Government of Saskatchewan ministries, Crown corporations and organizations are working to minimize the impacts of the postal service disruption.
Les ministères, les sociétés d’État et les organismes du gouvernement de la Saskatchewan travaillent à réduire au minimum les répercussions de l’interruption des services postaux.
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Released on March 31, 2011
SaskTel Minister Bill Boyd today announced that the Canadian Numbering Administrator (CAN) which assigns phone number blocks and area codes in the country has advised that Saskatchewan is running out of 306 phone number blocks and will need to add a new area code. This is a result of our growing population, an explosion of cellphone numbers and more competitive carriers operating in Saskatchewan. The CAN has indicated Saskatchewan's 306 area code is expected to exhaust its supply of telephone numbers by May 2013.
"This is one more sign of the tremendous growth our province is now enjoying," Boyd said. "As prosperity brings more people and more companies to our province we are committed to changing and keeping pace with our new realities."
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), which provides the regulatory oversight for the process, will issue a Telecom Notice of Public Consultation. No decisions have yet been made on how the new area code will be implemented. A Relief Planning Committee will be formed, which will analyze all options and develop a recommendation for the implementation of a new area code in Saskatchewan. Included in the options analyzed by the committee will be a geographic split or a provincial overlay of a new area code. The new area code will be confirmed after the CRTC has approved the Relief Planning Committee's recommendation.
Following the CRTC approval, the implementation of a new area code will begin. Upon CRTC approval, SaskTel will follow the public notification process and will notify its customers of the impact.
"The implementation of a new area code will affect us all," Boyd said. "We would like to assure SaskTel customers that we will work to minimize the impact and will provide detailed communications prior to the changes taking effect."
About SaskTel
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation (SaskTel) is the leading full service communications provider in Saskatchewan, with $1.15 billion in annual revenue and more than 1.4 million customer connections including more than 560,000 wireless accesses, 543,000 wireline network accesses, 225,000 Internet accesses and 83,000 MaxTM (TV) subscribers. SaskTel offers a wide range of communications products and services including competitive voice, data, Internet, entertainment, national security, messaging, cellular, wireless data and directory services. In addition, SaskTel International offers software solutions and project consulting in countries around the world. In 2009, SaskTel contributed more than $651 million to the Saskatchewan economy through dollars spent with Saskatchewan-based suppliers and sponsorships to non-profit organizations. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately 4,800 employees. Visit SaskTel at www.sasktel.com.
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For more information, contact:
Darcee MacFarlane
SaskTel
Regina
Phone: 306-777-4441
Email: darcee.macfarlance@sasktel.sk.ca
Cell: 306-536-1947
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