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BCE Inc (2)
Symbol BCE
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Close 2017-08-08 C$ 59.32
Market Cap C$ 53,408,083,320
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Globe/CP say BCE's Bell outage raises security concerns

2017-08-09 07:17 ET - In the News

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The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that last Friday's Bell Aliant outage in Atlantic Canada has dialled up concerns about the security of the region's telecommunications system. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe reports that consultant Eamon Hoey says the breakdown of Bell's system because of cuts in crucial fibre-optic links raises questions about whether there is adequate backup. He says: "We need better networks. We need more robust networks. This case in the Atlantic provinces suggests we don't have it." The breakdown affected emergency services in some parts of the region, caused widespread cellular telephone outages on Telus, Bell, Virgin and Koodo, and also interrupted Internet and some landline services for about four hours, beginning late Friday morning. The Rogers Communications and Eastlink networks continued to operate. Emergency-measures agencies in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick said on Tuesday they will be in talks with Bell following the outage. Mr. Hoey says the region's network is heavily reliant on Bell's fibre-optic system and says the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission should consider the need for more backup methods.

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