SASKTEL IMPROVES WIRELESS COVERAGE IN ESTUARY AND INSINGER AREAS

SaskTel today announced digital cellular coverage improvements in the Estuary and Insinger areas. Customers can expect improved coverage in the area along the Alberta border northwest of Leader, and also along Highway 16 between Springside and Foam Lake.

"Saskatchewan benefits from one of the most extensive cellular networks available anywhere, along with the latest in wireless devices and services," Minister Responsible for SaskTel Don Morgan said. "SaskTel's efforts to deliver even better coverage to Saskatchewan residents and the business community continue with this latest announcement."

"SaskTel understands that reliable coverage is critical for many of our customers. Digital cellular service provides excellent call clarity and provides wireless customers with access to e-mail, corporate databases and the internet," SaskTel President and CEO Robert Watson said. "We will continue to evaluate the network to provide our cellular customers with the latest wireless technologies over the largest wireless network in the province."

Digital cellular service provides advanced functionality that allows customers to use the newest and most innovative services such as sending and receiving text, picture and video messages, communicating via push-to-talk service, browsing the internet, downloading video clips, watching streaming video, performing banking transactions and accessing real-time information such as news, weather and stock quotes all from their cell phone.

About SaskTel
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation (SaskTel) is the leading full service communications provider in Saskatchewan, with $1.138 billion in annual revenue and more than 1.3 million customer connections including more than 510,000 wireless accesses, 555,000 wireline network accesses, 216,000 internet accesses and 70,000 Max^TM (TV) subscribers. SaskTel offers a wide range of communications products and services including competitive voice, data, internet, entertainment, national security, messaging, cellular, wireless data and directory services. In addition, SaskTel International offers software solutions and project consulting in countries around the world. In 2008, SaskTel contributed more than $610 million to the Saskatchewan economy through dollars spent with Saskatchewan-based suppliers and sponsorships to non-profit organizations. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately 5,000 employees. Visit SaskTel at www.sasktel.com.

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For more information, contact:

Andy Tate
SaskTel
Regina
Phone: 777-4548
Email: andy.tate@sasktel.sk.ca
Cell: 537-1226