Telecommunications in Jersey

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

Telephony

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.

Telephone adoption and usage

Fixed line

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

Mobile cellular

• JT Group Limited
• Sure
• Airtel-Vodafone

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.

Telephony system and infrastructure

Domestic

Jersey Telecom:

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

Connectivity

• 4 submarine communication cables.
• 2 microwave links.

Mass media

Radio

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

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 services

Postal operator

• Jersey Post

Regulation

• Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority

See also

• Frémont Point Transmitter

External links

• A History of Radio and Television Relay Services in Jersey