Cable & Telecom

SaskTel upgrading rural Saskatchewan wireless to LTE

REGINA – Today SaskTel said it will invest approximately $4 million to upgrade 35 wireless towers in rural Saskatchewan.The upgrades are expected to be done by the end of March 2018 and as part of the upgrades, SaskTel will be adding LTE network carriers to the towers which will increase their LTE capacity by 20% to 100%.“Today’s announcement further demonstrates our commitment to deliver world-class communications services to our customers all throughout the province,” said Doug Burnett, SaskTel acting president and CEO, in the press release. “These upgrades will help bolster our network and add capacity to address the ever-growing...