Nov 11 2010
Jersey Telecom Group (JTG) has announced a key fiber-optic broadband upgrade to the residents of Jersey Island, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom. The fiber-optic broadband upgrade will allow 25% of Jersey Island residents to access maximum connection speeds of 20 Mbps from December 2010.
Reports indicate that JTG, in the next five years, will invest £11m on the broadband deployments to link all residences in the Guernsey and Jersey islands by 2016. People residing in the islands currently receive download speeds of up to 8 Mbps through copper infrastructure.
Wave Telecom, a firm owned by JTG, will install fiber-optic network in Guernsey, which is also a crown dependency of UK. Guernsey, along with the fiber-optic broadband, will also receive enhanced mobile broadband speeds of 14.4 Mbps by the end of 2010.
JTG’s Chief Executive Officer, Graeme Millar stated that by 2012, over 50% of houses would receive broadband services with speeds ranging between 15 and 20 Mb.
Source: http://www.jerseytelecom.com/