PROFILES IN ACHIEVEMENT
In August, SaskTel launched its first long-range wide-area network LoRaWAN®.
SaskTel is the leading information and communications technology provider in Saskatchewan, delivering various wireline and wireless communications services, including landline telephone, mobile networks and broadband internet.
The Company
As of 2020, SaskTel manages 1.35 million customer connections thanks to roughly 3,600 staff, many of which boast diverse engineering backgrounds.
With this particular achievement, SaskTel partnered with eleven-x, a company that offers knowledge in wireless technology, connectivity in the wireless world, low-power communication networks and one that assists organizations to leverage the “Internet of Things” (IoT) evolution.
The Achievement
In August, SaskTel launched its first long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN®), which was purpose-built to handle various smart city applications and deliver the real-time data requirements of modern smart technologies that are transforming businesses and industries worldwide.
With coverage blanketing Regina and Saskatoon, the SaskTel LoRaWAN creates new cost-effective opportunities for all businesses to enhance and evolve their operations through the deployment of machine-to-machine (M2M) applications and IoT enabled devices by the leveraging the low-data, battery-efficient and inexpensive hardware benefits of LoRaWAN® technology.
In partnership with eleven-x, these two companies combined to ensure a successful new network deployment and to provide ongoing technical and service support. With a reputation as a global IoT innovator, eleven-x works with cities across the country to provide wireless, real-time solutions that can easily be managed remotely.
Together with eleven-x’s network services and solutions, it will enable SaskTel to offer cost-effective use cases ranging from water management and sustainability programs, smart parking and smart agriculture to building management, including air-quality monitoring (to help with re-opening post-COVID and ongoing occupancy) and energy monitoring.
SaskTel’s launch of LoRaWAN® is part of its commitment to invest $324 million in Saskatchewan in 2020-21 and more than $1.6 billion over the next five years. These investments will ensure that Saskatchewan businesses have access to the advanced information and communications technologies needed to compete locally, nationally and globally.