By isleadmin on Friday, October 23, 2009Filed Under: Uncategorized
Isle News, 23 October 2009 – The problems affecting Jersey broadband users this week are gradually being resolved but Jersey Telecom’s communication surrounding engineering problems must improve in future.
A number of islanders who are switching Internet Service Provider have been left without broadband at different times since Thursday 15th October.
Problems started last week when Jersey [...]
By JerseyAdmin on Thursday, October 22, 2009Filed Under: Education, Jersey, Telecommunications
Isle News, 22 October 2009 – Students from Jersey College for Girls are taking part in an innovative new competition to win an apprenticeship with Sure.
The Year 12 and 13 girls have been chosen to take part in The Sure Apprentice, which will run over the next eight months and see the 12 apprentices divided [...]
By IsleOfManAdmin on Monday, October 19, 2009Filed Under: Isle of Man, Telecommunications
Isle News, 14 October 2009 – Sure believes that thousands of Manx Telecom customers do not realise that the company is now charging them more for short mobile phone calls.
Manx Telecom recently announced that it was cutting prices for Pay As You Go (PAYG) customers, but at the same time Manx Telecom quietly increased the minimum [...]
By JerseyAdmin on Tuesday, October 13, 2009Filed Under: Jersey, Telecommunications
Isle News, 13 October 2009 – Changes to Jersey’s telecoms regulatory regime and industry, which have been recommended by independent consultants, are absolutely necessary if a fully competitive telecoms market is to be developed and maintained.
Friday was the deadline for operators to respond to the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (JCRA) on Regulaid BV’s 100 page review [...]
By IsleOfManAdmin on Friday, October 9, 2009Filed Under: Isle of Man, Telecommunications
Isle News, 9 October 2009 – Sure has signed a new Pay As You Go (PAYG) roaming agreement with O2 Telefonica in Ireland.
This will greatly benefit the local Irish community and any Sure PAYG customers visiting the country. This is the first PAYG roaming service available in Ireland for Sure customers.
By JerseyAdmin on Friday, October 9, 2009Filed Under: Jersey, Telecommunications
Isle News, 9 October 2009 – Sure has improved its network coverage in St Brelade.
A new mobile base station in the Red Houses area is now operational which will have a significant impact on signal strength and coverage around the area of Route Orange, Red Houses, Les Quennevais Precinct and La Marquanderie Hill.
By JerseyAdmin on Wednesday, October 7, 2009Filed Under: Community, Jersey, Sport
Isle News, 7 October 2009 – Kyran Bracken, Jersey’s star of ITV1 show Dancing on Ice, has declared his support for a local youngster’s campaign to secure Jersey a permanent ice rink.
The skating star is in the island this week to announce that his company and sponsors Sure and Nokia Siemens Networks will be running ‘Sure [...]
By JerseyAdmin on Tuesday, October 6, 2009Filed Under: Jersey, Telecommunications
Isle News, 6 October 2009 – Mark Dearnley, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Cable & Wireless International Group, will be addressing local businesses at a seminar next week.
Mr Dearnley, who is responsible for leading IT, Security and Customer Experience across a portfolio of 39 full service consumer telecoms companies across the world, will be discussing the [...]
By JerseyAdmin on Thursday, October 1, 2009Filed Under: Jersey, Telecommunications
Isle News, 1 October 2009 – Sure’s first Jersey based broadband customers are now connected to the new service which launched today.
Sure has brought aggressive pricing to the market:
A choice of 2MB, 4MB and 8MB speeds
Your first month FREE
8Mb/s broadband from as little as £19.99 per month – that’s a saving of 25% compared to [...]
By JerseyAdmin on Wednesday, September 30, 2009Filed Under: Isle of Man, Jersey, Telecommunications
Isle News, 30 September 2009 – Sure has appointed Gavin Price as Business Development Director for Jersey and the Isle of Man, with responsibility of supporting the company’s enterprise and business customers.
Mr Price, who manages a business sales team of eight across Jersey and the Isle of Man, has spent 11 years working in sales [...]