SaskTel
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation, commonly known as SaskTel, is a full service communications provider in Saskatchewan. A crown corporation, SaskTel has $1.2 billion in annual revenue and over 1.4 million customer connections including over 607,000 wireless accesses, 492,000 wireline network accesses, 250,000 internet accesses and 100,000 maxTV subscribers. SaskTel offers a wide range of communications products and services including competitive voice, data, internet, entertainment, security monitoring, messaging, cellular, wireless data and directory services. In addition, SaskTel International offers software solutions and project consulting in countries around the world.
SaskTel and its wholly owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately 4,000 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs). It is the only remaining government-owned telecommunications company in North America.
Services
Wireless Service (CDMA/UMTS/HSPA+/LTE)
- SaskTel Select Wi-Fi is SaskTel's Wi-Fi Services. Available for SaskTel Wireless 4G and 4G LTE customers
- Wireless Internet (Over Satellite, in alliance and provided by Xplornet)
- CDMA network planned to be discontinued in 2015 or 2016, starting with EV-DO network shut down on September 30, 2014.
- As February 2016, Sasktel has not launched voice over LTE (VoLTE). Consequently, all voice calls take place via its HSPA+ network. SaskTel intends on testing and rolling out VoLTE in 2016.
