SaskTel expands 5G network in rural and Indigenous areas [Video]

SaskTel has expanded their 5G service that reaches around 50 rural and Indigenous communities throughout the province, along with highway corridor cell sites.

This expansion was announced Thursday by SaskTel and the provincial government.

The network will reach areas like North Grove, Buffalo Pound, La Ronge, and Red Earth Cree Nation.

It’s all part of their latest initiative in delivering fast wireless connection to residents in Saskatchewan.

“I think it’s critically important to ensure that people are able to first and foremost communicate with their loved ones, whether they be in the province or outside the province or around the world but also so that people in Saskatchewan, including in rural Saskatchewan and remote parts of the province, can take part in … more of the digital economy,” said Dustin Duncan, the Minister responsible for SaskTel.

Charlene Gravel, the president and CEO of SaskTel said there are over 1,000 cell …