Month: September 2016

JT has been nominated for telecoms, World Communications Award. The ‘Oscars’ of the telecommunications industry.

Global giants such as BT, AT&T, Vodafone and Telstra have also been nominated for various awards. ‘Best Connectivity Solution’ is the category JT has been shortlisted in.

The World Communication Awards is the largest awards ceremony in global telecoms. During a ceremony in London in November, the winners will be announced.

Its ground-breaking Open Roaming M2M solution means JT has been shortlisted for the award. This is a managed IoT* network service which enables machines to communicate with each other via a mobile SIM card. The JT service is currently powering over a million devices worldwide. This includes payment systems in Africa to taxi and private hire firms in the UK.

JT is also in the process of integrating alternative connectivity services into its platform including the Channel Island’s first LoRa** network. This is due to launch by the end of this year.

Open Roaming

‘Open Roaming’ means that data can travel via any mobile network. Information, therefore, can travel down a multitude of routes and bypass any points of failure should they occur. Data isn’t ‘steered’ down a particular operator’s network. As, this can lead to device and connectivity problems.

In some cases, JT’s Open Roaming M2M solution is literally having a life-changing impact. Last year, JT won a contract to supply SIM cards connecting heart rate monitors in patients to special monitoring equipment for a company in Canada. This provides a real-time information feed which has the potential to save lives. Over 34,000 patients have already been connected.

Therefore, this one example shows how JT’s M2M Open Roaming solution enables a business to connect with its customers. So, even customers who are spread across an entire country, and deliver reassurance to patients that their health is monitored 24 hours a day.

Tom Noel, Managing Director of JT’s Wholesale Division, said: “It is a great honour just to be shortlisted in the industry’s most prestigious awards. It’s another example of JT being a market-leading partner of choice for global telecoms innovation. The Machine to Machine space is moving very quickly and JT is at the forefront of delivering these services to a worldwide customer base.”

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* Internet of Things: a network of devices, vehicles, buildings and other items which are able to connect with each other to collect and exchange data automatically.

** LoRa (LongRange): an advanced technology which allows ten-year battery life in a vast array of sensors for use in agriculture, smart buildings, smart cities and manufacturing. All of these provide cost savings and new efficiencies.

The third annual National Coding Week, organised by Codex and sponsored by JT, will this year involve hundreds of events across the UK, Australia and the Channel Islands.

Highlights of the Channel Islands event programme include the return of FREE coding workshops. This includes coding for the unemployed, in addition to careers advice sessions, Google Analytics workshops, craft and digital design workshops. There’s also a three-day Robot Challenge culminating in the first Digital ACE Robo-wars.

Taking place from Monday 19th to Friday 23rd September, the objective of the Week is to encourage people to try their hand at digital skills. From learning the basics of coding and app development, to digital design and online marketing.

The workshops are all free to attend. But, they’re offered on a first come first served basis so be quick. Register online at: www.nationalcodingweek.com

A Willingness to learn

National Coding Week organiser, Richard Rolfe said: “All we ask is for attendees to bring a willingness to learn and keep an open mind. If they do so, they will reap the benefits that these fantastic events can offer. National Coding Week has grown across the UK with hundreds of events. We are absolutely delighted to see so many new people and organisations involved locally in helping us to develop digital skills among the wider population. We want to make events that are designed to be inclusive and pitch them to all levels. The Robot Challenge in Guernsey promises to bring a completely new flavor to the week’s line-up. I’d like to thank everyone involved for creating a week of exciting events.”

Something for Every Age and Ability

Tamara O’Brien, Head of Marketing, Brand and Distribution, of sponsor JT said: “National Coding Week 2016 looks set to offer something for every age and ability.  Therefore we hope, for some Islanders, it will provide a first point of entry into a digital career. So, that’s just one of the reasons we offer our support to the team. Hence, we want to help make the digital sector accessible for people of all ages and levels of experience. It’s great to see National Coding Week kicking off again with workshops hosted by Richard Rolfe, on the 15^th and 16^th September in both Jersey and Guernsey. It looks set to be the biggest and best National Coding Week.”

All workshops are also delivered in-kind by industry professionals from the Islands’ leading digital businesses. Such as, Switch Digital, C5 Alliance, Codex, Cobra Coding, The Potting Shed , Web Reality and JT.

Events are at a number of venues across the islands. They are supported by JT, Digital Jersey, Digital Greenhouse Guernsey, Barclays, The British Computing Society, The Guille Alles Library, The GTA and College of Further Education, States of Guernsey and the States of Jersey.

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Notes to editors
JT Guernsey Workshop will take place on the 15^th September 6, 2016, at JT’s High Street Office.
JT Jersey Workshop will take place on the 16^th September, 2016, at JT’s Grenville Street Office.

National Coding Week. The week-long event offers adults an insight into digital industries. It is set to return for the third time in 2016. With events planned up and down the country, this will give adults an opportunity to learn how to write computer code. And potentially, open the door to a new career.

National Coding Week will take place from September 19th – 23rd

For more information go to www.nationalcodingweek.com

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