Samsung Canada announced that they would be establishing a new regional office in Regina. The office, based in downtown Regina, will see Samsung Canada support the deployment of 5G network capabilities and solutions in the province. Don Morgan, the minister responsible for SaskTel, said this is a big step forward for the province. “As wireless […]
SaskTel is taking more steps to improve rural internet service. SaskTel has announced a new initiative to partner with internet providers to bring advanced broadband service to underserved farms, rural areas and Indigenous communities. The president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, Ray Orb, welcomes the new SaskTel program. He says rural internet service […]
The Saskatchewan NDP are once again calling on the province to not go ahead with a proposed rebrand of Saskatchewan’s Crown Corporations. The rebrand would see the logos of Crowns like SGI and SaskTel resemble Sask. Party colours. NDP Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon says the last thing the government should be spending time and money […]
There are now 137 active wildfires burning in Saskatchewan today as crews continue to try and contain them. That brings the total amount of fires in the province this year to 382, which is more than 170 over the five year average. Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency Vice-President of Operations Steve Roberts says campers in Narrow […]
The Saskatchewan NDP believes the provincial government is holding back SaskTel. NDP critic Trent Wotherspoon says the Crown corporation is being held back by the dividend the Sask. Party is taking from it and keeping SaskTel from connecting people in rural and northern settings. He says he wants to see the province cut the dividend […]
SaskTel has released its annual report showing a profit of $130.8 million with a year-over-year revenue growth of $34 million. Operating revenues were over $1.3 billion. Minister responsible for SaskTel Don Morgan tabled the Crown corporation’s annual report on Thursday. He said this is a reflection of continued wireless adoption and increased revenue from wireline […]
SaskTel says it is actively working to resolve scam calls being received by many residents over the last couple days. “We are aware of a recent increase in the amount of scam calls originating from international locations and are actively working to block as many of these calls as possible,” stated SaskTel in a release […]
The Government of Saskatchewan announced that it will be reducing compensation for Crown Corporation executives. Crown CEOs and Vice-Presidents will their salary holdbacks reduced by just over 66 percent., with Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) executive seeing their holdbacks eliminated entirely. Crown Investments Minister Don Morgan says the province doesn’t think it’s fair to offer big […]
For the third time since the pandemic started, SaskTel is announcing plans to waive data overage charges for business owners and consumers The phone company says data overage charges are being waived effective Monday until June 30 to help those with online learing or those who remain working at home because of COVID-19. In a […]
APAS applauds an announcement by SaskTel to improve cell phone and internet services in rural Saskatchewan. SaskTel says it will spend 323 million dollars this year and more than 1.4 billion dollars over the next five years to enhance service. Lewis says rural Saskatchewan needs better broadband service for business and home schooling. APAS has […]
