Profits soar at BCE; IPTV coming soon

MONTREAL – Canada’s largest communications company reported a 70% jump in second quarter earnings.Chief executive George Cope also confirmed reports that Bell’s wireless division will relaunch its discount service Solo Mobile later this month in a move designed to guard share against Rogers’ new Chatr brand. On the TV front, Cope said that Bell will add IPTV as part of its bundle of services in the Montreal and Toronto markets either late this year or in early 2011.BCE posted net earnings of $590 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, compared with $346 million in the same period last...