Nestled just off the coast of Normandy and only 85 miles from the UK, Jersey measures only 45 square miles with a population of around 100,000, it punches well above its weight in terms of infrastructure.
With all the components of a larger country but in a small, campus-like space, Jersey provides the opportunities to carry out on-island testing and then easily scale it up to a much larger territory.
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.
Jersey is the most connected place on earth with access to 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.
