Wholesale Products and Services
Interexchange Carrier (IXC)
SaskTel provides Trunk Side and Line Side accesses to IXC's to enable competitive toll services.
See Competitor Access Tariff item 610.05 - Interconnecting Circuits with Trunk Side access.
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC)
Local interconnection allows a CLEC to interconnect their local services and facilities to SaskTel services and facilities to provide local exchange telephone services through SaskTel Public Switched Telephone Network (PTSN).
See Competitor Access Tariff item 610.18 — Local Network Interconnection and Component Unbundling.
Basic Listing Interchange File (BLIF)
Provides Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) operating in Canada, Alternative Operator Service Providers (AOSPs), and Independent Telephone Directory Publishers with a machine-readable file containing non-confidential subscriber listing information (Listings) for SaskTel subscribers listed, and intended to be listed, in SaskTel directories and directory assistance databases.
See Competitor Access Tariff item 650.02 — Basic Listing Interchange File (BLIF).
Co-location
Co-location is an arrangement that provides Interconnecting Carriers (ICs) with access to and use of SaskTel:
- central office building space
- associated power
- environmental conditioning
Central office space may be provided under two (2) physical, one (1) virtual, or one (1) adjacent co-location arrangements.
See Competitor Access Tariff item 610.16 — Co-location Arrangements for Interconnecting Canadian Carriers.
Carrier Co-location Request Form.
Support Structure Service
Support Structure service provides a cable television undertaking or telecommunications carrier with a license to use SaskTel owned or controlled support structures for the placement of licensee's facilities, where spare capacity is available.
See Competitor Access Tariff item 650.16 — Support Structure Service.
Application for Support Structure Use Form
Confined Space Entry Permit
All workers entering confined spaces (i.e. Manholes and Crawlspace's) must read and complete this form.
Primary Interexchange Carrier Processing
The IXC can offer its subscribers access to its network through 1+, 0+, 01+, 011+, and 00- dialing. Such access is enabled through the identification of the IXC as the subscriber's Primary Interexchange Carrier (PIC).
See Competitor Access Tariff item 610.06 - Interconnecting Circuits with Trunk Side Access.
Billing & Collection Service (B&C) — SaskTel as biller
SaskTel will provide Billing and Collection (B&C) for eligible message toll service calls as defined in SaskTel Billing and Collection Services Agreement.
See Competitor Access Tariff item 610.04 — Billing & Collection Service.
Resale of local service is available to all registered resellers within SaskTel Territory wherever the applicable service to be resold is available within SaskTel territory.
See General Tariff Competitive Services item 80.1 - Basic Service Resale and Sharing.
Local Access resale
Network Access service is the furnishing of a telecommunication facility between SaskTel central office and the network interface demarcation point at the customer's premises. Local Access is Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS).
See General Tariff Basic Services item 110.12 — Network Access Service (retail service)
VoIP Local Access resale
Local VoIP resale is the resale of local service from a VoIP reseller using broadband Internet connection instead of a landline phone. The reseller provides services to their end-customers by purchasing SaskTel (PRI) Megalink™.
See General Tariff Basic Service item 110.38 — Megalink Service.
Internet resale
Internet resale will be offered to any registered Internet reseller in all communities where Internet Service is available at the same rates as the retail offering. An Internet reseller agreement is required before service is provisioned.
Aggregated Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
ADSL service will enable a CLEC, Internet Service Provider (ISP), or Digital Subscriber Line Service Provider (DSLSP), hereinafter referred to as a “High Speed Service Provider (HSSP)”, to establish a high speed data access path between a SaskTel designated point of aggregation and the end user's premise.
See Competitor Access Tariff Item 650.32 - Aggregated Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL).
Competitor Digital Network (CDN) Service
CDN service provides various arrangements to eligible competitors for the digital transmission of information at DS-0, DS-1, DS-3, OC-3, and OC-12 transmission speeds.
See Competitor Access Tariff Item 650.28 – Competitor Digital Network (CDN) service.
Ethernet central office connecting link
Provides transmission paths from the interconnecting carrier’s or DSLSP's co-located central office building space to the transport cross-connect panel within the central office.
See Competitor Access Tariff Item 610.29 – Ethernet central office connecting link.
Aggregated Wholesale HSA Service
Aggregated Wholesale HSA service is an aggregated broadband access service based on some form of xDSL Fibre to the Node (FTTN) technology or on Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) GPON technology. The service enables a CLEC, ISP or DSLSP to provide high speed applications through the establishment of a high speed data access path between an End-user's premises and SaskTel's designated provincial aggregation point in the Regina Main Central Office at various speeds greater than those available through SaskTel's ADSL service.
See Competitor Access Tariff Item 650.34 – Aggregated Wholesale HSA service.
Wholesale Ethernet Service
Wholesale Ethernet service provides for the Layer 2 transmission of information between the SaskTel demarcation point at the end user's premise and Ethernet Transport Interface (ETI) at SaskTel Central Office in Regina or Saskatoon. The service is designed with multiple Ethernet Virtual Circuits (EVCs). Each EVC has Quality of Service (QoS) option allowing for separation of applications for traffic prioritization and security.
Wireless Service Provider (WSP) — Network Access service
Provides for the interconnection of a licensed WSP's public mobile radio system to SaskTel Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) using either Line-side or Trunk-side access service.
See Competitor Access Tariff item 650.20 — Wireless Service Provider — Network Access Service.
Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)
MVNO allows qualifying Regional Wireless Carriers to purchase wholesale access to SaskTel's Public Mobile Network (PMN) within the province of Saskatchewan permitting the Full MVNO to provide retail mobile wireless voice, text (SMS and MMS) and data services to End-Users in Saskatchewan. Full-MVNO Mobile Wireless Service is a one-way Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)-based service, including 3G, 4G/LTE (excluding LTE-M), 5G, and any future GSM-based network generations SaskTel's PMN publicly offers to the End-Users.
See Competitor Access Tariff item 650.36 — Wholesale Full — MVNO Mobile Wireless Service.