The telecommunications in Guernsey relate to communication systems in

Bailiwick of Guernsey The Bailiwick of Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Bailliage dé Guernési'') is a self-governing British Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France, comprising several of the Channel Islands. It has a total land area of ...

, which is a British

Crown Dependency The Crown Dependencies are three offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, both located in the English Channel and toge ...

off the coast of

Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...

, France.

Internet

Guernsey broadband consumers pay lower prices than nations like Bermuda, but higher prices than in the UK or the Isle of Man.Oxera (January 2018)
A telecoms strategy for Jersey
''Government of Jersey (gov.je)'' ccessed: 27 February 2022 Sure all owns all physical broadband lines in Guernsey and JT obtains services through wholesale agreements.GCRA; JCRA (2020)
Telecommunications Statistics and Market Report 2020
''Statistics Jersey (gov.je)'' ccessed: 27 February 2022 From early 2022, Sure is undertaking a rollout of fibre-optic broadband as part of a States of Guernsey. This is an investment of £37.5 million into the island's infrastructure. Sure's goal is near-complete fibre coverage by end 2026. Despite increasing speeds, Sure's infrastructure falls behind in speeds compared to neighbouring Jersey. The States of Guernsey did not invest heavily in fibre optics like the States of Jersey. As such, Guernsey has average broadband speeds of 36.8 Mbit/s. Internet connectivity to the rest of the world is provided by undersea cables linked to Jersey, the UK and France. In 2016, a ship – believed to be the King Arthur owned by Mediterranea di Navigazione – dragging its anchor on the seabed in the English Channel cut the three main internet cables to Jersey and Guersey. As a result, all communications traffic had to travel via cables to France.

Mobile telephones

Guernsey is part of the UK's

National Telephone Numbering Plan In the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, telephone numbers are administered by the Office of Communications (Ofcom). For this purpose, Ofcom established a telephone numbering plan, known as the ''National Telephone Numbering Plan'', w ...

, which means the island shares the UK's international dialling code +44. In 2020, Sure retains the majority mobile market share of 55%, compared with 24% for Airtel-Vodafone and 21% for JT, the island's other mobile operators. In 2020, there were 71,622 mobile subscriptions, of which 2,845 were mobile only. Mobile data prices are lower in Guernsey than other similarly sized countries, such as Bermuda and Malta, but slightly higher than the major operators in the UK. In 2020, the following mobile usage statistics were recorded: 121.9 million mobile minutes, 27.6 million SMS messages and 5.91 million GB of data used.

Mass media

Radio

Radio broadcast stations

BBC Radio Guernsey BBC Radio Guernsey is the BBC's local radio station serving the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It broadcasts on FM, AM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Bulwer Avenue in St Sampson. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly a ...

93.2

MHz The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), often described as being equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose formal expression in terms of SI base u ...

FM, 1116

kHz The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), often described as being equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose formal expression in terms of SI base uni ...

MW AM, DAB+ an
bbc.co.uk/guernsey
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Island FM Island FM is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting across the Bailiwick of Guernsey on 104.7 FM and 93.7 FM in Alderney. Launched in 1992, Island FM remains the sole commercial station in the island and continues to be extremely suc ...

104.7 MHz FM, DAB+ and https://islandfm.com.

Radio receiver adoption and usage

Not available

Television

Television broadcast stations

ITV Channel Television ITV Channel Television, previously Channel Television, is a British television station which has served as the ITV contractor for the Channel Islands since 1962. It is based in Jersey and broadcasts regional programmes for insertion into the ...

. * Sub Opt from

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...

of Spotlight

Channel Islands The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Jersey, Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, ...

Satellite television

BSkyB Sky UK Limited (formerly British Sky Broadcasting Limited (BSkyB)), trading as Sky, is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television, broadband internet, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers ...

Television set adoption and usage

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Internet service providers (ISPs)

* JT Group Limited which owns most of the telecommunications infrastructure in Jersey * Newtel Solutions *

Sure SuRe (The Standard for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure) is a global voluntary standard which integrates key criteria of sustainability and resilience into infrastructure development and upgrade. It has been developed by the Swiss Global In ...

Airtel-Vodafone Airtel-Vodafone Limited is a mobile network operator located in Jersey and Guernsey (Channel Islands), and regulated by the Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities. Until 2024, it was a joint venture between Bharti Airtel and Vo ...

(data-based only)

Postal services

Postal operator

Guernsey Post Guernsey Post is the postal service for the island of Guernsey, Channel Islands. It includes a Philatelic bureau, and regularly issues both definitive and commemorative stamps. It also provides postal services for Sark. In contrast to the ...

Regulation

* Guernsey Competition Regulatory Authority

References

{{Telecommunications Telecommunications in Guernsey