How Did Sasktel Create A Dramatic Change In Canada

HERITAGE FAIR

TIMELINE

In 1908, Saskatchewan Government Telephones (later called SaskTel) became a company. They founded SGT on June 12 in 1908. Dramatic changes happened to their business in 1909. When they bought out the bell company, the Saskatchewan Telephone Company and the Wapella-Harris Telephone Company, STG was rapidly growing. At this time, their facility had 18 telephone exchanges, 53 long distance offices and 492 pole miles of long distance across the province. Estevan, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Prince Albert and Regina all purchased SaskTel telephone exchanges.

At the time of 1953, there were 100,000 STG telephones in service with 7,492,701 long distance calls. As the years passed, Saskatchewan Government Telephones

A big change in Saskatchewan occurred when SaskTel brought cellular service into the province. In 1991, SaskTel offered call display, call return, call trace and wireless service-the first company to do so in Canada.

When the time came for 1989, SaskTel provided wireless service. 5 years later, area codes started to be in use in 1994, causing a big change in Saskatchewan. 1995 was one of the biggest years for SaskTel though. Their customer base exceeded 450,000 compared to 1908, of a total of 3,000, and covered 98% of homes in Saskatchewan. SaskTel also received a $191.8M profit. A year later in 1996, SaskTel became the first telecommunications company in Canada to have commercial high speed internet.

A while later in 2003, SaskTel donated a $1.7M donation to over 1,500 organizations across the province. 2004 occurred and more graphics and games were introduced, not to mention ringtones. Ten years later in 2014, SaskTel celebrated 25 years of wireless service. After 107 years in business, SaskTel is more successful than

By spring 1909, the construction had been completed with over 1,132 pole miles of long distance circuits installed by the next year. 10,966 lines across the province were installed in 1910 as well. Part of the telephone growth in Saskatchewan was due to the number of purchases the government made such as the bell plant and several other companies in 1909.

Switching Centres and Local Loops

Over the years, the design of telephone systems becomes more complex.Back in the early days of telephone existent, pairs of copper wires or fibre-optic cables connecting terminals to a local switching centre were in motion.Trunk cables connecting switching centres or exchanges within a community were even used. As time passed, our technology changed, the invention of the telephone represented a significant advance over any other communicating techniques.

SUFFERAGE

Over the years, SaskTel has been through a lot. Through 107 years from June 12, 1908 to present day in 2016, there has been some crucial