SaskTel preps for record data use, 2.55M calls over holidays

REGINA - SaskTel is gearing up for a busy holiday season, estimating that customers will send and receive more than 27 million text messages and place more than 2.55 million calls from Christmas Eve through Boxing Day. They will also use over 390 Terabytes (TB) of wireless data.The provincial Crown Corp added that landline calling remains a popular way for Saskatchewan residents to stay in touch, and on Christmas Day alone it expects to see customers on its landline voice network receive close to 177,000 calls, while some 212,000 calls will be made from within the province.“Being able to get in...