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About
Our Business
BCE is Canada’s
largest communications company. Starting in the first quarter of 2004,
we report our results of operations under five segments:
Consumer,
Business, Aliant, Other Bell Canada
and
Other BCE
.
Our reporting structure
reflects how we manage our business and how we classify our operations
for planning and measuring performance. Therefore, in addition to discussing
our consolidated operating results in this MD&A, we discuss the operating
results of each of our segments. See Note 2 to the unaudited consolidated
financial statements for information about our segments.
The Consumer segment
provides local telephone, long distance, wireless, Internet access, video
and other services to Bell Canada’s residential customers mainly
in Ontario and Québec. Wireless services are also offered in Western
Canada and video services are provided nationwide.
The Business segment
provides local telephone, long distance, wireless, data, including Internet
access, and other services to Bell Canada’s small and medium-sized
businesses (SMB) and enterprise customers in Ontario and Québec,
as well as business customers in Western Canada through Bell West Inc.
(Bell West).
The Aliant segment
provides local telephone, long distance, wireless, data, including Internet
access and other services to residential and business customers in Atlantic
Canada and represents the operations of our subsidiary, Aliant Inc. (Aliant).
The Other Bell Canada
segment includes Bell Canada’s wholesale business, and the financial
results of Télébec Limited Partnership (Télébec),
Northern Telephone Limited Partnership (Northern Telephone) and Northwestel
Inc. (Northwestel). Our wholesale unit provides local telephone, long
distance, data and other services to competitors who resell these services.
Télébec, Northern Telephone and Northwestel provide telecommunications
services to less-populated areas in Québec, Ontario and Canada’s
northern territories.
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