SaskTel mobile alerts and short codes
Stay up to date on the latest SaskTel content and contests with FREE mobile alerts.
Be one of the first to find out about:
- the hottest ringtones, wallpapers, and games,
- the newest Full Track Music,
- promotions, and
- exclusive mobile alert contests.
To sign up, just text the word MOBILE to the short code 43210.
To unsubscribe to SaskTel mobile alerts, text STOP to 43210.
Please see the SaskTel mobile alert contest terms and conditions.
Text Messaging Short Codes
Text messaging short codes are unique numbers that are associated with a particular brand or campaign (eg. 436501 or IDOL01 was the Canadian Idol short code for voting).
Premium text messages, or short codes, are numbers to which a text message can be sent. They are typically shorter than the ten-digit wireless phone numbers used to send text messages from one individual to another.
A text message addressed to a short code is received by a web-based application instead of another cellular number. These text messages allow you to receive specialized content and participate in interactive promotions and games. Common short codes are generally associated with a particular brand or campaign and are common for all Canadian carriers.
Short code pricing
While some short codes are free to use, such as SaskTel's short code 43210, many carry premium charges over and above your regular text messaging package.
If a short code is advertised as ‘standard rate’, then it will be included within any text messaging package and charged at the same rate as a regular text message.
Non-standard rated short codes are NOT included in your Text Messaging plan. All charges related to non-standard short codes will appear on your monthly cell phone bill as ‘Premium Text Messaging’.
The amount charged is up to the program provider to decide and you will be informed of the price of sending a text to the short code when the campaign is promoted. You will also be notified of the additional charge before sending an entry to a premium number.
Monthly subscriptions that send a "Joke a Day" or answers from "Ask Me Now" can range in price from $.50 per message received to $5.00 for messages sent. These subscriptions are charged on a monthly, weekly or per message basis. You will be notified of the charge before you sign-up to a subscription. However, please make sure you are familiar with the charges before you subscribe.
How to unsubscribe from a short code subscription
You can "opt-out" or decline to continue receiving messages from the short code by texting the appropriate key word to the application.
You must use the "opt-out" key word(s) that were identified at the time of subscribing to the short code. Key words differ depending on the short code; however, they typically include any or all of the following key words: STOP, CANCEL, TERMINATE, UNSUBSCRIBE, or END. If you are unsure of the key word, visit the short code provider's web site for information.
Current short code programs being offered and links to information about each program, including how to subscribe to or stop service, can be found at www.txt.ca.
SaskTel mobile alert contest terms and conditions
The contest
- SaskTel Short Code Contests (“a Contest”) will run periodically throughout the year.
- No purchase is necessary to enter a Contest.
- All contest entries must be received before the Contest Closing Date specified within the Contest text alerts. SaskTel accepts no responsibility and will not be liable for entries that are not received, incomplete, lost, late, misdirected or illegible for whatever reason, including without limitation, due to cellular network or other system interruption, malfunction, or breakdown of any kind or duration. SaskTel reserves the right in its absolute discretion, without any liability to any contest entrant, to withdraw or modify the contest should any of SaskTel's systems or its network be adversely affected by any virus or other similar destructive agent during the Contest Period or in the event of an error, technical problem, computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor that interferes with the proper conduct of this contest as contemplated by these Rules.
- SaskTel will make a random draw from all eligible entries. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
- The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, and municipal laws.
- SaskTel shall be the sole judge and decision maker regarding any dispute regarding the application or interpretation of the Contest Rules or any other aspect of the Contest and SaskTel's judgment or decision shall be final.
- By entering the Contest, entrants consent to the use of their names and city of residence in publication of the names of the Contest winners.
How to enter
Contest entrants must have access to a cellular telephone that is capable of two-way text messaging. Text messaging may not be available in all areas. To be eligible for any SaskTel Short Code Contests, customers must subscribe to SaskTel’s short code by texting the word “MOBILE” to short code “43210”. SaskTel Short Code subscribers will receive periodic alerts to notify them of any contests. During each specific contest, a Code Word will be sent to subscribers that they will be instructed to text to the short code “43210” to enter a contest.
Eligibility
The Contest is open to Saskatchewan residents only who are at least 13 years of age except:
- The Contest is not open to employees of SaskTel, its parent corporation or its affiliates and their immediate families (or persons with whom they are domiciled); or
- Any SaskTel dealers/dealer employees and their immediate families (or persons with whom they are domiciled)
Prizes
Prizes will vary with each contest.
Prize Terms
Limit of one (1) entry per Code Word per person/cellular phone number during each Contest Period. If it is discovered that you attempted to enter more than once per person/cellular telephone number during a Contest Period, then all of your entries (regardless of method of entry) will be void. Use of any automated system to submit entries or any evidence, in the SaskTel’s sole discretion, that an irregular number of entries have been submitted from the same phone or person will result in disqualification from participation in that Contest.
