MONTRÉAL, April 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) will hold its first-quarter 2025 results conference call with the financial community on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 8:00 am eastern.

Participants will include Mirko Bibic, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Curtis Millen, Chief Financial Officer. Media are welcome to participate on a listen-only basis.

To participate, please dial toll-free 1-844-933-2401 or 647-724-5455. A replay will be available until midnight on June 8, 2025 by dialing 1-877-454-9859 or 647-483-1416 and entering passcode 7485404.

-       Bell Media maintains its existing minority ownership in Sphere Media --       Sphere Abacus becomes primary international distributor of Bell Media's owned distribution rights --       Acquisition to enhance the reach of Canadian content and creators with international audiences -

TORONTO, March 26, 2025 /CNW/ - Bell Media announced today that it has bolstered its existing partnership with Montréal-based Sphere Media by acquiring a majority stake in leading global content distributor Sphere Abacus, through parent company Sphere Media International. The acquisition serves as a launchpad for Bell Media's content distribution expansion, combining the strength of the two companies to accelerate growth and capitalize on new opportunities. Through Sphere Abacus, Bell Media is set to enhance the reach of Canadian content and creators with international audiences.

MONTRÉAL, March 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) today announced the filing of its 2024 annual report on Form 40-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

BCE's Form 40-F includes audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, and is available on BCE's website at BCE.ca in the Investors section and on the SEC's website at SEC.gov.

Holders of BCE securities may receive a printed copy of BCE's audited financial statements at no charge by contacting BCE Investor Relations by phone at 1-800-339-6353, by email at investor.relations@bce.ca or by mail at 1, carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell, Building A, 8th Floor, Verdun, Québec H3E 3B3.

This news release contains forward-looking statements. For a description of the related risk factors and assumptions, please see the section entitled "Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements" later in this news release.

MONTRÉAL, Feb. 12, 2025 /CNW/ - Bell Canada (Bell) today announced the offering of US$2.25 billion aggregate principal amount of Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes in two series (the Offering).

The US$1 billion Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, Series A due 2055 will initially bear interest at an annual rate of 6.875% and reset every five years starting on September 15, 2030 at an annual rate equal to the five-year U.S. Treasury rate plus a spread of 2.390%, provided that the interest rate during any five-year interest period will not reset below 6.875%. The US$1.25 billion Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, Series B due 2055 will initially bear interest at an annual rate of 7.000% and reset every five years starting on September 15, 2035 at an annual rate equal to the five-year U.S. Treasury rate plus a spread of 2.363%, provided that the interest rate during any five-year interest period will not reset below 7.000% (together, the Notes).

This news release contains forward-looking statements. For a description of the related risk factors and assumptions, please see the section entitled "Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements" later in this news release.

MONTRÉAL, Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Bell Canada (Bell) today announced the offering of US$2.25 billion aggregate principal amount of Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes in two series (the Offering).

The US$1 billion Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, Series A due 2055 will initially bear interest at an annual rate of 6.875% and reset every five years starting on September 15, 2030 at an annual rate equal to the five-year U.S. Treasury rate plus a spread of 2.390%, provided that the interest rate during any five-year interest period will not reset below 6.875%. The US$1.25 billion Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, Series B due 2055 will initially bear interest at an annual rate of 7.000% and reset every five years starting on September 15, 2035 at an annual rate equal to the five-year U.S. Treasury rate plus a spread of 2.363%, provided that the interest rate during any five-year interest period will not reset below 7.000% (together, the Notes).

This news release contains forward-looking statements. For a description of the related risk factors and assumptions, please see the section entitled "Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" later in this news release. The information contained in this news release is unaudited.

All non-revenue and revised revenue guidance targets for 2024 achieved Adjusted EBITDA1 growth of 1.5% in Q4 delivered 0.9 percentage-point increase in adjusted EBITDA margin2 to 40.6% – highest Q4 margin in more than three decadesQ4 net earnings of $505 million, up 16.1%, with net earnings attributable to common shareholders of $461 million, up 20.7% or $0.51 per common share; 4.1% increase in adjusted net earnings1 of $719 million drove adjusted EPS1 of $0.79, up 3.9%Cash flows from operating activities down 20.9% in Q4 to $1,877 million; free cash flow1 decreased to $874 million on higher interest paid and timing of working capital, including impact of Canada Post strike, and cash tax installments 151,413 total mobile phone and connected device net subscriber activations3 in Q4 34,187 total retail Internet net subscriber activations3 in Q4 contributed to 3.4% Internet revenue growthThird consecutive quarter of Bell Media revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth, up 1.2% and 14.2% respectively; digital revenues4 increased 6% as digital platforms and advertising technology continue to drive growthBCE annualized common share dividend maintained at $3.995; approximately 34% participation rate for BCE's discounted treasury dividend reinvestment plan with Q4 dividend payment on January 15, 2025 generated cash savings of $308 million

This news release contains forward-looking statements. For a description of the related risk factors and assumptions, please see the section entitled "Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" later in this news release. The information contained in this news release is unaudited.

All non-revenue and revised revenue guidance targets for 2024 achieved Adjusted EBITDA1 growth of 1.5% in Q4 delivered 0.9 percentage-point increase in adjusted EBITDA margin2 to 40.6% – highest Q4 margin in more than three decadesQ4 net earnings of $505 million, up 16.1%, with net earnings attributable to common shareholders of $461 million, up 20.7% or $0.51 per common share; 4.1% increase in adjusted net earnings1 of $719 million drove adjusted EPS1 of $0.79, up 3.9%Cash flows from operating activities down 20.9% in Q4 to $1,877 million; free cash flow1 decreased to $874 million on higher interest paid and timing of working capital, including impact of Canada Post strike, and cash tax installments 151,413 total mobile phone and connected device net subscriber activations3 in Q4 34,187 total retail Internet net subscriber activations3 in Q4 contributed to 3.4% Internet revenue growthThird consecutive quarter of Bell Media revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth, up 1.2% and 14.2% respectively; digital revenues4 increased 6% as digital platforms and advertising technology continue to drive growthBCE annualized common share dividend maintained at $3.995; approximately 34% participation rate for BCE's discounted treasury dividend reinvestment plan with Q4 dividend payment on January 15, 2025 generated cash savings of $308 million

Bell Let's Talk Day 2025 put a spotlight on the youth mental health crisis and six mental health organizations working to address the crisis$1,605,770 contributed to youth mental health through text-to-donate campaignBell to give $10 million towards mental health in 2025, bringing total Bell Let's Talk investment to $184 million since 2010

MONTRÉAL, Jan. 23, 2025 /CNW/ - Bell Let's Talk Day 2025 put a spotlight on Canada's youth mental health crisis by featuring six mental health organizations that are working every day to provide mental health supports and services to address the growing crisis.

Bell Let's Talk invites everyone to join Canada's 15th national day for mental health and take action to address the growing youth mental health crisisCanadians can donate $5 by texting "YOUTH" to 45678 with Bell matching up to a total of $1 million; 100% of the proceeds going to six youth mental health organizationsMental health events and special on-air programming taking place across Canada

MONTRÉAL, Jan. 22, 2025 /CNW/ - Today is Bell Let's Talk Day! Everyone is invited to take part in this milestone 15th year of action and change, and to support youth mental health by donating $5 by text with Bell matching all donations up to a total of $1 million.

MONTRÉAL, Jan. 21, 2025 /CNW/ - BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) today announced that 8,050 of its 8,779,487 fixed-rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series AF ("Series AF Preferred Shares") have been tendered for conversion on February 1, 2025, on a one-for-one basis, into floating-rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series AE ("Series AE Preferred Shares"). In addition, 2,479,334 of its 5,810,913 Series AE Preferred Shares have been tendered for conversion on February 1, 2025, on a one-for-one basis, into Series AF Preferred Shares. Consequently, excluding any Series AE Preferred Shares and Series AF Preferred Shares that may be purchased for cancellation by BCE pursuant to its normal course issuer bid between January 21, 2025 and February 1, 2025, 11,250,771 Series AF Preferred Shares and 3,339,629 Series AE Preferred Shares would be issued and outstanding on February 1, 2025. The Series AF Preferred Shares and the Series AE Preferred Shares will continue to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols BCE.PR.F and BCE.PR.E, respectively.