The Isle of Man’s competitive tax regime is not its only big asset. The Manx government is well aware that, to continue to expand the island’s economy, its telecommunications infrastructure needs to keep pace with the increasing demands of business.

Financial services organisations tend to insist on resilient connectivity to prevent any single telecommunications failure causing an interruption to their business. With the increase in online business, gambling organisations have increasingly been demanding communications requirements because any interruption would mean being offline, resulting in potentially serious loss of earnings