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Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...
comprise Internet, telephone, broadcasting and postal services, which allow islanders to contact people and receive information from outwith the island.


Internet

As of 2018, three companies provide fixed-line services to the island - *
Jersey Telecom 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 ...
(JT), who operate island's fixed-line network; *
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 ...
, whose services are based on wholesale access to JT's infrastructure; and * Newtel, who focus on business customers and also use JT's infrastructure.Oxera (January 2018)
A telecoms strategy for Jersey
''Government of Jersey (gov.je)'' ccessed: 27 February 2022
As all services are based on JT's infrastructure, there is limited competition. Nevertheless, islanders enjoy average fixed broadband download speedswhich outstrip the UK and other small countries. As of 2021, Jersey has the highest broadband speeds of any country in the world, with an average rate of 274.27 Mbps, compared with Liechtenstein, which only had speeds of 211.26 Mbps, and the global average of just 9.10 Mbps. JT has dominance over the broadband sector, with 68% broadband market share in 2015, however this is declining relative to the competition. In terms of value for money on high-speed internet services, Jersey broadband consumers pay lower prices than nations like Bermuda, but higher prices than in the UK or the Isle of Man, but for lower-speed services islanders pay far lower prices than other small islands (and less than UK consumers). Internet connectivity to the rest of the world is provided by undersea cables linked to Guernsey, 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

Jersey is part of the UK's
National Telephone Numbering Plan Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom are administered by the Office of Communications (Ofcom). For this purpose, Ofcom established a telephone numbering plan, known as the ''National Telephone Numbering Plan'', which is the system for assi ...
, which means the island shares the UK's international dialling code +44. 4G license operators in the island are obligated to provide a 2 Mbps download speed to 95% of the island population 90% of the time. In 2016, the island had 95% 4G coverage and higher average mobile data speeds than (7 major cities in) the UK. In 2020, JT retains the majority mobile market share of 52%, compared with 24% for Airtel-Vodafone and 23% for Sure, the island's other mobile operators.GCRA; JCRA (2020)
Telecommunications Statistics and Market Report 2020
''Statistics Jersey (gov.je)'' ccessed: 27 February 2022
In 2020, there were 124,262 mobile subscriptions, of which 2,845 were mobile only. Mobile data prices are lower in Jersey 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: 202.0 million mobile minutes, 48.3 million SMS messages and 9.56 million GB of data used.


Landline telephones

Jersey is part of the UK's
National Telephone Numbering Plan Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom are administered by the Office of Communications (Ofcom). For this purpose, Ofcom established a telephone numbering plan, known as the ''National Telephone Numbering Plan'', which is the system for assi ...
, which means the island shares the UK's international dialling code +44. Landline telephone numbers have the area code (0)1534.


Postal service


Future

The
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has a telecommunications development strategy called ''A telecoms strategy for Jersey''.


Telephony


Addressing

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...
is incorporated into the
UK National Telephone Numbering Plan Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom are administered by the Office of Communications (Ofcom). For this purpose, Ofcom established a telephone numbering plan, known as the ''National Telephone Numbering Plan'', which is the system for assi ...
, using the following area codes: * JT Global (formerly
Jersey Telecom 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 ...
): ** +44 1534 for
land-line A landline (land line, land-line, main line, home phone, fixed-line, and wireline) is a telephone connection that uses metal wires or optical fiber telephone line for transmission, as distinguished from a mobile cellular network, which uses ...
s ** +44 7797 for mobiles *
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 ...
( Batelco): ** +44 7700 for mobiles *
Airtel-Vodafone Airtel-Vodafone is a mobile network operator located in Jersey and Guernsey (Channel Islands), and is a joint venture between Bharti Airtel and Vodafone. Airtel-Vodafone was first launched in Jersey in June 2007 and expanded operations to Guerns ...
: ** +44 7829 for mobiles


Fixed line

Fixed PSTN lines in use; approx 57,700 (2009).


Mobile cellular

*
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 ...
*
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 Airtel-Vodafone is a mobile network operator located in Jersey and Guernsey (Channel Islands), and is a joint venture between Bharti Airtel and Vodafone. Airtel-Vodafone was first launched in Jersey in June 2007 and expanded operations to Guerns ...
With over 120 mobile phone masts, in 2012, spread across its area, the island has a phone mast density almost five times that of the United Kingdom as a whole but similar to any urban area.


Telephony system and infrastructure


Domestic

Jersey Telecom: * System X supplied by
Marconi Communications Marconi Communications, the former telecommunications arm of Britain's General Electric Company plc (GEC), was founded in August 1998 through the amalgamation of GEC Plessey Telecommunications (GPT) with other GEC subsidiaries: Marconi SpA, GEC ...
. * Marconi Softswitch and UTStarcom SoftSwitch.


Connectivity

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submarine communication cable A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean and sea. The first submarine communications cables laid beginning in the 1850s carried tel ...
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microwave Microwave is a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from about one meter to one millimeter corresponding to frequencies between 300 MHz and 300 GHz respectively. Different sources define different frequency ran ...
links.


Mass media


Radio

Digital
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broadcasts started in Jersey on 1 August 2021.


Radio broadcast stations

* BBC Radio Jersey 88·8
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FM, 1026
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  MW AM, DAB+ an
bbc.co.uk/jersey
* Channel 103 103·7 MHz FM , DAB+ an
channel103.com
*Radio Lions, a closed-circuit hospital radio station launched by the Jersey Lions Club in 1975. *Radio Force 7, a former
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radio station, pioneered bilingual broadcasting aimed at the Channel Islands from January 1988 to the early 1990s. * Contact 94. Former radio station (5 September 1988 to 29 November 1991) broadcasting to the island from
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Radio receiver adoption and usage

Not available


Television


Television broadcast stations

* ITV Channel Television. * Sub Opt from
BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, p ...
of Spotlight
Channel Islands The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...
.


Cable television

*
Newtel Solutions Newtel Limited (formerly known as Jersey Cable) is the operator of a cable television network in Jersey, Channel Islands. Newtel Solutions also provides telecommunications services including telephony and broadband. Newtel was, prior to 1998, ...


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 *
Newtel Solutions Newtel Limited (formerly known as Jersey Cable) is the operator of a cable television network in Jersey, Channel Islands. Newtel Solutions also provides telecommunications services including telephony and broadband. Newtel was, prior to 1998, ...
*
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 Airtel-Vodafone is a mobile network operator located in Jersey and Guernsey (Channel Islands), and is a joint venture between Bharti Airtel and Vodafone. Airtel-Vodafone was first launched in Jersey in June 2007 and expanded operations to Guerns ...
( 3G data only) *


See also

*
Frémont Point Transmitter The Fremont Point transmitting station is a facility for FM radio and television transmission at Fremont, Vingtaine du Nord, Saint John, Jersey. It serves the whole of the Channel Islands, either directly or via the relay stations at Mont Or ...


References


External links


A History of Radio and Television Relay Services in Jersey
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