Guernsey Communications - 2023

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Telephones - fixed lines

total subscriptions: 33,930 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 53 (2021 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

total subscriptions: 71,485 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 112 (2021 est.)

Telecommunication systems

general assessment: fixed network broadband services are those delivered over physical copper connections, fiber connections and fixed wireless communications links (e.g. WiMax); they do not include services delivered over 2G, 3G and 4G mobile networks (2021)

domestic: fixed-line 53 per 100 and mobile-cellular 112 per 100 persons (2021)

international: country code - 44; landing points for Guernsey-Jersey, HUGO, INGRID, Channel Islands -9 Liberty and UK-Channel Islands-7 submarine cable to UK and France (2019)

Broadcast media

multiple UK terrestrial TV broadcasts are received via a transmitter in Jersey with relays in Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney; satellite packages are available; BBC Radio Guernsey and 1 other radio station operating

Internet country code

.gg

Internet users

total: 55,069 (2021 est.)

percent of population: 86.6% (2021 est.)

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

total: 25,336 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 40 (2020 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Guernsey on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guernsey 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guernsey 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.