Category: Telecommunications

Girl Guides from the UK taking part in a trek around the Island were able to phone home to get their exam results thanks to gifts from Manx Telecom. One hundred Girl Guides aged 16 to 26 are walking 100 miles around the Island’s coastline to celebrate 100 years of Girlguiding. The event is called [...]

Gill Lawrinson, of corporate services provider Frank Scott Ltd, is the delighted winner of a BlackBerry Storm.  Seen here with Dan Walker, Corporate Sales Executive at Manx Telecom, Gill won the BlackBerry in a prize draw held by Manx Telecom for its business customers. “BlackBerrys are amazing,” said Gill, “I’m a big fan, and I understand that the [...]

Manx Telecom is to offer its Pay As You Go customers a free data allowance for use while on-Island and enable them to use data when roaming off-Island.   The move makes Manx Telecom the first and only company currently to offer free data on PAYGO, and to give customers the ability to access emails and [...]

The recent announcement from the Isle of Man Communications Commission indicating a new framework for the telecommunication and broadcasting industries has sparked some interest from the sector. Andy Bridson, Commercial Director at Sure Isle of Man commented, “Cable and Wireless has been instrumental in delivering lower prices, greater choice and leading innovation for consumers and [...]

The ice skating school run at the Sure Summer skate rink by ‘Dancing On Ice’ coach and Olympic ice skater Karen Barber has been a great success, and Sure plan to run more skating classes when the rink returns in the winter. This summer’s courses were open to anyone between the ages of 7 and [...]

A visitor to the Southern Show won a netbook in a Manx Telecom competition. Linsey Durcan, from Port Erin, won a Samsung netbook plus a Manx Telecom 3G mobile broadband package. Visitors to the company’s stand at the Southern Show were asked to name three events sponsored by the telecommunications firm. Correct answers were then [...]

Manx Telecom donated two cordless digital phones to Port Erin RNLI. Nigel Latham, left, of Manx Telecom’s Mobile Network department, is pictured handing them over to Port Erin lifeboat crew member Jason Fleming.

On Thursday evening, local guests came out to the Villa Marina for a fabulous night of skating and free ice cream, courtesy of Sure. The evening marked the official opening of the Sure Summer Skating rink which opened to the public on Friday 30th July and will close 7th September.  Guests skated right alongside former [...]

Ben Li, a sixth form student from Ballakermeen High School, has been crowned the winner of this year’s Sure Apprentice.  Ben fought off stiff competition from other contestants to claim the top prize: a coveted apprenticeship with the telecoms company. In the final stage of the competition, which has been running since September 2009, the [...]

The launch of Sure Indie, a third payment option for mobile phone users, is set to shake up the island’s telecoms market. For the first time, islanders will be able to choose a mobile service which provides the benefits of call minute and text message bundles without the need to sign up to a contract. [...]