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SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Technology -- Internet, wireless growth buoy BCE profits |
 | | BCE, which owns Bell Canada, the country's No. 1 telephone company, the Globe and Mail newspaper and CTV Television, reported net earnings of $1.7 billion, or C$1.92 a share, in the fourth quarter, compared to a loss of $299 million, or 37 Canadian cents a share a year earlier, the company said. |
 | | BCE said several business sectors grew in the quarter, with revenue growth of 16 percent in its wireless business, 6 percent for data, 32 percent at satellite television unit Bell ExpressVu and 7 percent at Bell Globemedia. |
 | | BCE confirmed financial guidance for 2003, forecasting revenues of C$4.6 billion to C$4.8 billion and net earnings of 42 to 46 Canadian cents a share in the first quarter. |
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