SaskTel workers install a cell tower. (SaskTel/Submitted)

By CKOM News

SaskTel to add new cell towers to improve rural connectivity

Sep 23, 2020 | 4:44 PM

Cell and internet service in rural Saskatchewan is getting a $72-million bump from SaskTel.

The Crown corporation announced Wednesday it plans to build 74 new macro cell towers in underserved rural and resort communities by next summer.

SaskTel has spent more than $107 million over the past three years to improve rural connectivity.

“In 2017 our government launched the Wireless Saskatchewan initiative, which has provided nearly 200 new towers in rural areas,” Minister Responsible for SaskTel Don Morgan said in a media release. “It is a top priority to enhance access to communications services in rural Saskatchewan.

“While these 74 towers will be the final phase of this initiative, we will continue to work with SaskTel and our rural stakeholders to continue to improve communication within the province.”

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The new towers will increase SaskTel’s total in the province to about 1,000.

“We are very proud to continue expanding our cellular network to more rural communities, increasingly busy highway corridors, and resorts to provide world-class wireless services,” SaskTel president and CEO Doug Burnett said in the release.

“These new towers will help to bolster and add capacity to our network so that we can continue to meet the ever-growing demand for wireless data.”