SaskTel, SaskPower join with Cameco for fibre network project

REGINA – SaskTel, SaskPower and Cameco have announced a new joint venture to provide a new fibre network and power facilities to northeastern Saskatchewan. The companies’ 566 km-long Northern Fibre Expansion project provides new fibre placement by SaskTel and SaskPower, making new SaskTel services available for northern Saskatchewan, as well as high-speed bandwidth for Cameco’s operating sites from La Ronge to Collins Bay. The total communications cost of the project is valued at $29.6 million. Cameco, one of the world’s largest uranium producers, has agreed to provide $8 million to SaskTel for the project. “Bringing fibre to the northeast will...