Pikangikum First Nation launched its community cellular service last week.
Working with Keewaytinook Mobile (http://mobile.knet.ca), Pikangikum First Nation provided the land and facilities to host the construction of a communications tower and Lemko base station at the local IT/Telecom building. Dryden Municipal Telephone Service (DMTS) was contracted by KM to do the construction work for the site.
In the first week alone, the new mobile service gained extreme poplularity with over 200 phones sold.