REGINA – SaskTel pledged to invest more than $1.4 billion in capital in Saskatchewan over the next five years, including approximately $301 million in this fiscal year alone.
The Crown Corp said Monday that the investment will ensure that SaskTel customers across the province continue to receive some of the best and most advanced wireless, television, Internet, data, and IP-based technologies and services.
Highlights of this year’s core Saskatchewan investment program include:
– invest $61.2 million in its Fibre to the Premises Program (FTTP);
– invest $37.0 million for wireless network enhancements, including for its 4G LTE network, WiFi expansion and Long Term Evolution – Time Division Duplex (LTE-TDD) Fusion capacity enhancements;
– invest $93.7 million on several initiatives to meet wireline network growth, such as network modernization, access and core demand and growth, and regional Ethernet transport improvements;
– invest $109.1 million to improve customer services through new IT platforms and service enhancements.
Capital spending is for the fiscal year 2018-2019 which runs April 1, 2018 – March 31, 2019. More details are available here.
“Our Government is committed to ensuring that the residents of this province have access to leading edge communication technologies,” said Don Morgan, Minister Responsible for SaskTel, in the news release. “SaskTel continually invests in its network and infrastructure to maintain and improve on the services that it delivers across the province.”
“SaskTel takes great pride in its ability to deliver the latest and greatest wireline and wireless services to our customers,” added SaskTel acting president and CEO Doug Burnett. “With the constant evolution and pace of change in the communications industry, we know that investing in our network is critical to stay competitive.”
