SaskTel to use $138.8M in UBF money to improve connectivity for northern and indigenous communities

SaskTel announced Monday it plans to use $138.8 million in funding awarded to it from the federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) to significantly improve connectivity for residents living in northern Saskatchewan and indigenous communities. SaskTel has been awarded up to $105 million in UBF money for three fibre and fixed wireless projects that will benefit up to 5,700 households in communities across West Central and Northern Saskatchewan, of which approximately 4,300 are Indigenous households, according to a federal government backgrounder released Monday. A list of the communities to be connected by these projects, along with full project details, will be released at...