type crown corporation industry telecommunications founded june 12 1908 headquarters regina saskatchewan key people hon. dustin duncan minister responsible for sasktel ron styles president and ceo grant kook chair of the board of directors revenue cad 1.3 billion 1 number of employees 4 100 website www.sasktel.com 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 . contents 1 services 1.1 for business 2 history 3 technological and service advances 4 references 5 external links services edit 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 will shut down july 5 2017 . 2 sasktel plans to launch voice over lte volte in mid 2017 after it rolls out lte to 99 % of the saskatchwan population by april 2017 . 3 consequently all voice calls take place via its hspa network . as of july 2016 sasktel s hspa coverage reaches most of the southern half of saskatchewan and its lte network exists in larger cities ; there is no lte coverage between larger cities . high speed internet & infinet is sasktel s internet and data services internet over vdsl or optical fibre sasktel maxtv digital tv is sasktel s cable tv services including high definition television and pvr cravetv is canada s new subscription on demand video streaming service . available for sasktel maxtv subscribers mysask411 is saskatchewan s original online directories . it has the most accurate local information available . mysask411.com and mysask411 app securtek is sasktel s security monitoring services for home and business security sasktel.net email services local access and enhanced services long distance phone services over pots or optical fibre voice mail services telephone and equipment rental conferencing services international consulting provisioning and software solutions web hosting and website design print and online directories for business edit communication & collaboration managed network services data centre services internet & networks wireless security history edit sasktel known from 1947 to the 1980s as saskatchewan government telephones has its origin in the department of railways telegraphs and telephones which was established on june 12 1908 . on october 1 1909 the department expanded its system by purchasing the bell telephone company the saskatchewan telephone company and the wapella harris telephone company . the newly acquired facilities consisted of 18 telephone exchanges 53 long distance offices and 492 pole miles of long distance lines . among the telephone exchanges purchased were those in estevan moose jaw north battleford prince albert and regina . in 1911 the d expanded further with the purchases of saltcoats district telephone company the north western telephone company saskatoon and the swift current system . on december 1 1912 yorkton was added to the provincial telephone system with the purchase of the north west electric company . sasktel international a wholly owned subsidiary of sasktel was established in 1986 to market advanced telecommunications technologies particularly fibre optic systems to clients around the world . 4 sasktel international has conducted business in over 40 countries . 5 technological and service advances edit in 1984 sasktel completed the world s longest commercial fibre optic system 3 268 kilometres . 6 in 1988 it developed the first fibre coaxial hybrid network with pick and play video on demand . 6 in 1994 it completed the installation and commissioning of telecommunications and control systems for the english channel project . 7 in 2002 it was the first to commercially deploy internet protocol ip video over digital subscriber line dsl . 8 in 2006 it was the first north american company to offer hdtv channels over an iptv service 9 in 2009 sasktel began construction of a new 172 million universal mobile telecommunications system umts high speed packet access hspa wireless network which would give sasktel a 3g network and hold 98 % of the population of saskatchewan under its coverage . in 2010 sasktel activated their new umts hspa network now referred to as 4g . 10 in 2012 sasktel announced infinet . sasktel s new fibre optic network capable of download speeds of up to 200 mbit s. infinet is the official name for sasktel s fibre to the premises fttp program a 7 year 670 million investment to deploy fibre directly to homes and upgrade the broadband network in the 9 largest urban centers in the province saskatoon regina moose jaw weyburn estevan swift current yorkton north battleford and prince albert . 11 in 2013 sasktel activated their lte cellular network in saskatoon regina weyburn moose jaw estevan north battleford yorkton and swift current now referred to as 4g lte . 12 in 2014 sasktel received its third consecutive j.d. power award for highest in customer satisfaction with canadian full service wireless carriers . in 2015 sasktel announced the launch of the new machine to machine m2m management centre an online portal that allows business customers to control and monitor the operational status of their wireless m2m devices while gaining valuable analytics about usage . 13 references edit sasktel reports 2014 net income of 76.4 million . sasktel to shut down cdma network in july 2017 sasktel investing 11.8 million to expand lte across saskatchewan sasktel international profile industry canada . corporate profile . a b sasktel fibre optics encyclopedia of saskatchewan . retrieved 2008 02 04 . telecommunications encyclopedia of saskatchewan . retrieved 2008 02 04 . lucent technologies introduces first commercial ip video over dsl solution business net . business wire . 2002 04 10 . retrieved 2008 02 04 . internet hdtv unveiled regina leader post . retrieved 2006 11 15 . saskatchewan s largest and fastest 3g wireless network is here . retrieved 2010 08 16 . sasktel announced infinet . sasktel activated their lte cellular network . retrieved 2012 02 06 . sasktel announced m2m . external links edit official website sasktel international v t e cable satellite and other specialty television providers in canada terrestrial and 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