SaskTel confirms plans to turn down EV-DO data service

REGINA – SaskTel said Thursday that its EV-DO data service that operates on its CDMA network will be turned down on September 30th as the company turns its focus to 4G/LTE.CDMA devices will still continue to operate on the CDMA network after the EV-DO turn-down using the 1X data service. SaskTel’s roaming partner is also turning down their EV-DO data service on their CDMA network in most of BC and Alberta by July 2014. While customers will not notice any difference in coverage, voice services, or text messaging, their data service will be reduced to the slower 1X data speeds.“SaskTel is...