Bell Aliant's Q4 sales down 2%

Atlantic Canadian telco Bell Aliant’s quarterly revenues in October-December 2011 fell by 2% year-on-year to CAD701 million (USD704 million), while net profit reached CAD80 million (USD80.3 million). It did not provide a comparable year-on-year profit figure, as in January 2011 it reverted to a corporate structure from an income trust, but said that income was being boosted by internet and TV services based on its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network rollout under the ‘FibreOP’ brand. In its outlook for 2012, Aliant said that growth in broadband and IPTV would be offset by a continuing decine in traditional voice revenues.