Editing Bell Canada (section)

{{Short description|Canadian telecommunications company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Bell Canada
| former_names = The Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Ltd. (1880–1968)
| logo = Bell logo.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| traded_as = 
| founders = [[Charles Fleetford Sise]]
| key_people = [[Mirko Bibic]] ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])<ref name="2008NewCEO-PR">{{cite press release
  | title = George Cope appointed to the boards of directors and as CEO of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada
  | publisher = BCE
  | date = July 11, 2008
  | url = http://www.bce.ca/en/news/releases/corp/2008/07/11/74806.html
  | access-date = July 11, 2008
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080721042212/http://www.bce.ca/en/news/releases/corp/2008/07/11/74806.html
  | archive-date = July 21, 2008
| url-status = dead
  }}</ref>
| industry = [[Telecommunications industry|Telecommunications]]
| products = {{hlist|[[Landline|Fixed line]]|[[mobile phone|mobile telephony]]|[[Internet]] services|[[Digital television]]|[[Radio broadcasting]]}}
| revenue = {{increase}} {{CAD}}24.673 billion (2023)<ref name="2023 Annual Financial Report" />
| operating_income = {{increase}} {{CAD}}10.417 billion (2023)<ref name="2023 Annual Financial Report" />
| net_income = {{decrease}} {{CAD}}2.327 billion (2023)<ref name="2023 Annual Financial Report" />
| num_employees = {{increase}} 45,132 (2023)<ref name="2023 Annual Financial Report" />
| parent = {{plainlist|
* [[Bell Telephone Company|American Bell]] (1880–1899)<ref name="beatriceco" />
* [[AT&T Corporation]] (1899–1975)
* [[BCE Inc.]] (1983–present)
}}
| subsid = {{plainlist|
* Bell Technical Solutions
* [[Bell Mobility]]
* [[Bell Aliant]]
* [[Bell MTS]]
* [[Virgin Plus]]
* [[Bell Internet]]
* [[Bell Satellite TV]]
* [[Bell Fibe TV]]
* [[Lucky Mobile]]
* [[Bell Fund]]
}}
| area_served = [[Canada]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1880|04|29}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bce.ca/aboutbce/history |title=Bell Canada Enterprises :: History from Graham Bell until Today » BCE |access-date=April 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415134337/http://www.bce.ca/aboutbce/history |archive-date=April 15, 2016 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
| location = [[Verdun, Quebec]], Canada<ref>“Contact Us.” Contact Us | BCE Inc. Accessed February 25, 2021. https://www.bce.ca/contact-us.</ref> <!-- Please ONLY mention Verdun where [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|sourced reliably]], Montréal is the city but the NOT the official city of its headquarters. Also in the link its the official city of Verdun. -->
| module = {{Infobox network service provider|child=yes|asn=577}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.bell.ca/}}
}}

'''Bell Canada''' (commonly referred to as '''Bell''') is a Canadian [[telecommunications company]] headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell<ref>{{Cite web |title=Corporate headquarters |url=https://www.bce.ca/contact-us|access-date=June 17, 2020 |publisher=Bell|language=en}}</ref> 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 [[Competitive local exchange carrier|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 [[Individual branding|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 Communications]] in Quebec and Western Canada, [[Quebecor]] ([[Videotron]]) in Quebec plus other Global Wireless Infrastructure Providers such as [[American Tower]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff reporter |name-list-style= |date=November 5, 2020 |title=American Tower Enters Canadian Market With $3.5B Buy of InSite Wireless |url=https://www.insidetowers.com/american-tower-enters-canadian-market-with-3-5b-buy-of-insite-wireless/ |url-status= |format= |display-editors= |department= |type= |series= |language= |volume= |issue= |edition= |location= |publisher=Inside Towers |publication-date=November 5, 2020 |agency= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=December 15, 2024 |via= |url-access= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Staff reporter |name-list-style= |date=March 18, 2021 |title=Canadian Towers Attract U.S. Interest |url=https://www.insidetowers.com/cell-tower-news-canadian-towers-attract-u-s-interest/ |url-status= |format= |display-editors= |department= |type= |series= |language= |volume= |issue= |edition= |location= |publisher=Inside Towers |publication-date=March 18, 2021 |agency= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=December 15, 2024 |via= |url-access= |quote=}}</ref> The company serves over 13 million phone lines and is headquartered at the [[Campus Bell]] complex in the borough of [[Verdun, Quebec|Verdun]] in Montreal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Remiorz |first1=Ryan |author-link1= |last2= |first2= |author-link2= |date=February 4, 2021 |title=BCE to boost infrastructure spending to $4.7-billion this year to expand internet, 5G service |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-bce-to-boost-infrastructure-spending-to-47-billion-this-year-to-expand/ |url-status= |format= |editor1-last=Posadzki |editor1-first=Alexandra |department=Financial and cybercrime reporter |work=The Canadian Press |language=English |publisher=[[The Globe and Mail]] |publication-date=February 4, 2021 |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=December 15, 2024 |via= |url-access= |quote=The Bell Canada head office on Nun's Island, in Montreal, on Aug. 5, 2015.(Photo Caption)}}</ref>

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.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bell-rogers-now-official-owners-of-mlse/article4493958/]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111100439/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bell-rogers-now-official-owners-of-mlse/article4493958/|date=January 11, 2013|title=Bell, Rogers now official owners of MLSE}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/bell-to-keep-canadiens-stake-1.997652|title=Bell to keep Canadiens stake|author=The Canadian Press|work=[[CBC.ca]]|date=December 9, 2011|access-date=December 9, 2011}}</ref> BCE ranked number 301 on the 2021 edition of the [[Forbes Global 2000]] list.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/bce/?list=global2000/&sh=1081d18d52c4 |title=BCE on the Forbes Global 2000 List |work=[[Forbes]] |access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref>