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Bell wireless subs grow, but Fibe TV and high-speed Internet adds slow

MONTREAL — While BCE’s Bell Wireless division continues to sign up significant numbers of postpaid wireless subscribers, net new customer additions to Bell Wireline’s Fibe TV and high-speed Internet services have slowed compared to this time last year. That was some of the news that came out of BCE’s release of its second quarter 2016 financial results on Thursday morning.Overall, BCE reported 113,000 net new subscriber additions to its postpaid wireless, IPTV and high-speed Internet services in the second quarter of 2016. However, Bell Wireless postpaid net additions accounted for 69,848 of these new customers, which represents a 14.4% increase...