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| Industry | Telecommunications |
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| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | St. Helier,Jersey,Channel Islands,UK |
| Products | Leased line, [Internet access],VOIP |
| Parent | Newtel Limited |
| Website | newtel |
Newtel Limited (formerly known asJersey Cable) is the operator of acable television network inJersey,Channel Islands. Newtel Solutions also provides telecommunications services includingtelephony andbroadband, using retail brands Homenet and Ytel.[1][2][3]
Newtel was, prior to 1998, known asJersey Cable Limited, a company founded by Peter Funk in 1988.[4]
It acquired the formerRediffusion (Channel Islands) Limited cable network fromBritish Electric Traction Limited in 1988.Jersey Cable had invested heavily in a new TV cable network, replacing theRediffusion overhead cable system with an underground distribution network. Newtel first offered voice telephony using a Class Licence provided by theStates of Jersey Telecommunications Board (nowJT Group Limited), then later when the market was liberalised under a Class II licence issued by theJersey Competition Regulatory Authority in 2003.
Newtel entered theGuernsey telecommunications market in 2002 when licensed by theOffice of Utility Regulation as a communications provider (which has recently been sold toWave Telecom). Newtel Solutions holds an Irrefutable Right of Use (IRU) on the Channel Islands Electric Grid telecommunications cable to France, over which it connects its communications internationally.
Newtel refers Newtel Limited and its associate companies (YTel and Homenet).