Communications in Jersey
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Communications in Jersey relates to telecommunications in Jersey.
Telephones - main lines in use: approx 72,000
Telephones - mobile cellular: Jersey Telecom, sure (Cable and Wireless) and Airtel-Vodafone. Approx 100k issued SIMs.
With over 120 mobile phone masts spread across its 116 km² area, the island has a phone mast density 6 times that of the United Kingdom.
Telephone system:
domestic: Jersey Telecom - System X supplied by Marconi
international: 4 submarine communication cables, 2 microwave links
Radio broadcast stations:
- BBC Radio Jersey 88.8fm, 1026mw & bbc.co.uk/jersey
- Channel 103 103.7fm & www.channel 103.com
- Radio Lions (closed-circuit Hospital Radio)
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 2 Channel Television - See entry on Channel Television.
Also Sub Opt from BBC One of Spotlight Channel Islands
Televisions: NA
Cable Television:- Newtel
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): The biggest ISPs are Jersey Telecom (JT Freesurf for Dial-up and JT Rapid for Broadband ADSL) which provides a wide range of fixed telecom, private network, broadband, ISP and data centre services and Newtel Ltd [1] (an independent, privately owned Channel Island telco).
Postal Operator: Jersey Post