Editing Telecommunications in Iceland (section)

=== Telephone ===
==== Landline ====
As of 2022 there are 116,142 [[landline]]s in use in [[Iceland]] of which 80,106 are [[Voice over IP|VoIP]], 34,527 are [[Public switched telephone network|PSTN]] and 644 are [[Integrated Services Digital Network|ISDN]]. The number of landlines in Iceland has been slowly decreasing since their peak in 2001 at 196,528. Meanwhile, the number of VoIP subscriptions have been rising, from 58,311 in 2016 to 76,122 in 2018. 2018 was the first year that VoIP subscriptions surpassed PSTN subscriptions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pfs.is/library/Skrar/Tolfraedi/Tolfraediskyrslur-PFS/Tölfræðiskýrsla_%202018_meðFors%C3%ADðu.pdf|title=PFS Tölfræðaskýrsla 2018|date=1 June 2019}}</ref> Analogue [[Public switched telephone network|PSTN]]/[[Plain old telephone service|POTS]] and [[ISDN]] telephone services were phased out from 2020 to 2024, replaced by [[Voice over IP|VoIP]] services.<ref name=":0" />

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
! Year
! Total ([[Public switched telephone network|PSTN]])
! Total
! Change
|-
| 2010
| 132,069
| 152,895
| style="color: red;" | -17.29%
|-
| 2009
| 135,969
| 184,851
| style="color: red;" | -4.48%
|-
| 2008
| 140,858
| 193,512
| style="color: green;" | 3.66%
|-
| 2007
| 134,622
| 186,688
| style="color: red;" | -1.00%
|-
| 2006
| 131,693
| 188,575
| style="color: red;" | -2.72%
|-
| 2005
| 134,258
| 193,852
| style="color: green;" | 1.77%
|-
| 2004
| 133,504
| 190,478
| style="color: red;" | -1.08%
|-
| 2003
| 135,402
| 192,552
| style="color: green;" | 2.42%
|-
| 2002
| 132,353
| 187,999
| style="color: red;" | -4.34%
|-
| 2001
| 139,300
| 196,528
| style="color: green;" | 0.10%
|-
| 2000
| 141,330
| 196,336
| style="color: green;" | 6.14%
|-
| 1999
| 145,769
| 184,973
| style="color: green;" | 6.51%
|-
| 1998
| 148,817
| 173,673
| style="color: green;" | 5.01%
|-
| 1997
| 151,700
| 165,390
| style="color: green;" | 5.47%
|-
| 1996
| 153,551
| 156,807
| style="color: green;" | 5.49%
|-
| 1995
| 148,645
| 148,645
| style="color: green;" | 0.23%
|-
| 1994
| 148,300
| 148,300
| style="color: blue;" | 0.00%
|}

<small>Source: [[Statistics Iceland]] ([http://www.statice.is/?PageID=1239&src=/temp_en/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=SAM06102%26ti=Access+channels+in+the+fixed+telephone+network+and+broadband+connections+1994%2D2009++%26path=../Database/ferdamal/Fjarskipti/%26lang=1%26units=Number/per%20capita statice.is])</small>

==== Mobile ====
{{See also|List of mobile operators in Iceland}}
As of 2022, there are 521,722 active mobile subscriptions in use in Iceland. 4G and 5G services are operated by 3 mobile operators, and 2G and 3G are still in operation until 2025. [[Nova (Iceland)|NOVA]] was the first network to offer 4G in 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2013/04/08/nova-launches-first-4g-network-in-iceland/|title=Nova launches first 4G network in Iceland|work=telegeography.com|access-date=12 July 2015}}</ref> and first to offer 5G in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-19|title=5G-væðingin hafin að fullu – Kortunum fjölgaði úr 119 í tólf þúsund á sex mánuðum|url=https://kjarninn.is/frettir/5g-vaedingin-hafin-ad-fullu-kortunum-fjolgadi-ur-119-i-tolf-thusund-a-sex-manudum/|access-date=2022-02-23|website=Kjarninn|language=is}}</ref> [[Síminn]] and [[Vodafone Iceland|Vodafone]] launched their 4G service in 2013 and 5G in 2021. [[2G]] and [[3G]] services are due to be shut down in 2025. The [[Nordic Mobile Telephone|NMT]] ([[1G]]) network was shut down in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=<!-- Note 2G (3G) shutdown-delay to 2025, see other source. --> Icelandic 2G network to shut down by end of 2024, 3G by end of 2025 |url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/icelandic-2g-network-to-shut-down-by-end-of-2024-3g-by-end-of-2025--1414365 |website=www.telecompaper.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! Year
! NMT 450
! GSM/UMTS
! Change
|-
| 2010
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| 341,077
| style="color: green;" | 3.38%
|-
| 2009
| 9,783
| 329,932
| style="color: green;" | 1.63%
|-
| 2008
| 12,291
| 324,631
| style="color: green;" | 4.12%
|-
| 2007
| 15,854
| 311,785
| style="color: green;" | 2.22%
|-
| 2006
| 17,827
| 305,013
| style="color: green;" | 7.20%
|-
| 2005
| 19,480
| 284,521
| style="color: green;" | 5.35%
|-
| 2004
| 21,300
| 270,072
| style="color: green;" | 5.35%
|-
| 2003
| 23,302
| 256,368
| style="color: green;" | 8.94%
|-
| 2002
| 25,100
| 235,338
| style="color: green;" | 6.38%
|-
| 2001
| 26,900
| 221,231
| style="color: green;" | 17.91%
|-
| 2000
| 27,268
| 187,628
| style="color: green;" | 39.10%
|-
| 1999
| 27,136
| 134,886
| style="color: green;" | 71.68%
|-
| 1998
| 26,056
| 78,569
| style="color: green;" | 92.26%
|-
| 1997
| 24,880
| 40,866
| style="color: green;" | 73.20%
|-
| 1996
| 22,707
| 23,595
| style="color: green;" | 143.20%
|-
| 1995
| 21,181
| 9,702
| style="color: green;" | 357.86%
|-
| 1994
| 19,726
| 2,119
| rowspan=9|
|-
| 1993
| 17,409
| rowspan=8|

|-
| 1992
| 15,164

|-
| 1991
| 12,889

|-
| 1990
| 10,010

|-
| 1989
| 7,893
|-
| 1988
| 6,519
|-
| 1987
| 5,008
|-
| 1986
| 2,106
|}

{|
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+Voice calls
! Year
! Thousands of<br>minutes
! Change
|-
| 2010
| 742,791
| style="color: green;" | 4.91%
|-
| 2009
| 708,040
| style="color: green;" | 3.42%
|-
| 2008
| 684,649
| style="color: green;" | 32.40%
|-
| 2007
| 517,105
| style="color: green;" | 14.81%
|-
| 2006
| 450,422
| style="color: green;" | 9.61%
|-
| 2005
| 410,940
| style="color: green;" | 2.99%
|-
| 2004
| 399,017
| style="color: green;" | 12.59%
|-
| 2003
| 354,389
| style="color: green;" | 3.33%
|-
| 2002
| 342,962
| style="color: green;" | 19.63%
|-
| 2001
| 286,685
| style="color: green;" | 16.30%
|-
| 2000
| 246,514
| style="color: green;" | 24.83%
|-
| 1999
| 197,475
| style="color: green;" | 39.49%
|-
| 1998
| 141,566
| style="color: blue;" | 0.00%
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+Text messages (SMS)
! Year
! [[SMS]]
! Change
|-
| 2010
| 171,931
| style="color: green;" | 17.27%
|-
| 2009
| 146.615
| style="color: green;" | 2.37%
|-
| 2008
| 143.216
| style="color: green;" | 5.72%
|-
| 2007
| 135.474
| style="color: green;" | 9.89%
|-
| 2006
| 123.285
| style="color: red;" | -0.34%
|-
| 2005
| 123.711
| style="color: red;" | -19.79%
|-
| 2004
| 154.236
| style="color: green;" | 8.31%
|-
| 2003
| 142.403
| style="color: green;" | 14.43%
|-
| 2002
| 124.451
| style="color: green;" | 37.97%
|-
| 2001
| 90.201
| style="color: green;" | 46.48%
|-
| 2000
| 61.581
| style="color: blue;" | 0.00%
|-
|}

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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+Text messages (MMS)
! Year
! [[Multimedia Messaging Service|MMS]]
! Change
|-
| 2010
| 1,355
| style="color: green;" | 3.12%
|-
| 2009
| 1,314
| style="color: green;" | 39.64%
|-
| 2008
| 941
| style="color: red;" | -34.43%
|-
| 2007
| 1,435
| style="color: green;" | 92.62%
|-
| 2006
| 745
| style="color: green;" | 180.08%
|-
| 2005
| 266
| style="color: blue;" | 0.00%
|-
|}

|}
<small>Source: [[Statistics Iceland]] ([http://www.statice.is/?PageID=1239&src=/temp_en/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=SAM06107%26ti=Traffic+in+cellular+mobile+telephone+networks+1998%2D2009++%26path=../Database/ferdamal/Fjarskipti/%26lang=1%26units=Minutes/number statice.is])</small>

==== Telephone numbers ====
{{Main|Telephone numbers in Iceland}}

There are no [[area code]]s in Iceland as such, and all ordinary telephone numbers have seven digits. The [[List of country calling codes|international dialling code]] is +354. Numbers of [[mobile phone]]s tend to begin with either 6, 7 or 8, while [[landline]] numbers start with 5 (in Reykjavík) or 4 (outside Reykjavík).