Jersey measures just 45 square miles and has a population of around 100,000. The island offers all the components of a larger country but in a small, campus-like space. Aside from its national government, the States of Jersey, there is one electricity company, one water company, an international airport, a passenger and cargo port.
Jersey has a diverse combination of urban and rural industries which include financial services, tourism, agriculture and a digital sector that currently employs over 3,000 people.
It is the ideal location to carry out on-island testing which can then be easily scaled up to meet the needs of a much larger territory.
JERSEY IS THE MOST CONNECTED PLACE ON EARTH WITH ACCESS TO SOME OF THE FASTEST SPEEDS
Jersey also has a fantastic telecoms infrastructure. By the end of 2018 all broadband connections will be Gigabit Fibre to both commercial and residential premises, thanks to visionary investment by the States of Jersey. Add this to the availability of three separate 4G networks and three dedicated Internet of Things (IoT) networks (NBIoT and Two LPWANs including LoRa), and the Island becomes an ideal testbed for companies looking to trial new applications in a safe, enclosed environment with a fantastic range of independent infrastructure partners.
