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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-24-260801
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241118
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241118
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241118

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BCE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000718940
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08481
		FILM NUMBER:		241471128

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 CARREFOUR ALEXANDER-GRAHAM-BELL
		CITY:			VERDUN
		STATE:			A8
		ZIP:			H3E 3B3
		BUSINESS PHONE:		514-786-3891

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 CARREFOUR ALEXANDER-GRAHAM-BELL
		CITY:			VERDUN
		STATE:			A8
		ZIP:			H3E 3B3

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BELL CANADA ENTERPRISES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19880111
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<P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Form <FONT
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REPORT OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO RULE <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13A-16</FONT> OR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15D-16</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>November&nbsp;18, 2024 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Commission File Number: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-8481</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BCE Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Translation
of registrant&#146;s name into English) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1, Carrefour
Alexander-Graham-Bell, </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Verdun, Qu&eacute;bec, Canada H3E 3B3 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(514)&nbsp;870-8777</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Indicate by
check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> or Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Form 20-F&#8201;&#8201;&#9744;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F&#8201;&#8201;&#9746;</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> in paper as permitted by
Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b) (1):&#8201;&#8201;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is
submitting the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> in paper as permitted by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b) (7):&#8201;&#8201;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information
to the Commission pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12g3-2(b)</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Yes&#8201;&#8201;&#9744;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;No&#8201;&#8201;&#9746; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">If &#147;Yes&#148; is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12g3-2(b):</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">82-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Notwithstanding any reference to BCE Inc.&#146;s Web site on the World Wide Web in the document attached hereto, the information contained in
BCE Inc.&#146;s site or any other site on the World Wide Web referred to in BCE Inc.&#146;s site is not a part of this Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> and, therefore, is not furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>permit discount for treasury issuances; 2% discount to apply starting with </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>reinvestment of dividend payable on January&nbsp;15, 2025 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify"><I>This news release contains forward-looking statements. For a description of the related risk factors and assumptions, please see the section entitled
&#147;Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements&#148; later in this release. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify"><B>MONTR&Eacute;AL, November</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;18, 2024</B>
&#150; BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE) announced today that it has implemented the previously announced amendments to its Shareholder Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;DRP&#148;)<B> </B>to permit, at the BCE Board&#146;s discretion,
for the issuance of new common shares from treasury at a&nbsp;discount to the volume weighted average trading price of the common shares for the five trading days immediately preceding the applicable dividend payment date (the &#147;Average Market
Price&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Commencing with the previously declared dividend payable on January&nbsp;15, 2025 to eligible holders of common shares as of the
December&nbsp;16, 2024 record date, and subsequently until further notice, common shares distributed under the DRP will be issued from treasury at a discount of 2% to the Average Market Price. The discount will not apply to purchases made pursuant
to optional cash payments. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Common shares delivered to participants under the DRP in reinvestment of cash dividends were previously purchased by
BCE&#146;s agent, TSX Trust Company (the &#147;Agent&#148;), on the secondary market with cash provided by BCE. The equity issuances anticipated from implementing a discounted DRP are expected to enable BCE to retain cash to help fund strategic
growth initiatives and strengthen the balance sheet. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">The DRP continues to offer a convenient means for eligible holders of BCE common shares to
acquire additional common shares without charge for any commission or brokerage fees by reinvesting the cash dividends on their respective holdings of common shares or by making optional cash payments in the form of cash or dividends on BCE
preferred shares. The annual limit of optional cash payments, in the form of cash or dividends on preferred shares, has been increased from Cdn$20,000 to Cdn$40,000. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Existing participants in the DRP will automatically have the discount applied to the reinvestment of the dividend payable to holders of common shares on
January&nbsp;15, 2025.<B> </B>Registered shareholders of BCE common shares resident in Canada or the United States wishing to join the DRP can obtain an enrollment form at
<FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>www.tsxtrust.com/bce/drip</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL">, or by contacting the Agent (Tel: 1-800-561-0934 (Toll free in Canada and the U.S.) or </FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>bce@tmx.com</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL">), or on BCE&#146;s website at
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>https://bce.ca/investors/shareholder-info/dividend-reinvestment-plan</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL">.<B> </B>In order to participate in time for the dividend
payable on January&nbsp;15, 2025, enrollment forms from registered holders of common shares must be received by the Agent before the close of business on December&nbsp;16, 2024.<B> </B>Beneficial owners of BCE common shares (shareholders who hold
their shares through a financial institution, broker or other intermediary) should consult with the intermediary well in advance of that date to determine how to participate in the DRP. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Participation in the DRP is optional. Eligible shareholders who have not elected to participate in the DRP will continue to receive their regular cash
dividends in the usual manner.<B> </B>A copy of the DRP incorporating the latest amendments is available on BCE&#146;s website at
<FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>https://bce.ca/investors/shareholder-info/dividend-reinvestment-plan</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL">, on SEDAR+ at </FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>www.sedarplus.ca</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL">, and on the website of the Agent at
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>www.tsxtrust.com/bce/drip</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL">. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>Notice to
United States Investors </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation to buy securities. Since DRP participants
may receive newly issued common shares pursuant to the DRP, BCE has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) to register sales of such newly issued common shares in the United States. A
copy of the prospectus relating to such sales is available on the SEC&#146;s website at <U><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" COLOR="#0563c1">www.sec.gov</FONT></U><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL">, and on BCE&#146;s website at </FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>https://bce.ca/investors/shareholder-info/dividend-reinvestment-plan</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL"> as well as on the website of the
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Agent at <FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>https://www.tsxtrust.com/bce/drip</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL">. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>The common shares of BCE offered under the DRP outside the United States will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>About BCE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">BCE is Canada&#146;s largest communications
company,<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP> providing advanced Bell broadband Internet, wireless, TV, media and business communications services. To learn more, please visit <FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>Bell.ca</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL"> or </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>BCE.ca</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL">.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Through&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>Bell for Better</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL">,
we are investing to create a better today and a better tomorrow by supporting the social and economic prosperity of our communities. This includes the Bell Let&#146;s Talk initiative, which promotes mental health with awareness and anti-stigma
campaigns like Bell Let&#146;s Talk Day and significant Bell funding of community care and access, research and workplace leadership initiatives. To learn more, please
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