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SaskTel Continues to Expand High Speed Fusion Internet

SaskTel Continues to Expand High Speed Fusion Internet

February 26, 2018

Today SaskTel announced that High Speed Fusion Internet will be available on 25 more towers serving rural Saskatchewan by the end of March 2018.

These towers serve the vicinities of Alameda, Arelee, Balgonie, Bethune, Birch Hills, Colfax, Delisle, Grandora, Indian Head, Kelvington, Kenosee Lake, Langbank, Macklin, Moosomin, Outlook, Pense, Pike Lake, Porcupine Plain, Preeceville, Rabbit Lake, Red Deer Hill, Vibank, Wakaw, Wynyard and Zehner.

"Having access to fast and reliable high speed Internet in rural Saskatchewan is a key priority of our government," said Don Morgan, Minister Responsible for SaskTel.  "By expanding Fusion Internet, SaskTel is opening the door on new and exciting opportunities for our residents and businesses who call rural Saskatchewan home."

"SaskTel is committed to investing in cutting edge technologies that provide our customers the tools they need to connect with their world," said Doug Burnett, SaskTel Acting President and CEO. "With download speeds up to 10 Mbps (Megabits per second), High Speed Fusion Internet service offers enough bandwidth for rural customers to get more out of the Internet than ever before."

This expansion is part of a $4.2 million investment by SaskTel to bring High Speed Fusion Internet to 34 rural locations by Spring 2018.  Once completed, SaskTel will have 102 Fusion equipped towers serving rural areas province wide.  To date, SaskTel has expanded Fusion service to six other towers as part of this investment. A full list of towers and locations to be served can be found in the appendix below.

SaskTel's investment to expand High Speed Fusion Internet service is part of the Government of Saskatchewan's larger initiative to provide rural communities with enhanced access to reliable cellular and high speed Internet services.

For more information about SaskTel High Speed Fusion Internet service, visit www.sasktel.com/fusion.

34 Fusion Towers – in the vicinities of:

Aberdeen - Complete Moosomin
Alameda Outlook
Allan - Complete Pense
Arelee Pike Lake
Balgonie Porcupine Plain
Birch Hills Preeceville
Bethune Rabbit Lake
Colfax Red Deer Hill
Delisle Shellbrook
Dundurn - Complete Silver Park - Complete
Grandora Southey
Indian Head Stoughton
Kelvington Vibank
Kenosee Lake Wakaw
Langbank Weyburn - Complete
Macklin Wynyard
Marshall - Complete Zehner

About SaskTel

SaskTel is the leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) provider in Saskatchewan, with over $1.2 billion in annual revenue and approximately 1.4 million customer connections including 609,000 wireless accesses, 361,000 wireline network accesses, 279,000 Internet accesses and 112,000 maxTV™ subscribers. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries offer a wide range of ICT products and services including competitive voice, data and Internet services, wireless data services, maxTV services, data centre services, cloud-based services, security monitoring services, advertising services, and international software and consulting services. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately 4,000 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs). Visit SaskTel at www.sasktel.com.

For more information, please contact:
Greg Jacobs, SaskTel Manager of External Communications
Phone: 306.777.3433
E-mail: Greg.Jacobs@sasktel.com