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SaskTel to spend $323 million in the coming year

REGINA — SaskTel announced yesterday it will invest approximately $323 million of capital in Saskatchewan in its 2021-2022 fiscal year and more than $1.4 billion over the next five years. The Crown corporation’s network and customer service investments this year are on par with its 2020-21 investments of close to $324 million. The highlights of SaskTel’s fiscal 2021-2022 core Saskatchewan investment program (April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022) include the following: $85.8 million for fibre to the x (FTTx) program This year, SaskTel’s fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) and fibre-to-the-business (FTTB) initiatives, collectively known as FTTx, will expand the infiNET network further...