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26th October, 2025 (2 Comments)
Broadband, technology and telecoms operator JT (Jersey Telecom), which is owned by The States of Jersey and headquartered in St Helier, has expanded its reach from the English Channel Islands to include the Isle of Man after they partnered with CVC DIF (CVC Capital Partners) to acquire the Manx Telecom Group.
22nd October, 2025 (3 Comments)
Broadband, phone and mobile operator Manx Telecom (MT), which is the primary telecoms network for premises across the remote Isle of Man, has announced that their free email service (Manx.net) is to be migrated to a new platform run by Junara. But customers that wish to continue using the service will, from 21st Jan 2026, need to pay £65 a year (or £6.50 per month).
19th June, 2025 (2 Comments)
Broadband, phone and mobile operator Manx Telecom (MT), which is the primary network operator serving premises across the remote Isle of Man, could be sold to CVC Capital Partners “within a matter of weeks” as part of a proposed £500m takeover offer that is currently said to be the focus of ongoing talks.
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11th December, 2024 (1 Comment)
Broadband, phone and mobile operator Manx Telecom (MT), which serves premises across the remote Isle of Man, has revealed that they will begin “shutting down” their legacy copper telecoms network in 2025, with the full switch-off completed “no later than” 2029.
9th October, 2024 (0 Comments)
The Communications and Utilities Regulatory Authority (CURA) for the Isle of Man, which is a British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, has fined dominant broadband and telecoms operator Manx Telecom £100,000 for failing to correctly handle Sure’s request for an interconnection with BT’s subsea fibre cable.
17th June, 2024 (1 Comment)
Broadband ISP Manx Telecom (MT), which serves premises on the Isle of Man (a British Crown Dependency) in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, has warned that its ongoing work to deploy a new full fibre (FTTP) network across the island could be delayed due to issues with getting planning approval for new poles.
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31st May, 2024 (2 Comments)
Network operator and ISP Sure, which is present on the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, has informed existing customers of their intention to increase mobile, phone and broadband prices – in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) – by “up to” 6.1% (Isle of Man), 5.8% (Guernsey) and 5.7% (Jersey) from 1st July 2024.
22nd April, 2024 (0 Comments)
Members of the Parliament of the Isle of Man (Tynwald) have backed calls for the Communications and Utilities Regulatory Authority (CURA) to introduce a low-cost social tariff for vulnerable broadband users (e.g. unemployed people). Separately, Manx Telecom are being accused of “non-compliance with Universal Service Obligations“.
28th February, 2024 (7 Comments)
Broadband ISP and mobile operator Manx Telecom, which serves homes and businesses on the Isle of Man (a British Crown Dependency) in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, has confirmed that many of their customers will be hit by annual “inflationary” price hikes of 5.5% from 1st April 2024 (down from 12.5% last year).
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4th April, 2023 (0 Comments)
Broadband ISP and mobile operator Manx Telecom, which serves homes and businesses on the Isle of Man (a British Crown Dependency) in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, has confirmed that many of their customers will be hit by annual price hikes of 12.5% from 1st May 2023.
10th August, 2022 (1 Comment)
The Communication and Utilities Regulatory Authority (CURA) for the Isle of Man, a British Crown Dependency, has probed the 10% price hike introduced by local broadband ISP Manx Telecom during June 2022 and ruled that the operator broke the rules by failing to “fully inform” their customers of the increase.
27th July, 2022 (2 Comments)
Connectivity Services provider Aqua Comms has announced the completion of their work to deploy the Celtix-Connect 2 subsea fibre optic cable, which now runs between Ireland (Dublin), the Isle of Man and England (Blackpool). The move means more resilient and faster broadband for premises on the isle.
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16th February, 2022 (0 Comments)
Some 170,000 homes and businesses across the Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey) and Isle of Man could soon see faster broadband speeds after local ISP Sure completed a major network capacity upgrade, which was delivered by technology and civil engineering provider Telent.
26th August, 2020 (4 Comments)
Thousands of customers of Manx Telecom on the Isle of Man (British Crown Dependency) have been left without broadband access for two long days after the provider suffered a major outage, although worryingly the provider has not yet been able to identify the problem.
17th July, 2020 (6 Comments)
The Government of Jersey (English Channel Island) has signalled that it intends to “align” its approach to the deployment of 5G mobile technology with that of the UK, which effectively means banning the use of “high risk” vendors such as the Chinese firm Huawei and ZTE. Guernsey has echoed this.
20th May, 2020 (3 Comments)
The Isle of Man Government (British Crown Dependency) has agreed to invest £10m with local ISP Manx Telecom in order to help them extend the coverage of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network from 25% (10,000) of local premises today to 99% by around the end of 2025.
14th March, 2019 (0 Comments)
The mains fixed line and mobile telecoms operator for the Isle of Man (British Crown Dependency), Manx Telecom, has recommended that its shareholders accept a £255.9m offer from Basalt Infrastructure Partners II GP Limited to acquire the business. The move is likely to boost investment in their FTTP and 5G roll-out.
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