GCRA - Half Year Report 2023

HALF-YEAR REPORT
FOR 2023
Supporting and maintaining
well-functioning markets
Publication of information to support market monitoring
A report is compiled annually presenting information on the telecommunications sector
covering the previous calendar year. This is carried out as a pan-Channel Island initiative
with the JCRA.
Highlights and trends include:
• Average monthly consumer spending on telecommunications services was about £79.08
in 2022, fairly stable compared to the previous year.
• Total annual turnover increased to £70.8m in 2022 (by 1.6%).
• Total annual mobile revenue has increased since 2021 by 9.0%.
• Employment within the telecommunication sector increased in Guernsey by 7%.
• There has been a significant decline in the number of fixed call network minutes (20%),
continuing the decreasing trend since 2020.
• Meanwhile, text volumes have continued to fall slightly, decreasing by around 5%.
• The total number of mobile call minutes also decreased (by 12%).
• Broadband penetration rates in Guernsey (41.3 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants) were
higher than the OECD average (34.7) and similar to the UK (41.3).
• Data usage remains below the UK average (482 Gbytes per month): Guernsey subscribers
used on average 316 Gbytes per month (up 5.6% on 2021).
• Mobile data volumes increased by 9.6%.
In June 2023
the Authority
published its annual
telecommunications
statistics covering the
prior year providing
market intelligence on
developments in this
key economic sector.
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