The telecommunications in Guernsey relate to communication systems in
Bailiwick of Guernsey
The Bailiwick of Guernsey (french: Bailliage de Guernesey; Guernésiais: ''Bailliage dé Guernési'') is an island country off the coast of France as one of the three Crown Dependencies.
Separated from the Duchy of Normandy by and under the t ...
, which is a British
Crown Dependency off the coast of
Normandy, France.
Internet
Guernsey broadband consumers pay lower prices than nations like Bermuda, but higher prices than in the UK or the Isle of Man.
[Oxera (January 2018)]
A telecoms strategy for Jersey
''Government of Jersey (gov.je)'' ccessed: 27 February 2022
Sure all owns all physical broadband lines in Guernsey and JT obtains services through wholesale agreements.
[GCRA; JCRA (2020)]
Telecommunications Statistics and Market Report 2020
''Statistics Jersey (gov.je)'' ccessed: 27 February 2022 From early 2022, Sure is undertaking a rollout of fibre-optic broadband as part of a States of Guernsey. This is an investment of £37.5 million into the island's infrastructure. Sure's goal is near-complete fibre coverage by end 2026. Despite increasing speeds, Sure's infrastructure falls behind in speeds compared to neighbouring Jersey. The States of Guernsey did not invest heavily in fibre optics like the States of Jersey. As such, Guernsey has average broadband speeds of 36.8 Mbit/s.
Internet connectivity to the rest of the world is provided by undersea cables linked to Jersey, the UK and France. In 2016, a ship – believed to be the King Arthur owned by Mediterranea di Navigazione – dragging its anchor on the seabed in the English Channel cut the three main internet cables to Jersey and Guersey. As a result, all communications traffic had to travel via cables to France.
Mobile telephones
Guernsey is part of the UK's
National Telephone Numbering Plan, which means the island shares the UK's international dialling code +44.
In 2020, Sure retains the majority mobile market share of 55%, compared with 24% for Airtel-Vodafone and 21% for JT, the island's other mobile operators. In 2020, there were 71,622 mobile subscriptions, of which 2,845 were mobile only.
Mobile data prices are lower in Guernsey than other similarly sized countries, such as Bermuda and Malta, but slightly higher than the major operators in the UK.
In 2020, the following mobile usage statistics were recorded: 121.9 million mobile minutes, 27.6 million SMS messages and 5.91 million GB of data used.
Mass media
Radio
Radio broadcast stations
*
BBC Radio Guernsey 93.2
MHz FM, 1116
kHz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose expression in terms of SI base units is s−1, meaning that on ...
MW AM, DAB+ an
bbc.co.uk/guernsey
*
Island FM 104.7 MHz FM, DAB+ and https://islandfm.com.
Radio receiver adoption and usage
Not available
Television
Television broadcast stations
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ITV Channel Television.
* Sub Opt from
BBC One of
Spotlight Channel Islands.
Satellite television
*
BSkyB
Sky UK Limited is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television and broadband Internet services, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of ...
Television set adoption and usage
Not available
Internet service providers (ISPs)
*
JT Group Limited
JT Group Limited (doing business as JT) is the parent company of several subsidiaries including Jersey Telecom Limited and Wave Telecom Limited. Jersey Telecom is the former monopoly operator in the Bailiwick of Jersey. JT provides telecommunicat ...
which owns most of the telecommunications infrastructure in Jersey
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Newtel Solutions
*
Sure
SuRe (The Standard for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure) is a global voluntary standard which integrates key criteria of sustainability and resilience into infrastructure development and upgrade. It has been developed by the Swiss Global In ...
*
Airtel-Vodafone (data-based only)
Postal services
Postal operator
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Guernsey Post
Regulation
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Guernsey Competition Regulatory Authority
References
{{Telecommunications
Telecommunications in Guernsey