COWS help SaskTel improve 4G service

REGINA – SaskTel is deploying 11 portable cellular towers in an effort to address congestion on its 4G network. The portable towers, also referred to as COWS (Cellular On Wheels), will improve 4G coverage and capacity in the areas where they’re deployed by reducing the load on existing towers until new permanent tower sites can be constructed at or near those locations. After acquiring the necessary approvals for the COWS (pictured below), SaskTel prepares the mobile tower sites by providing power and fibre optic cable connections then towing the towers on trailers to the locations. The towers provide 4G service...