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Wireless additions drive strong BCE Q1; Media division facing pressure

MONTREAL – Bell Canada Enterprises continued the run of good news for Canada’s communications companies, adding thousands of broadband, TV and wireless customers in the first quarter of 2018, ended March 31."Network leadership continues to drive Bell's progress in broadband customer additions, service usage and revenue growth as we welcomed approximately 102,000 net new postpaid wireless, Internet and IPTV customers in the first quarter of 2018,” said CEO George Cope in the company’s press release this morning. This was the company’s best first quarter since 2011, he added.“I fully expect the strong subscriber growth to continue this year,” he later...