KINDERSLEY, Sask. — SaskTel announced today the vast majority of households and businesses in the Town of Kindersley (pictured above) now have access to its infiNET service, the largest fibre-optic broadband network in Saskatchewan.
The expansion of SaskTel’s infiNET service to Kindersley is part of the second phase of the Crown corporation’s $100-million, multi-phase Rural Fibre Initiative, originally announced in 2020.
“The investment SaskTel made to upgrade its broadband infrastructure will help strengthen Kindersley’s local economy and create a more prosperous future for the residents and businesses there,” said Don Morgan, minister responsible for SaskTel, in a press release.
“As Saskatchewan’s homegrown communications leader, we are firmly committed to providing the people of our province the advanced communications technologies and services they need,” said Doug Burnett, SaskTel’s president and CEO. “With infiNET service now available throughout most of the community, our customers in the Town of Kindersley are better equipped than ever to connect to the world around them.”
The Rural Fibre Initiative is part of SaskTel’s commitment to invest more than $1.5 billion of capital throughout Saskatchewan over the next five years. The aim of the initiative is to bring infiNET service to more than 60,000 residents and businesses spread across 45 rural communities by the end of 2023.
SaskTel announced last week the first phase of the Rural Fibre Initiative is more than 95% complete.
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Photo of the Town of Kindersley borrowed from SaskTel’s website.
