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Review: Jersey Telecoms Privatisation

Launch Date: 9 August 2006
Review Status: Report published

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To examine the impact of Jersey Telecoms Privatisation

Terms of reference

To determine whether the overall interests of the Island are best served by either maintaining or divesting all or part of the States shareholding in Jersey Telecom and, in particular: 

-To examine the short and the long term implications of the financial projections for the maximisation of financial gain, as laid out in the Treasury and Resources Department Consultation Paper, dated 13th July 2006; 

-To consider the implications of privatisation on the requirement for continued modernisation and development of infrastructure in a commercial environment; 

-To consider whether the existing regulatory framework for the Jersey telecommunications market is sufficiently robust to ensure the continued provision of services and protection of the interests of all consumers; 

-To assess employee protection arrangements and pensions provision, and 

-To examine the impact of privatisation of telecommunications in other small jurisdictions.