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 1534for land-lines+44 7797for mobiles
- Sure (Batelco):
+44 7700for mobiles
- Airtel-Vodafone:
+44 7829for mobiles
Guernsey is incorporated into the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan, using the following area codes:
- JT Global (formerly Wave):
+44 1481for land-lines+44 7791for mobiles
- Sure (Batelco):
+44 7781for Mobiles
- Airtel-Vodafone:
+44 7839for mobiles.
Telephone adoption and usage
Fixed line
Fixed PSTN lines in use; approx 57,700 (2009).
Mobile cellular
Approx 108,000 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.
Telephony system and infrastructure
Domestic
Jersey Telecom:
- System X supplied by Marconi Communications
- Marconi Softswitch and UTStarcom SoftSwitch.
Connectivity
- 4 submarine communication cables.[2]
- 2 microwave links.[2]
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
Satellite television
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
Regulation
See also
References
- ↑ "Mobile phone base stations and masts". States of Jersey. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- 1 2 Network Topology Map
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