STATES departments in Alderney will benefit from a new wireless link with Guernsey.

The technology, developed by the States of Guernsey ICT team in consultation with a local IT firm, uses a transmission dish on the roof of Beau Sejour Leisure centre connected to a receiver on the air traffic control tower in Alderney.

From there it is transmitted via a series of ‘hops’ to a receiver at the breakwater, from where it is fed to the Mignot Memorial Hospital.

The project cost £90,000 and will allow faster access to medical images and enhance the use of the new electronic health and social care record system, which will be implemented over the next couple of years.

Other departments who will benefit from the faster link include the police, States Works, the courts and the States office.

Future connections will include the Alderney harbour office and St Anne’s School.

Garry Fusellier (pictured), information security officer in ICT for the States of Guernsey, oversaw the project.

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