Quarter: Bce and Cent

quarter: BCE beat analyst expectations as it added 315,311 net postpaid wireless subscribers in its last fiscal year, ending Dec. 31, 2016, up 19 per cent compared to 265,369 in 2015, according to Guelph Mercury. In its fourth quarter, BCE added 112,393 such customers, up by 21,085 or 23 per cent over the same quarter the previous year. BCE Inc. Analysts expected roughly 99,000 new BCE subscribers in the fourth quarter, analyst Drew McReynolds of RBC Dominion Securities Inc. wrote in a note. Obviously very, very strong net add results, said president and CEO George Cope in a conference call with analysts. Customers also increased their wireless data usage by 41 per cent, BCE said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.