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Telecommunications in Jersey

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The telecommunications in Jersey relate to communication systems in Bailiwick of Jersey, which is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France.

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Addressing

Jersey is incorporated into the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan, using the following area codes:

  • JT Global (formerly Jersey Telecom):
  • +44 1534 for land-lines
  • +44 7797 for mobiles
  • Sure (Batelco):
  • +44 7700 for mobiles
  • Airtel-Vodafone:
  • +44 7829 for mobiles

    • Guernsey is incorporated into the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan, using the following area codes:

  • JT Global (formerly Wave):
  • +44 1481 for land-lines
  • +44 7791 for mobiles
  • Sure (Batelco):
  • +44 7781 for Mobiles
  • Airtel-Vodafone:
  • +44 7839 for mobiles.

    • Fixed line

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

    Mobile cellular

  • JT Group Limited
  • Sure
  • Airtel-Vodafone

    • Approx 108,000 active SIMs.

    With over 120 mobile phone masts, in 2012, spread across its 119 km2 (46 sq mi) 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.

    Domestic

    Jersey Telecom:

  • System X supplied by Marconi Communications
  • Marconi Softswitch and UTStarcom SoftSwitch.

    • Connectivity

  • 4 submarine communication cables.
  • 2 microwave links.

    • Radio broadcast stations

  • BBC Radio Jersey 88·8MHz FM, 1026KHz MW AM, and bbc.co.uk/jersey.
  • Channel 103 103·7 MHz FM and channel103.com.
  • Radio Lions, a closed-circuit Hospital Radio station launched by the Jersey Lions Club in 1975.
  • Radio Force 7, a former Saint-Malo 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 Normandy.

    • Radio receiver adoption and usage

    Not available

    Television broadcast stations

  • Channel Television.
  • Sub Opt from BBC One of Spotlight Channel Islands.

    • Cable television

  • Newtel Solutions

    • Satellite television

  • BSkyB

    • Television set adoption and usage

    Not available

    Internet service providers (ISPs)

  • JT Group Limited which owns most of the telecommunications infrastructure in Jersey
  • Newtel Solutions
  • Sure
  • Airtel-Vodafone (3G data only)

    • Postal operator

  • Jersey Post

    • Regulation

  • Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority

    • References

    Telecommunications in Jersey Wikipedia
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