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not sure the corparte email did not provide us with much deatail I am thinking those would be things that will be worked out in the next year or so here some of the detail that I got today and which will be on the news today

Today SaskTel will issue a new release announcing that as a result of our growing population, an explosion of cellphone numbers and more competitive carriers operating in Saskatchewan there will be the need for a new area code in Saskatchewan. According to the Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNA), which assigns phone number blocks and area codes in the country, Saskatchewan is running out of 306 phone number blocks. The CNA has indicated Saskatchewan's 306 area code is expected to exhaust its supply of telephone numbers by May 2013.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), which provides the regulatory oversight for the process, will issue a notice for public consultation and a Relief Planning Committee will be formed that will analyze all options and develop a recommendation for the implementation of a new area code in Saskatchewan. Options analyzed by the committee will include a geographic split or a provincial overlay of a new area code. The new area code will be confirmed after the CRTC has approved the Relief Planning Committee's recommendation.