SaskTel today announced that it has expanded LTE coverage to more than 50 towers throughout Southwestern Saskatchewan.  This expansion is the first wave of towers to be upgraded to LTE as part of SaskTel’s commitment to bring LTE to 99% of the population of Saskatchewan by April 2017.

“Our government is committed to investing in the future success of this province,” said Dustin Duncan, Minister Responsible for SaskTel.  “Today’s announcement is a positive step forward that will improve wireless service for a large number of people in our province.”

“This expansion illustrates our commitment to delivering world class communication and entertainment services to our customers,” said Ron Styles, SaskTel President and CEO. “As the leading Saskatchewan-based communications provider, we will continue to make important investments in our networks that will benefit all parts of the province.”

With LTE, SaskTel customers have the freedom to watch HD movies, stream music, share pictures and videos, and play games all at speeds that are up to 10 times faster than on 4G.  In addition, the deployment of LTE will lay the groundwork for future network enhancements, such as the introduction Voice over LTE (VoLTE).

The expansion of LTE is part of SaskTel’s commitment to invest over $300 million in capital in Saskatchewan in 2016/17 and $1.4 billion through 2016-2021. 

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 617,000 wireless accesses, 395,000 wireline network accesses, 272,000 Internet accesses and over 110,000 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 sasktel.com.

For more information, please contact:

Greg Jacobs, SaskTel Manager of External Communications
Phone: 306.777.3433   
Email: Greg.Jacobs@sasktel.com 

Appendix A – Tower Locations