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Telecommunications in Iceland is a diversified market.

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Services [edit]

Internet [edit]

Data centres [edit]

Internet service providers [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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

Submarine cables [edit]

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

Mail [edit]

Print [edit]

Radio [edit]

Telephone [edit]

Landline [edit]

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.

Year Total (PSTN) Total Change
2010 132,069 152,895 -17.29%
2009 135,969 184,851 -4.48%
2008 140,858 193,512 3.66%
2007 134,622 186,688 -1.00%
2006 131,693 188,575 -2.72%
2005 134,258 193,852 1.77%
2004 133,504 190,478 -1.08%
2003 135,402 192,552 2.42%
2002 132,353 187,999 -4.34%

Source: Statistics Iceland (statice.is)

Year Total (PSTN) Total Change
2001 139,300 196,528 0.10%
2000 141,330 196,336 6.14%
1999 145,769 184,973 6.51%
1998 148,817 173,673 5.01%
1997 151,700 165,390 5.47%
1996 153,551 156,807 5.49%
1995 148,645 148,645 0.23%
1994 148,300 148,300 0.00%

Mobile [edit]

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.

Year NMT 450 GSM/UMTS Change
2010 341,077 3.38%
2009 9,783 329,932 1.63%
2008 12,291 324,631 4.12%
2007 15,854 311,785 2.22%
2006 17,827 305,013 7.20%
2005 19,480 284,521 5.35%
2004 21,300 270,072 5.35%
2003 23,302 256,368 8.94%
2002 25,100 235,338 6.38%

Source: Statistics Iceland (statice.is)

Year NMT 450 GSM/UMTS Change
2001 26,900 221,231 17.91%
2000 27,268 187,628 39.10%
1999 27,136 134,886 71.68%
1998 26,056 78,569 92.26%
1997 24,880 40,866 73.20%
1996 22,707 23,595 143.20%
1995 21,181 9,702 357.86%
1994 19,726 2,119 0.00%
Year NMT 450 GSM/UMTS Change
1993 17,409 0.00%
1992 15,164 0.00%
1991 12,889 0.00%
1990 10,010 0.00%
1989 7,893 0.00%
1988 6,519 0.00%
1987 5,008 0.00%
1986 2,106 0.00%

Telephone calling [edit]

Year Thousands of minutes Change
2010 742,791 4.91%
2009 708,040 3.42%
2008 684,649 32.40%
2007 517,105 14.81%
2006 450,422 9.61%
2005 410,940 2.99%
2004 399,017 12.59%
2003 354,389 3.33%
2002 342,962 19.63%
2001 286,685 16.30%
2000 246,514 24.83%
1999 197,475 39.49%
1998 141,566 0.00%

Source: Statistics Iceland (statice.is)

Text messaging [edit]

Year SMS Change
2010 171,931 17.27%
2009 146.615 2.37%
2008 143.216 5.72%
2007 135.474 9.89%
2006 123.285 -0.34%
2005 123.711 -19.79%
2004 154.236 8.31%
2003 142.403 14.43%
2002 124.451 37.97%
2001 90.201 46.48%
2000 61.581 0.00%
Year MMS Change
2010 1,355 3.12%
2009 1,314 39.64%
2008 941 -34.43%
2007 1,435 92.62%
2006 745 180.08%
2005 266 0.00%

Numbering [edit]

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 [edit]

Television in Iceland began in September 1966.

Television usage in Icelandic homes.
Year Television
set
Two or
more TVs
Digital
television
Satellite
television
Cable television or
Broadband television
2010 98% 50% 63% 8% 17%
2009 96% 50% 60% 9% 10%
2008 95% 57% 6%
2007 97% 57% 11%
2006 93% 47% 7% 8%
2005 98% 40% 6% 7%
2004 97%
2003 97% 19%
2002 97%

Source: Statistics Iceland (statice.is)

Related technology in Icelandic homes.
Year Flatscreen Home cinema VHS
player
DVD
player
Blu-ray
player
2010 54% 31% 64% 82% 2%
2009 48% 30% 67% 82%
2008 37% 33% 74% 83%
2007 26% 30% 80% 79%
2006 78% 81%
2005 90% 74%
2004
2003 54%
2002 91% 40%

References [edit]

External links [edit]

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