Sure (Cable & Wireless)

Sure (Cable & Wireless)

Sure, a trading brand of Batelco, is a telecommunications company in the Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey. Sure is the largest tri-island mobile operator across the Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

The international division of Cable & Wireless PLC bought Guernsey Telecoms from the States of Guernsey in 2002, rebranding as Sure in July 2007. It is now part of Batelco Islands Limited following the reorganisation of the Cable and Wireless Group in 2010. The company has the largest market share of mobile, landline and broadband customers in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which incorporates the islands of Guernsey, Herm, Alderney and Sark.

Cable & Wireless opened an office in Jersey in 2004, offering corporate telecoms products. It launched the Sure brand along with mobile services in September 2006. In the same year the company launched fixed line products (FirstDial Home and Business, later re-branded as SureDial Home & Business). In 2008 Sure Jersey introduced High Speed Mobile Broadband utilising HSDPA technology and it launched its up to 8MB/s fixed broadband in the third quarter of 2009.

In July 2007 Sure launched mobile services in the Isle of Man. In 2008 the company secured a fixed licence and introduced fixed line products (SureDial Home & Business).

In 2013 Sure was sold to the Batelco Group

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