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 2019 Cable broadband speed league table Jersey ranked 3rd 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: