SaskTel investing an additional $80M in Rural Fibre Initiative

SaskTel announced Monday it will invest an additional $80 million in its Rural Fibre Initiative to expand its advanced fibre-based infiNET service to another 61 communities across Saskatchewan. Originally announced in December 2020, and later expanded in June 2021 and November 2022, SaskTel’s Rural Fibre Initiative is a multi-phase program that will see the Crown corporation invest $280 million to expand its infiNET network to nearly 200 communities province-wide. Monday’s announcement marks the seventh phase of the initiative, and SaskTel says it anticipates all of the 61 communities included in this phase will be fibre-ready by the end of 2027. “When SaskTel completes this work,...