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Guernsey ISP Sure Prep 300Gbps Upgrade of Subsea Fibre Network

15th October, 2019 (0 Comments)

The incumbent broadband, 4G mobile and phone provider on the English Channel Island of Guernsey, Sure, has announced a major 5-year plan to invest several million pounds in order to upgrade their sub-sea fibre optic links with the United Kingdom. This could increase network capacity to 300Gbps (Gigabits per second).

JT’s Full Fibre Short-listed for World Communication Awards

19th September, 2019 (0 Comments)

The stated-owned telecoms operator JT (Jersey Telecom), which recently deployed a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband ISP network to cover the English Channel Island of Jersey, is celebrating today after being short-listed in two categories as part of the World Communication Awards 2019.

Sure Mobile Ads Banned for Claiming to be Jersey’s Fastest Network

1st May, 2019 (2 Comments)

A complaint by JT (Jersey Telecom) has prompted the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ban a “misleading” Facebook and website advert for mobile operator Sure, which claimed to be both “Jersey’s fastest mobile network” (mobile broadband) and also “officially the fastest in the Channel Islands.”

JT Picks ZTE to Deploy 5G Mobile on the British Channel Islands

22nd November, 2018 (0 Comments)

The stated-owned telecoms operator JT (Jersey Telecom) has decided to shun recent security concerns by partnering with Chinese state-owned enterprise ZTE, which will help them to build a new 5G ultrafast mobile broadband network on the Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel).

JT Completes FTTH Gigabit Broadband ISP Network on Jersey

11th July, 2018 (4 Comments)

The stated-owned telecoms operator JT Group (Jersey Telecom) has quietly confirmed that after 6 years they’ve finally completed the build of a new 1Gbps capable “ultrafast” Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband ISP network on the English Channel Island of Jersey. Any old copper lines will soon be gone too.

JT and Sony Test Low-Power Wide-Area Wireless Network on Jersey UPDATE

26th January, 2018 (0 Comments)

Telecoms operator JT have used their Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband network on the English Channel Island of Jersey to help underpin a test of Sony’s new Low-Power, Wide-Area Wireless Network (LPWAN) technology.

JT Completes 70% of its Planned FTTH Broadband Upgrade on Jersey

13th January, 2017 (9 Comments)

The roll-out of a new Gigabit capable “ultrafast” Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) broadband network on the English Channel Island of Jersey, which is being conducted by the state-owned ISP JT, has now completed 70% of its planned connections to the new network.

JT to Build Wireless Long-Range (LoRa) Wide Area Network on Jersey

6th January, 2017 (1 Comment)

Telecoms operator JT has announced a new partnership with Digital Jersey that will help to support the construction of Jersey’s first Long-Range (LoRa) Wide Area Network, which will enable devices to access the internet without using the more traditional / wireless means of 4G or WiFi.

UPDATE Three of Jersey’s Vital Undersea Fibre Optic Cables Cut by Ship

29th November, 2016 (4 Comments)

Reports are coming in that the English Channel Island of Jersey has suffered major telecoms and broadband disruption after a ship, which was dragging its anchor along the seabed, broken through three of the islands main undersea fibre optic cables.

JT Claims the Fastest Mobile and Broadband in the Channel Islands

24th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

Telecoms operator JT, which serves the English Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, has today hit back at its rivals by using the latest data from Ookla’s Speedtest.net service to try and prove that they offer the fastest 4G mobile and fixed line broadband service on both.

JT Ads Banned for Misleading 4G “fastest network” on Guernsey Claim

16th November, 2016 (0 Comments)

Two press adverts and a poster for JT‘s 4G based Mobile network on the Channel Island of Guernsey have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority after they “misleadingly” claimed that the provider offered the “fastest network“. Rival operators Airtel (Vodafone) and Sure disagreed.

Guernsey Developing Strategy to Improve Superfast Broadband Cover

27th April, 2016 (1 Comment)

The States of Guernsey (Channel Islands) have published a new Connectivity Review, which appears to be the first salvo in what could end up forming the foundation for state intervention to expand the reach of NGA superfast broadband services and improve other aspects of digital connectivity.

JT Warns of Fibre Optic Broadband Rollout Delay for the Island of Jersey

3rd January, 2015 (13 Comments)

The roll-out of a new 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband ISP network on the English Channel Island of Jersey, which is being conducted by the state-owned JT Global (Jersey Telecom), looks to be under threat after the local government (States of Jersey) requested a £6m dividend from the Telco to help it plug a £31m budget deficit for 2014 (rising to £39m in 2015).

JT Gets Sure Advert Banned for Misleading “UNLIMITED” Data Claim

15th October, 2014 (4 Comments)

The Jersey (Channel Islands) based telecoms operator JT has managed to get a website and press advert for rival Sure Ltd. banned after the provider misleadingly promoted their pay monthly mobile tariffs as offering both “UNLIMITED” data and txt messages, which was despite the operator applying restrictions in its Fair Usage Policy (FUP).

JT Celebrates 10,000th Jersey Fibre Optic Broadband Customer

12th August, 2014 (0 Comments)

JT Global (Jersey Telecom) reports that some 10,000 customers have now subscribed to their 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband ISP network on Jersey (Channel Islands), which is up from 8,479 in June and 7,600 in March 2014.

Government of Guernsey Conduct “Secret” Broadband Speedtests?

25th July, 2014 (2 Comments)

A new report today claims that the States of Guernsey (Channel Islands) has conducted a so-called “secret” pilot in order to monitor the performance of broadband connections (obviously), albeit apparently without local ISPs being told.

JT Connect 8479 Customers to its Jersey Fibre Optic Broadband Network

26th June, 2014 (1 Comment)

The latest update from JT Global (Jersey Telecom) has revealed that 8,479 customers have now subscribed to the operators 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband ISP network on Jersey (Channel Islands), which is up from 7,600 in March 2014.