Telus and Sasktel announced they have reached a “tower sharing”  agreement for the new “3G” HSPA network in the province of Saskatchewan.

What does this mean?

Pre-Agreement
Before this tower sharing agreement was announced, any Telus subscriber travelling through Saskatchewan with a HSPA device, would lose complete service on their handset while in the province of Saskatchewan.

Post-Agreement
Once the network has been fully deployed in Saskatchewan, this agreement allows Telus users travelling through Saskatchewan to maintain connectivity on their HSPA devices.

Now Saskatchewan residents can now jump on the new 3G HSPA Network network and get an iPhone, HTC Hero or Blackberry Bold 9700 like the rest of Canada when the new network rolls out next year.

The launch date of the HSPA network build-out in Saskatchewan has been scheduled for Mid-2010 and set to be completed by 2011.

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