15 November, 2005

Cable & Wireless selects Daly International as its deployment partner for its 3G network in Jersey, Channel Islands

Cable & Wireless Jersey is looking to roll out a mobile telecommunications network in order to provide a quality mobile phone service to both the people living on the island and the large number of visitors coming to Jersey every year.

Jersey, the most southerly Island of the British Isles, is located some 100 miles south of mainland Britain and 14 miles from the coast of France. The island occupies an area of 45 square miles and has a permanent population of 87,000.

Here, Cable & Wireless Jersey is looking to roll out a mobile telecommunications network in order to provide a quality mobile phone service to both the people living on the island and the large number of visitors coming to Jersey every year.

The size of the network is proposed to comprise 45 sites in order to provide full 2G & 3G coverage.

The project for Daly International involves the Site Selection, Acquisition, Town Planning, Design and the Construction of the infrastructure as part of this network rollout programme.

Given the almost unique nature of this rollout where the Jersey Government (whether directly or indirectly) will be either the Site Provider, Town Planning authority and/or the electricity supplier, a ‘whole of government’ approach is required to meet the ambitious objectives set by the client.

These Project Objectives are:

• The very rapid roll-out programme timeframe of <12 months
• The provision of a competitive and high quality mobile phone service to the people of Jersey
• Achieving a coverage and voice quality advantage over competitors on the island
• Establishment of an open and honest approach to the project together with the Jersey government and the people living on the island upon which future relations can be built

The client, Cable & Wireless, and its deployment partner, Daly International, therefore will have to work closely together to achieve these goals and Professionalism, Enthusiasm, and Commitment during all project stages are required to ensure a successful project outcome.