Segmented information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024


For the year ended December 31, 2024	Note		Bell CTS	Bell Media	Inter-segment eliminations	BCE
Operating revenues
External service revenues			18,256	2,817	—	21,073
Inter-segment service revenues			27	334	(361)	—
Operating service revenues			18,283	3,151	(361)	21,073


External/Operating product revenues			3,336	—	—	3,336
Total external revenues			21,592	2,817	—	24,409
Total inter-segment revenues			27	334	(361)	—
Total operating revenues			21,619	3,151	(361)	24,409
Operating costs		5	(11,788)	(2,393)	361	(13,820)
Adjusted EBITDA (1)			9,831	758	—	10,589
Severance, acquisition and other costs		6				(454)
Depreciation and amortization	17,	19				(5,041)
Finance costs
Interest expense		7				(1,713)
Net return on post-employment benefit plans		27				66
Impairment of assets		8				(2,190)
Other expense		9				(305)
Income taxes		10				(577)
Net earnings						375
Goodwill		22	8,266	1,995	—	10,261
Indefinite-life intangible assets		19	8,611	1,131	—	9,742
Capital expenditures			3,746	151	—	3,897

(1)The chief operating decision maker uses primarily one measure of profit to make decisions and assess performance, being operating revenues less operating costs.


For the year ended December 31, 2023		Note		Bell CTS	Bell Media	Inter-segment eliminations	BCE
Operating revenues
	External service revenues			18,378	2,776	—	21,154
	Inter-segment service revenues			29	341	(370)	—
Operating service revenues				18,407	3,117	(370)	21,154


External/Operating product revenues				3,519	—	—	3,519
	Total external revenues			21,897	2,776	—	24,673
	Total inter-segment revenues			29	341	(370)	—
Total operating revenues				21,926	3,117	(370)	24,673
Operating costs			5	(12,206)	(2,420)	370	(14,256)
Adjusted EBITDA (1)				9,720	697	—	10,417
Severance, acquisition and other costs			6				(200)
Depreciation and amortization		17,	19				(4,918)
Finance costs
	Interest expense		7				(1,475)
	Net return on post-employment benefit plans		27				108
Impairment of assets			8				(143)
Other expense			9				(466)
Income taxes			10				(996)
Net earnings							2,327
Goodwill			22	8,099	2,843	—	10,942
Indefinite-life intangible assets			19	8,052	1,763	—	9,815
Capital expenditures				4,421	160	—	4,581

(1)The chief operating decision maker uses primarily one measure of profit to make decisions and assess performance, being operating revenues less operating costs.

Revenues by services and products

The following table presents our revenues disaggregated by type of services and products.


For the year ended December 31	2024	2023
Services(1)
Wireless voice and data	7,136	7,120
Wireline data	8,117	8,084
Wireline voice	2,672	2,862
Media(2)	2,830	2,776
Other wireline services	318	312
Total services	21,073	21,154
Products(3)
Wireless	2,715	2,885
Wireline	621	634
Total products	3,336	3,519
Total operating revenues	24,409	24,673

(1)Our service revenues are generally recognized over time.

(2)Includes Crave direct-to-consumer revenues.

(3)Our product revenues are generally recognized at a point in time.