The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that BCE posted flat revenue and fewer net new mobile customers in its third quarter as it focused on expanding its artificial-intelligence division. The Globe's Irene Galea writes that the telecom and media company could stand to gain from new measures introduced in the federal budget Tuesday, executives said. BCE reported revenue of $6-billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30, up 1.3 per cent from the same period last year and in line with analyst consensus. It added 68,000 net new mobile phone subscribers in the quarter, below last year's results and analyst expectations of about 85,000. Net new Internet additions were 26,100, down from 42,000 last year, reflecting aggressive promotional offers by competitors offering cable, wholesale fibre, fixed wireless and satellite Internet services. BCE's legacy businesses continue to decline, losing 46,000 home phone subscribers and 16,100 video customers during the quarter. Ad revenue was down 11.5 per cent. "The Canadian telco business unsurprisingly continued to exhibit weakish results, but we expect the recent price ups in wireless to begin to support results in 2026," said Scotiabank analyst Maher Yaghi in a note to investors.