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Bell Q3 2011 subscriber base increases by 3.4% to total 7,369,596

By on November 3, 2011 at 8:04am in Bell Mobility News, Mobile News


Bell reported their Q3 2011 results and the total wireless subscriber base increased 3.4% to now total 7,369,596. However, total subs for both Prepaid and Postpaid in Q3 fell a combined 37.8% over last year for net additions of 85,749 – postpaid was 126,854 (down 20.5% compared to last year) and Prepaid subs fell by 41,105. These decreases were apparently caused by a “higher churn reflecting more aggressive acquisition offers from competitors”. Blended ARPU increased by 2.7% to $55.01, Bell stated that Postpaid ARPU was $64.98 because of the surge in data usage, while Prepaid ARPU decreased by $1.04 to $17.81. Total revenues increased by 5.6% to $1,339 billion.

During Q3 Bell launched their LTE network in Toronto, Mississauga, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo and Guelph, plus released 13 new devices, including the Samsung Galaxy S II 4G, HTC Sensation 4G, Motorola Atrix 4G, Motorola XT860 4G, BlackBerry Bold 9900, Torch 9810, Curve 9360 and Torch 9860, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G and two LTE Turbo Sticks: Novatel Wireless U679 and Sierra Wireless U313.

Source: Bell

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20 comments for “Bell Q3 2011 subscriber base increases by 3.4% to total 7,369,596”

  1. nice…..the big three are starting to feel the pressure!

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    Posted by chall2k5 | November 3, 2011, 8:35 am
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    • They will continue to feel the pressure, but I noticed Wind’s subscribers net adds have been dropping quarter by quarter.. can’t wait to see their Q3 numbers seeing that they announced 350,000 about 2 weeks ago which is an increase of 30K.

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      Posted by WirelessBoy | November 3, 2011, 8:55 am

  2. BEHOLD!!! Now Telus will follow you Bell and ROBBERS!!!

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    Posted by Nobel | November 3, 2011, 8:39 am
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  3. It should be $1.3 billion, not $1300 billion revenue.

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    Posted by CALGARY IS RICH | November 3, 2011, 8:45 am
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  4. The little guys are really hurting the big boys!

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    Posted by XER | November 3, 2011, 8:59 am
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  5. The big boys will still keep the lead in my advice. Small carriers are fun but not that good. Lots of drop calls, small (very in certain cases) coverage, small number of phones and a horrible data service. This can go two ways, they keep small coverage, drop calls and bad data for really cheap prices or they offer a better service and rise the prices. In the small ones, the best must be WIND, and I have heard lots of complaints on the drop calls and terrible data speed.

    So, one again in my advice I think it all comes down to how makes the best marketing advertisement.

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    Posted by Drum | November 3, 2011, 10:51 am
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  6. I have had the wind data stick for a month now and the speeds are no where the maximum they claim but not bad. It does drop the signal but I do not care about signal dropping here and there on the internet. I would recommend it especially for the price of $30 for the year.

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    Posted by tbr | November 3, 2011, 11:39 am
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    • Well the rogers HSPA+ stick operates no where near the theoretical 21mmps!! more like 2-5mps!

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      Posted by Shaggyskunk | November 4, 2011, 12:49 pm

  7. wow dont know what some of you are smoking .bell just added 120k + new customers Rogers confirmed already added over 161 K . that means they added more customer in this quarter more than wind total sub. the newentrants have been a dissapointment and it is a matter of time before someone go down. time will tell

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    Posted by niceguy | November 3, 2011, 11:54 am
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  8. The Big 3 Is definitely feeling the pressure but not from the new guys, just from each other.

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    Posted by David | November 3, 2011, 12:27 pm
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  9. Oops, they forgot to mention profit. Funny that.

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    Posted by Graham J | November 3, 2011, 12:42 pm
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  10. Working for Virgin, I can say that Bell/Virgin will lose many more subscribers if they don’t get their head out of their .. less shiny spot. (they need to fix plans, CS, warranty policy, employee incentives)

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    Posted by zar | November 3, 2011, 2:48 pm
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    • and they need to tell people that their pay per use data rate is $51.20 per megabyte, off plan.

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      Posted by Cellcon | November 3, 2011, 8:59 pm

    • AND they have to ditch their incompentent executive team.

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      Posted by Truth be Told | November 4, 2011, 2:38 am

    • Oops. Typo in my comment. Get rid of the INCOMPETENT executives!

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      Posted by Truth be Told | November 4, 2011, 2:42 am

  11. There are obviously a lot of morons with cell phones.

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    Posted by Canadian Canuck | November 3, 2011, 4:11 pm
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    • @ Canadian Canuck,

      Do you think the 20 Million + Customers with Big 3 against the less than 500 K across all the new entrants . Could it be the 500 K Morons vs 20 Million . btw what are you doing online arent you suppose to be at the occupy toronto protest with the other WIND users. Keep using WIND and send those jobs and Money to Egypt .

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      Posted by JJ | November 3, 2011, 8:15 pm

  12. Still pathetic to see ARPU at $64.98. Even more pathetic are Canadians though. Canadians now have choice for their cell phone provider and they are still paying Bell.

    12 months ago I was a Bell subscriber but after spending a years with Bell for TV, Internet, and cellphone service I will never go back. Hours on the phone each month for the same billing errors plus paying Bell’s ridiculous fees is simply not worth it.

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    Posted by Ron | November 4, 2011, 12:51 am
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  13. I have been with bell for over 4 years now i switched from rogers in 06 i must say bell is not bad compared to rogers they treat you well and signal is pretty good …i contacted retention department i was able to get 6gb data 1500 outgoing unlimited incoming texting with call id and voice mall for 45 dollars i got everything i need and it covers everything ..I am happy with Bell so far and unless they try to rip me off like rogers i plan to stay with them for my business needs.

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    Posted by Ataul Mohsin | November 11, 2011, 8:33 pm
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