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[1]):
+44 1534[citation needed] for land-lines+44 7797[citation needed] for mobiles
- Sure (Batelco):
+44 7700[citation needed] for mobiles
- Airtel-Vodafone:
+44 7829[citation needed] for mobiles
Fixed line[]
Fixed PSTN lines in use; approx 57,700 (2009).[citation needed]
Mobile cellular[]
- JT Group Limited
- Sure
- Airtel-Vodafone
With over 120 mobile phone masts, in 2012,[2] 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.[3]
- Marconi Softswitch and UTStarcom SoftSwitch.[4]
Connectivity[]
Mass media[]
Radio[]
Digital DAB+ broadcasts started in Jersey on 1 August 2021.[6]
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[]
- ITV Channel Television.
- Sub Opt from BBC One of Spotlight Channel Islands.
Cable television[]
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[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Our history". JT Global. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Mobile phone base stations and masts". States of Jersey. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "System X Restoration & preservation project". The Communications Museum Trust. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Jersey Telecom deploys Marconi SoftSwitch and Access Hub". Lightwave. 8 July 2003. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Network Topology Map
- ^ https://radiotoday.co.uk/2021/08/channel-islands-digital-radio-launches-with-an-all-dab-line-up/
External links[]
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