UPDATE: Wireless, video, Internet lead BCE; company mum on IPTV and plans new reg appeal

MONTREAL – Bell Canada Enterprises' growth platforms - wireless, video and high speed Internet – make up almost half of the company's revenue these days and will hit 55% by the end of the year, the company announced today. Facing "a significant step up," in wireline customer losses, said CEO Michael Sabia in a conference call with financial analysts this morning, revenues in the first quarter, ended March 31, 2006, still rose by 2.2% to $4.7 billion. Those losses, say company executives, reveal a competitive market that the CRTC mis-read with its recent local forbearance decision – one which Bell...