Recently, SaskTel announced plans to invest approximately $4 million to upgrade 35 wireless towers spread throughout rural Saskatchewan. The upgrades are expected to be complete on all 35 towers by the end of March 2018. As part of the upgrades, SaskTel will be adding LTE network carriers to the towers which will increase their LTE capacity by 20 per cent to 100 per cent.聽 See the attached appendix for a full list of towers to be upgraded.
鈥淥ur government understands that having access to fast and reliable communications services are vital in today鈥檚 digital world,鈥� said Dustin Duncan, Minister Responsible for SaskTel.聽 鈥淭his most recent round of wireless upgrades from SaskTel will greatly benefit a number of residents, farms, and businesses who call rural Saskatchewan home.鈥� 聽
鈥淭oday鈥檚 announcement further demonstrates our commitment to deliver world-class communications services to our customers all throughout the province,鈥� said Doug Burnett, SaskTel Acting President and CEO. 鈥淭hese upgrades will help bolster our network and add capacity to address the ever-growing demand for wireless data.鈥� 聽
These upgrades come less than a year after SaskTel completed its most ambitious LTE expansion which increased SaskTel鈥檚 LTE footprint to cover 99% of the population of the province.聽 These latest wireless upgrades are part of SaskTel鈥檚 commitment to invest over $300 million of capital in Saskatchewan in 2017/18 and $1.4 billion through 2016-2021.
