IOM, Jersey And Guernsey Pool Telecoms

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

17 March 2005

Manx Telecom, Jersey Telecom and Wave Telecom have announced that they have joined forces to provide seamless telecommunications solutions for their customers with a presence in Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.

This coordination will ensure customers of all three companies are provided with a consistent approach to their telecommunication requirements and will only need to liaise with a single point of contact for projects spanning all three Islands.

Manx Telecom Managing Director Chris Hall explained: “As small island telecommunications providers we have common interests and face similar issues with our markets and this has led to a close working relationship. This announcement takes that relationship one stage further, to the benefit of our customers who have a business presence in more than one of the three jurisdictions. Our association will effectively allow us to offer them `joined-up telecommunications` across all three markets.”

Bob Lawrence, Managing Director Jersey Telecom Group, also welcomed the benefits of the agreement and in making the announcement he commented: “It will allow Jersey Telecom to operate more effectively across all three markets which in turn will bring many advantages to our customers. We will continue to build on our relationship to provide further solutions and product development initiatives for our customers.”

Mark Lewin , Head of Technology at Royal Bank of Scotland International, which has business interests in all three islands said: "I am really pleased to see this agreement come to fruition. We have been encouraging Jersey Telecom and Manx Telecom to work together much more closely for a number of years now, something that is of real benefit to both the companies themselves and, through the provision of a consistent and standardised model, customers such as ourselves who have operations across the islands. Through the co-operation on product development, pricing and billing arrangements and core infrastructure developments they are able to ensure that the significant investment they make into the islands is focused on value add activities which will undoubtedly be to the benefit of all their customer base."

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