REGINA – SaskTel will upgrade an additional 35 more rural communities in Saskatchewan before the end of summer in an effort to address the ever-growing demand for wireless service.
Adding LTE network carriers on the towers that serve these communities will increase the LTE capacity in each of these communities by 20% to 100%, the Crown Corp said.
These upgrades come on the heels of SaskTel’s ambitious LTE expansion which brought wireless LTE service for the first time to more than 400 towers in rural Saskatchewan in 2016/17, increasing the company’s LTE footprint to cover 99% of the population of the province. The LTE enhancements from this year and the large expansion project from 2016/17 are part of SaskTel’s commitment to invest $1.4 billion of capital in Saskatchewan through 2016-2021.
“Our government is committed to investing in the future of Saskatchewan,” said Dustin Duncan, Minister Responsible for SaskTel, in the news release. “Today’s announcement is a step forward that ensures the people of rural Saskatchewan have access to the fast and reliable communications services that are required to connect and be successful in today’s economy and into the future.”
“We are pleased to enhance our wireless service in these rural and resort communities so that the people living in them or just visiting for the weekend will be able to stay connected to their lives and the people that matter most to them”, added SaskTel president and CEO Ron Styles.
