Enabling Smart Communities
To become a Smart Community, the ecosystem needs access to timely, relevant and accurate data. This data can be gathered through investment in technology infrastructure that collects, moves, processes and presents it. Data is then used to improve service delivery for citizens, drive down operating costs, improve quality of life and stimulate the local economy through the creation of new capabilities.
There are multiple components required to collect and analyze this data. SaskTel uses a “DNA” framework to help customers better understand the technology needed to generate insight from data:
- Solving Business Problems
Our team of experts works with our customers to identify and prioritize business problems and deliver technical solutions. - Solutions
We work to understand your unique business objectives and, through our ecosystem of partners, recommend solutions to fit your needs. Our IoT solutions include networks, sensors, and management applications. - Dedicated Team
Our expert team of creative and experienced professionals, together with our partners and vendors, deliver integrated solutions specific to your business.
Smart Community — Smart communities empower residents through digital connectivity, smart mobility options, and access to real-time information, fostering a sense of belonging and active engagement. By embracing the Smart Community concept, your community can position itself as a forward-thinking hub that prioritizes the well-being and prosperity of its residents while ensuring a sustainable and prosperous future.
Smart Water Meters — SaskTel’s smart water meter solution enable accurate and real-time monitoring of water consumption, eliminating the need for manual meter reading. Remote meter readings enable more efficient billing processes and enable consumers to access detailed information about their water usage, promoting awareness and encouraging responsible water consumption.
Asset Management Platform — SaskTel’s asset management platform offers significant value by providing a centralized and streamlined approach to managing diverse assets. It allows users to efficiently track, analyze, and optimize their assets, resulting in improved decision-making, reduced operational costs, and increased productivity.
Smart Services — SaskTel Smart Services will keep your business and its assets safe and secure while giving you the control and flexibility you need.
SD-WAN — SD-WAN can provide your business with secure, fast reliable speed all day, every day.
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Kvale is a local leader in Saskatchewan's tech sector, specializing in the collection, management, and analysis data for business operations. |
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X-Telia specializes in the Internet of Things. It supports SaskTel in its LoRaWan, a network designed specifically for connected objects and develops applications of all kinds taking advantage of low energy consumption, long range and high security of its network. |
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Rivercity Innovations (RCI) is on a mission to simplify data-monitoring for business by delivering innovative IoT solutions that improve their resource management. Learn more at Rivercityinnovations.ca. |
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TEKTELIC is a leading supplier of LoRaWAN IoT Gateways, End-to-End Solutions, Sensors and Applications. Learn more at Tektelic.com. |
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North Star Systems is a Saskatchewan-based technology developer, develops hardware, cloud-based collaboration software for Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT). Learn more at northstarsystems.ca. |
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MiFleet provides a wide range of tools to monitor vehicle telematics (tracking and diagnostics), vehicle maintenance, driver behavior, speed, fuel consumption, geofencing and more. Learn more at mifleet.us. |
Connect using the latest in network technologies. Learn about the different ways to connect and find the one that will work best for your business:
- Low Power Wide Area Network
Provides customer specific coverage in hard to reach areas, and generally longer device battery life along with lower cost devices. LoRaWAN is a low power wide area Network. - High Bandwidth Network
Provides high speeds and high availability, as well as symmetrical data transfer and low latency. Examples are: IoT Connectivity LTE/ LTE-M and Private LTE. - Private LTE
Is a customer specific network offering greater performance and reliability. It is a highly reliable managed network enabling high traffic from thousands of IoT devices. For more information about Private LTE, contact your SaskTel Representative or call 1.844.SASKTEL (1.844.727.5835).
Making independently designed applications and data work well together to implement IoT business solutions.
Once you have collected your data, you need to be able to use it. That's where Kvale comes in. Kvale specializes in the collection, management, and analysis of data for business operations.
Kvale
Together, SaskTel and Kvale offer advanced data management and analytics services to businesses and municipalities across Saskatchewan, Designed to be completely customizable, the offerings from SaskTel and Kvale will help optimize your operations in a number of ways, including:
- Support from experienced data specialists. Providing managed service to help build, train and implement solutions focused on specific needs to address knowledge management and succession planning.
- Access to Enterprise-grade software. Allowing organizations to consolidate multiple data sets from different sources into a single view.
- Integration of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Providing network connectivity options, sensors and security to support the deployment of IoT Solutions.
For more information on SaskTel's approach to Innovation & Collaboration, please visit sasktel.com/innovation.
For more information about Kvale, please visit kvale.ca.
Data Storage
Let us manage and protect your data. Cloud Hosting provides a safe and secure environment that is monitored 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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FIX IT UP
FIX IT UP is a simple way for people to search for construction quotes. Users use the FIX IT UP app to enter the details of the work they would like completed. Local contractors will generate a quote and bid on the project. Within 72 hours, app users will receive quotes from at least 3 contractors registered with FIX IT UP.
Even though the start-up had a good business idea and plenty of enthusiasm, they were lacking funding to develop the website, as well as the backing of an established flagship customer.
Originally, SaskTel became involved with FIX IT UP through the planning and development of their custom website. To secure funding, SaskTel worked with FIX IT UP to help them submit a grant application to Made In Saskatchewan Technology (MIST). They received a grant that covered half the development cost, and the remainder was provided by SaskTel. In addition to helping them apply for the grant and providing the rest of the funding, SaskTel also became a user of the website and the services they provide.
"Once the development was completed, we decided that we would trial the tool first with the Buildings team in Corporate Services since SaskTel is always looking for ways to improve our tendering process to find local contractors for projects. We've recently completed training for over 30 building technicians and facility managers on how to use the software, and we will begin posting projects very soon."
Adriel Picard, Corporate Services Manager
The support FIX IT UP received from SaskTel has been a tremendous boost to a young start-up.
"Besides the guidance they provided with the MIST grant, SaskTel has helped us grow in the Saskatchewan marketplace. As a Crown Corporation, it has shown local Saskatchewan businesses that FIX IT UP is a legit software based on having a relationship with SaskTel. It will also help on-board thousands of Saskatchewan businesses to the software as they will want to take part in bids on SaskTel projects."
Brad Fekula, President of FIX IT UP
Meet Ryan. Get the City of Melfort Story.
Ryan Danberg is the former City Manager of the City of Melfort. When Melfort was seeking out new ways to build on its status as "a great place to live, work, and play", they met with the SaskTel Collaboration and Innovation Team. It soon became clear that this was the opporutnity to work together.
"This experience has provided tremendous value to Melfort - shifting our mindset and approach and delivering tangible benefits in a short period of time," says Ryan. "We've come to realize that transformation isn't nearly as overwhelming as it may originally seem."
"SaskTel brings a whole ecosystem of solutions that we've been able to leverage as an organization." Ryan Danberg, former City Manager, City of Melfort