UTStarcom, which provides technology for internet-based television and broadband services in China and India, opened the facility at the site of the former western telephone exchange.
And the move could be the first of many such developments, with businesses locating testing facilities in the Island and making Jersey a major telecoms hub for Europe.
JT chief executive Graeme Millar said: ‘We are currently talking to a number of other international technology companies who are seeking a safe, robust and advanced environment to carry out live market testing of new services.’
