SaskTel spending $220 million this year

REGINA – Saying it will be bringing high speed Internet to 100% of Saskatchewan population and cellular to 98%, Crown Corporation SaskTel said this week it will invest $220 million in its networks in 2009. Of that bundle, $42.4 million will come from the Government of Saskatchewan for year one of a three year Rural Infrastructure Program. “Since 1987, SaskTel has invested more than $3.2 billion in our Saskatchewan network,” SaskTel president and CEO Robert Watson said in the press release. “In 2009, we will continue our efforts to deliver expanded coverage, increased bandwidth and even better service to our...