2006 news releases

Cellular Service Improved in Clavet, Francis, Lanigan, Viscount Areas

October 4, 2006

SaskTel today announced digital cellular coverage improvements in Clavet, Francis Lanigan, Viscount and their surrounding areas. Clavet residents can expect improved coverage in town and along Highway 16 east and west of Clavet. The improvements at Francis offer improved coverage in town and along Highway 33 and Highway 35. Improvements at Lanigan and Viscount have improved overall coverage in those areas, particularly along Highway 16 between Colonsay and Lanigan.

"SaskTel remains committed to expanding and improving digital cellular service in this province," Minister Responsible for SaskTel Deb Higgins said. "These latest initiatives are part of SaskTel's ongoing expansion which will bring SaskTel's total investment in digital cellular service since 1998 to $120 million."

“SaskTel understands that reliable coverage is critical for many of our customers and digital service with 1X functionality improves call clarity, enhances privacy and provides wireless customers with access to e-mail, corporate databases and the internet,” SaskTel President and CEO Robert Watson said. “We will continue to evaluate the network to provide our cellular customers with the latest wireless technologies over the largest wireless network in the province.”

SaskTel has the most extensive cellular network in Saskatchewan. Digital and 1X cellular service provides advanced functionality that allows customers to send and receive text messages and photos, push-to-talk, browse the internet, download video clips, watch streaming video, perform banking transactions and access real-time information such as news, weather and stock quotes.

About SaskTel
SaskTel is the leading full service communications provider in the province offering competitive voice, data, internet, entertainment and multimedia services, web hosting, text and messaging services over a state-of-the-art digital network. The Corporation also provides cellular and wireless data services, security monitoring services, directory services, in-room communications services to the healthcare sector through Hospitality Network, telecommunications consulting service through SaskTel International and an out-of-province sales and service channel in Alberta and British Columbia through Navigata Communications. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately 4,000 permanent full-time employees. Visit SaskTel at www.sasktel.com.

For media inquiries only, please contact:

Michelle Englot , SaskTel Corporate Affairs
Phone: (306) 777-4476
E-mail: michelle.englot@sasktel.sk.ca