BCE Q2 net earnings fell 2.3% to $629 million; EPS slipped 4.8% to $0.60.
Revenue rose 1.5% to $6.18 billion; adjusted EBITDA (total of segments) increased 1% to $2.7 billion.
Cash flow from operating activities climbed 11% to $2.16 billion; free cash flow (non-GAAP) dropped 9.5% to $1.04 billion on higher capital expenditures.
Bell added 54,883 residential FTTH Internet subscribers, up 14.5%; postpaid mobile phone net adds fell 6.6% to 41,594, while churn improved 0.04 percentage points to 1.02%.
CEO Mirko Bibic cited progress on Bell AI Fabric data centres; Crave subscriptions increased 23% to 5.07 million, lifting Bell Media revenue 8.9% to $918 million.
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