The Perfect Sandbox - Sandbox Jersey

What makes Jersey the perfect sandbox?

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 Government 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.

The Island also boasts a world-class network infrastructure. It is the first jurisdiction in the world to make pure fibre available to every broadband user and 100% of broadband connections are Gigabit Fibre to the premises (FTTP). In the 2020 Cable broadband speed league table Jersey ranked 2nd for broadband speeds worldwide and 1st in Europe.

Jersey also benefits from three separate 4G networks and three dedicated Internet of Things (IoT) networks (NBIoT and Two LPWANs including LoRa), and a dedicated IoT lab at the Digital Jersey Exchange (DJX), making Jersey the ideal testbed for companies looking to trial new applications in a safe, enclosed environment with unparalleled connectivity and a fantastic range of independent infrastructure partners.

It is the perfect sandbox location to carry out on-island testing which can then be easily scaled up to meet the needs of a much larger territory.

Sandbox Jersey’s approach and role is to:

Understand

your proposition, testing requirements and organisational needs

Assess

and minimise any potential technology, regulatory or legal barriers to market

Assemble

and introduce the organisations and individuals needed for the testing to take place

Coordinate

the framework for your testing set-up and process

Analyse

with you the testing outcomes and results

Open the door

to future testing, service development or joint working arrangement

Use Cases

RaceNation

With dedicated support from Digital Jersey, RaceNation used Sandbox Jersey as their technology testbed, securing early-stage investment and scaling their integrated sports event registration, club membership and fundraising platform to new heights.