Channel Islands GSM Improvements

The consultancy firm, Omnitele says that it has been assisting the Channel Island (UK) based Jersey Telecom to increase their GSM network quality inland and to further expand their mobile network coverage to other Channel Islands. Jersey Telecom is a fixed network and mobile operator with headquarters on Jersey Island. On the mobile network, GPRS service was successfully launched last summer and the data service usage, among Jersey Telecom subscriber base, is likely to increase further as MMS will be commercially launched in a few months.

During last years Jersey Telecom has, with the assistance of Omnitele, put significant effort in increasing their GSM network capacity and Quality of Service. Besides developing the GSM/GPRS network on Jersey, the network expansion to other Channel Islands will offer a unique possibility and advantage for Jersey telecom mobile subscribers to utilise the same high quality operator on all Islands. As soon as UMTS will start to materialise in Europe in the near future, Jersey Telecom will also be the first operator on the Channel Islands to offer 3G services to its customers.

"With the network optimisation assistance from Omnitele we have been able, in a short time, to reach our goal of improving our network Quality of Service, to meet the needs of an increasing subscriber base and to raise our customer satisfaction" - Mr Steve Haigh, Director of Network Operations, Jersey Telecom.

"Omnitele has been our trusted partner for several years in GSM/GPRS and we hope they will continue supporting us in making 3G a success story for us as well" - Mr Jerry Rabaste, Director of Strategic Planning, Jersey Telecom.

"The fast adaptableness to new technologies, as well as, the continuous concern for providing best possible quality to its customers, makes Jersey Telecom both an inspiring and a challenging customer for Omnitele. It has truly been a matter of honour for Omnitele to provide Jersey Telecom with the best quality of work throughout the years" - Mr Sami Vesala, Senior Consultant, Omnitele Ltd."

Posted to the site on 11th December 2003