Released on September 9, 1998
Deputy Premier and Crown Investments Corporation Minister DwainLingenfelter today announced about $4.5 million will be invested in
SaskTel network improvements in Swift Current and the surrounding
area.
"This investment means SaskTel will continue to provide our customers
in and around Swift Current with a reliable, secure, leading-edge,
all-digital network," said Lingenfelter. "SaskTel is committed to
connecting Saskatchewan people to a world-class communications system
and to ensure our customers can continue to access advanced services
such as the Internet, wireless, SmartTouch features like Call Display
and multimedia systems."
"Three of the projects will install a total of 191 km of fiber optic
cable and electronics between Gull Lake, Shaunavon, Maple Creek,
Tompkins, Piapot, Morse, Waldeck, Rush Lake and Herbert," said Kelvin
Shepherd, Chief Technology Officer of SaskTel. "These projects are
scheduled for completion by December, and will improve service by
increasing capacity, quality and reliability of the telephone and data
networks."
On May 4, SaskTel announced that it will be investing $100 million in
provincial network improvements in about 60 communities in 1998.
"As SaskTel moves toward a fully competitive market, this
investment means Swift Current and all Saskatchewan residents
will continue to benefit from a network that has served them and
their telecommunications company extremely well over the last 90
years and will do so into the next century," said Lingenfelter.
SaskTel is the leading full service communications company in
Saskatchewan, providing voice, data, Internet, text and messaging
services over a fiber optic-based, fully digital network, as well
as cellular, paging and FleetNet 800 service through its SaskTel
Mobility division.
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For more information, contact:
Tim Kydd
SaskTel Corporate Affairs
Regina
Phone: (306) 777-5638