Telecommunications in Jersey

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

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Telephones [edit]

Jersey is incorporated into the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan [1] area codes of +44 1534 for landlines and +44 7797 for JT mobiles (formerly Jersey Telecom), +44 7700 for Sure mobiles (Cable & Wireless Communications), +44 7829 for Airtel-Vodafone mobiles. Guernsey is incorporated into the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan[1] area codes of +44 1481 for landlines and +44 7791 for JT mobiles (formerly Wave), +44 7781 for Sure Mobiles (Cable & Wireless Communications), +44 7839 for Airtel-Vodafone mobiles.

Telephones - main lines in use [edit]

approx 57,700 (2009).

Telephones - mobile cellular [edit]

JT Group Limited, Sure (Cable & Wireless) and Airtel-Vodafone. Approx 108k active SIMs.

With over 120 mobile phone masts, in 2012,[1] 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.

Telephone system [edit]

Domestic [edit]

Jersey Telecom - System X supplied by Marconi, Marconi SoftSwitch and UT Starcom SoftSwitch

International [edit]

Four submarine communication cables, teo microwave links

Radio and television [edit]

Radio broadcast stations [edit]

Radios [edit]

Not available

Television broadcast stations [edit]

Two Channel Television - See entry on ITV Channel Television.

Also Sub Opt from BBC One of Spotlight Channel Islands

Televisions [edit]

Not available

Cable television [edit]

Internet service providers (ISPs) [edit]

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

Postal services [edit]

Postal operator [edit]

Post and telecommunications regulator [edit]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Mobile phone base stations and masts". Gov.je. 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2012-10-09. 

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