SaskTel deploys Smart Community Solution in City of Melfort as part of ongoing “Smart Community” collaboration

December 13, 2023

Today, SaskTel announced the successful implementation of its Smart Community Solution in the City of Melfort, as part of an ongoing collaborative project. This solution includes a range of innovative tools that will help the city access, manage, and share data more effectively across their organization. By doing so, Melfort will be able to find efficiencies, reduce operational costs and improve the delivery of municipal services to residents.

“As a community, Melfort is constantly seeking fresh and inventive ways to improve our operations and ultimately enhance the quality of life for our residents,” said Adam Homes, City of Melfort City Manager. “Thanks to the valuable insights and data provided by SaskTel's Smart Community Solution, we're better able to streamline our operations, move away from paper-based workflows predict and control the lifecycles of essential assets, and leverage data-based decision for municipal planning – all of which enable us to make informed investments in areas and maximize their effectiveness to the benefit of our municipality.”

Originally announced in 2020, the “Smart Community” collaboration between SaskTel and Melfort is focused on bringing practical and innovative solutions to the community to improve operations and optimize future community development.

“At SaskTel we recognize the benefits that data analytics and the integration of smart technologies can offer to organizations and municipalities of all sizes,” said Charlene Gavel, SaskTel President and CEO. “Not only does Melfort’s implementation deliver immediate benefits, but it also establishes a foundation of consolidated data, powerful tools, and enabling partners with diverse experience and skill sets; all of which will support ongoing and sustainable innovation for the community.”

SaskTel’s Smart Community Solution includes a robust suite of asset management and geospatial analytic applications that will enable the City of Melfort to:

• Capture and retain operational information to help reduce costs and improve service delivery
• Extend the lifecycle of critical assets by predicting an asset’s length of service, arranging for regular maintenance, and anticipating part replacement or upgrading
• Automate workflows to increase operational efficiency.
• Create visual mapping to locate various assets, improve internal workflows, and communicate vital information

SaskTel’s Smart Community Solution was designed in partnership with Kvale Informatic Consulting Ltd., a local leader in Saskatchewan’s tech sector specializing in the collection, management, and analysis of data for business operations. The solution was specifically designed to bring industry-leading expertise and platforms that support asset management and geospatial analytics in an affordable package for organizations and municipalities of all sizes.

For more information on how SaskTel is enabling Smart Communities, please visit www.sasktel.com.

About SaskTel

SaskTel is the leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) provider in Saskatchewan, with approximately $1.3 billion in annual revenue and nearly 1.4 million customer connections including more than 654,000 wireless accesses, 257,000 wireline network accesses, 295,000 internet and data accesses, 111,000 maxTV service subscribers, and 77,000 security monitoring customers. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries offer a wide range of ICT products and services including competitive voice, data and Internet services, wireless data services, maxTV services, data centre services, cloud-based services, security monitoring services, advertising services, and international software and consulting services. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately 3,300 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs). Visit SaskTel at www.sasktel.com.

About City of Melfort

The City of Melfort is a progressive city nestled in the heart of Saskatchewan’s great north-east, a land dominated by soil rich farmland and a variety of forests, lakes and beaches. With a vibrant population and business community, as well as numerous parks and public facilities, it is rare to see the level of services and amenities that you’ll find in our community. Stay and Play a while and you will find out why we say “We live it! You’ll love it! To learn more, Visit SaskTel at www.melfort.ca.