Newtel Boosts Bandwidth Between Channel Islands And London

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

10 August 2006

Newtel Solutions has announced that it has increased the capacity of its core transmission network infrastructure between the Channel Islands and London.

The announcement, which comes just six months after Newtel announced its last upgrade, has seen the company's network between the Channel Islands and London quadrupling in capacity from STM-4 (622Mbit/s) to STM-16 (2,488.32Mbit/s).

"The customer requirement for high quality bandwidth and service convergence in the Islands is becoming increasingly sophisticated," noted Andy Elston, Director of Operations, Newtel Solutions.

"The network will be used as the bedrock platform on which to transport next generation network (NGN) services," he added.

Gary Whipp, Commercial Director, Newtel Solutions added: "Newtel is able to provide carrier-class connectivity to businesses in the Channel Islands, whatever the size and nature of the business.

"The increased capacity will allow for further development of broadband and voice services together with the core network infrastructure providing opportunities for businesses locally and internationally."

The enhanced infrastructure has been made possible through an agreement with COLT Telecom, a leading European provider of business communications.

Newtel has been providing telecommunications capacity via the high capacity CIEG telecommunications network since 2002.

Newtel is a fully licensed Public Telecommunication Operator (PTO) in both Jersey and Guernsey, providing a range of hosting, private circuit, Internet and voice services over its own infrastructure.

In 2005, Newtel acquired Guernsey.Net and its wholly owned subsidiary Localdial, making Newtel the largest independent Internet service provider and telecoms company in the Channel Islands.

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