Ziply Fiber Sustains Subscriber Growth Under BCE Ownership

May 11, 2026 – Ziply ended the quarter with 368,643 fiber customers, up 7 percent year over year. 

BCE Inc. reported Thursday that Ziply Fiber added 6,775 fiber subscribers during the quarter, slightly ahead of the 5,640 fiber customers added during the fourth quarter of 2025.

The provider is pushing forward with an aggressive fiber expansion strategy across the Pacific Northwest under its new ownership by Bell Canada Enterprises.

BCE acquired Ziply Fiber in August 2025 through a deal valued at approximately $5 billion after receiving a foreign ownership waiver from the Federal Communications Commission.

The Canadian telecommunications giant said fiber growth remains a central driver of its broadband strategy. BCE reported 49,525 residential fiber-to-the-home internet net subscriber activations companywide during the quarter, including contributions from Ziply, helping drive nearly 15 percent year-over-year internet revenue growth.

“Where we have fiber, we continue to win our share,” Curtis Millen, BCE Chief Financial Officer, said during the company’s earnings call. “Ziply’s plan to reach approximately 3 million fiber passings by the end of 2028 is on track.”

Under CEO Harold Zeitz, Ziply has expanded rapidly across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, with roughly 1.3 million fiber passings currently in service. Washington accounts for approximately 740,000 of those passings.

BCE executives pointed to continued demand for fiber broadband as consumers increasingly rely on high-capacity internet connections for streaming, remote work and artificial intelligence-related services.

“Bell’s Q1 results demonstrate solid execution across our four strategic priorities in a competitive environment,” Mirko Bibic, CEO of BCE, said in the company’s earnings release, highlighting fiber subscriber growth as a major contributor to revenue gains.

Ziply Fiber still maintains roughly 71,000 legacy DSL subscribers inherited from its acquisition of former Frontier Communications assets in 2020.