Telecommunications in Iceland

Telecommunications in Iceland is a diversified market.

Services

Internet

Data centres

• THOR Data Center ehf
• DataCell ehf
• Verne Global
• Basis ehf

Internet service providers

The largest Internet service providers in Iceland:

1. Síminn hf (Iceland Telecom)
2. Fjarskipti ehf (Vodafone Iceland)
3. IP-fjarskipti ehf (Tal)
4. Hringiðan ehf (Vortex)

Internet hosting service

Iceland has numerous internet hosting services:

• 1984 ehf
• Davíð og Golíat ehf
• Fjarskipti ehf (Vodafone Iceland)
• FlokiNET ehf
• Hringiðan ehf
• Netmiðlar ehf
• Netvistun ehf
• Nethönnun ehf
• Skýrr hf
• Síminn hf (Iceland Telecom)
• Tölvuþjónustan Geymir sf

Internet exchange point

Iceland has an internet exchange point called the Reykjavik Internet Exchange (RIX).

Submarine cables

Internet and telephone services rely on submarine communications cables for external traffic:

• CANTAT-3
• DANICE
• Emerald Express
• FARICE-1
• Greenland Connect

Mail

Print

Radio

Telephone

Landline

As of 2010 there are 152,895 landlines in use in Iceland of which 132,069 are PSTN. Since the peak number of 196,528 total landlines in 2001 there has been a decrease of 43,633 landlines as of 2009.

Mobile

As of 2010 there are 341,077 active GSM (2G) and UMTS (3G) subscriptions in use in Iceland. In 2010, all NMT (1G) networks were shut down.

Numbering

There are no area codes in Iceland, and all telephone numbers have seven digits. The international dialling code is +354. Due to the Icelandic naming system, people are listed by their first name in the telephone directory, and not by their last name (which is usually patronym, or, rarely, a matronym).

Television

Television in Iceland began in September 1966.

References

External links

• Reykjavik Internet Exchange (English)
• Reykjavik Internet Exchange (Icelandic)

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