through its Bell Mobility (including flanker brand Virgin Plus) subsidiary, and television through its Bell Satellite TV (direct broadcast satellite) and Bell Fibe TV (IPTV) subsidiaries.

Bell Canada's principal competitors are Rogers Communications in Ontario and Western Canada, Telus in Quebec and Western Canada, and Quebecor (Videotron) in Quebec. The company serves over 13 million phone lines and is headquartered at the Campus Bell complex in the borough of Verdun in Montreal.[7][irrelevant citation]

Bell Canada is one of the main assets of the holding company BCE Inc., an abbreviation of its full name, Bell Canada Enterprises. In addition to the Bell Canada telecommunications properties, BCE also owns Bell Media (which operates mass media properties including the national CTV Television Network) and holds significant interests in the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, owner of several Toronto professional sports franchises.[8][9] BCE ranked number 301 on the 2021 edition of the Forbes Global 2000 list.[10]

  1. ^ "Bell Canada Enterprises :: History from Graham Bell until Today » BCE". Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  2. ^ “Contact Us.” Contact Us | BCE Inc. Accessed February 25, 2021. https://www.bce.ca/contact-us.
  3. ^ "George Cope appointed to the boards of directors and as CEO of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada" (Press release). BCE. July 11, 2008. Archived from the original on July 21, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference 2019 Annual Report was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference beatriceco was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Corporate headquarters". Bell. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "Contact Us." Bell Canada. Retrieved on August 24, 2009.
  8. ^ [1]Bell, Rogers now official owners of MLSE at the Wayback Machine (archived January 11, 2013)
  9. ^ The Canadian Press (December 9, 2011). "Bell to keep Canadiens stake". CBC.ca. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
  10. ^ "BCE on the Forbes Global 2000 List". Forbes. Retrieved June 4, 2021.