Graystone Strategy acts as strategic advisor to Channel Islands Coop as the cooperative aims to launch MVNO on the Sure network in an historic first for the archipelago
Immediate release 23rd May 2024, London, UK: Graystone Strategy, specialist consultants in mobile and virtual mobile networks, announces today that it is acting as the principal advisor to The Channel Island Cooperative (Coop) and its proposed launch of Coop Mobile. As Sure progresses the purchase of Airtel-Vodafone, the launch of a new MVNO is part of a remedial plan to ensure consumer choice is protected in the Channel Island’s mobile market. Acting as the principal strategic and commercial advisor to the Coop, Graystone Strategy has helped Coop secure its wholesale contract with Sure and leverage the capabilities of its mobile network infrastructure, manage the regulatory process, develop the detailed business and investment case, and formulate the initial customer propositions. The Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority will now initiate a public consultation about the merger and the proposed MVNO. In Guernsey, the parties applied to the States of Guernsey’s Committee for Economic Development for approval. Provided the consultation concludes favourably in Jersey and approved by the States of Guernsey, it’s intended that Coop Mobile will launch 12 months after approval in both jurisdictions. If awarded the licences in each jurisdiction, Coop Mobile will provide residents in the Channel Islands with a third...
