Jersey Airport: Connection to business critical sites

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A decision made (23/10/2008) regarding: Jersey Airport: Connection to business critical sites - continuity plan.

Subject:	Jersey Airport: Connection to business critical sites – continuity plan.
Decision Reference:	MD-E-2008-0210		Exempt clause(s):
Type of Report: (oral or written)	Written		Person Giving Report (if oral):
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?			Report File ref:
Written report – Title	Continuity of business critical connections after termination of analogue private circuits by Jersey Telecom.
Written report – Author (name and job title)	Sandy Sawyer, Airport Operations Director
Decision(s): The Minister approved the continuity plan and agreed to request the Treasury & Resources Minister to approve additional funding from the Trading Fund in the sum of £160,000 to expedite the plan in order to meet the 31st December 2008 deadline.
Reason(s) for decision: Jersey Telecom advised in early 2008 that they will terminate all analogue circuits on 31st December 2008 and replace them with digital lines. For the Airport to maintain connections with business critical sites in Jersey, Guernsey, France and England (Swanwick) Multiplexers need to be installed at the end of the new digital lines. An alternative solution considered would be to set up Microwave links between critical sites. However, this solution could not physically be implemented in time for the 31st December 2008.
Action required: Donna Mitchell will forward this Ministerial Decision to the Treasury & Resources Minister for his approval under the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 to fund the expenditure from the Trading Fund.
Signature: Deputy Alan Maclean Assistant Minister for Economic Development		Date of Decision: 23 October 2008