| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK |
| Key people | Peter Funk, Chairman |
| Products | Leased line, Broadband, VOIP |
| Parent | Newtel Limited |
| Website | Newtel Solutions |
Newtel Solutions is the operator of a cable television network in Jersey, Channel Islands. Newtel Solutions also provides telecommunications services including telephony and broadband.
Newtel was founded in 1997 using the assets of Jersey Cable Limited, founded by Peter Funk, the company that had acquired the former Rediffusion (Channel Islands) Limited cable network from British Electric Traction Limited in 1988. Jersey Cable had invested heavily in a new TV cable network, replacing the Rediffusion overhead cable system with an underground distribution network. Newtel first offered voice telephony using a Class Licence provided by the States of Jersey Telecommunications Board (now Jersey Telecom), then later when the market was liberalized under a Class II licence issued by the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority in 2003.
Newtel also entered the Guernsey telecommunications market in 2002 when licensed by the Office of Utility Regulation as a communications provider (which has resently been sold to Wave Telecom). Newtel Solutions also holds an Irrefutable Right of Use (IRU) on the Channel Islands Electric Grid telecommunications cable to France, over which it connects its communications internationally.