Courtesy: http://www.cbc.ca/
SaskTel Internet customers could soon be getting their email service through an out-of-province company.
It emerged this week that SaskTel has issued an RFP to 25 firms to submit bids to run the email service. The move would cut the costs of running the service in half, the Crown corporation says.
SaskTel president Robert Watson said it doesn't require a lot of technical expertise to run the platform. It would be more efficient to give the job to a company that already has the software and can maintain it, he said.
The six employees who currently maintain SaskTel's email service will be offered other jobs in the corporation.
NDP Leader Lorne Calvert called the move a first step toward privatization and job losses.
"How does outsourcing jobs and services from our province either to another province or internationally, how does that serve to grow the Saskatchewan economy?" Calvert asked.
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