Editing Telecommunications in Iceland (section)

== Services ==
=== Internet ===
{{Main|Internet in Iceland}}

==== Data centres ====
* [[Advania|THOR Data Center ehf]]
* DataCell ehf
* Verne Global
* [http://www.basis.is Basis ehf]

==== Internet service providers ====
The largest [[Internet service provider]]s in Iceland:

# [[Síminn]] (Síminn hf)
# [[Vodafone Iceland]] ([[Sýn (media corporation)|Sýn hf]])
# [[Nova (telecommunications)|Nova]] (Nova hf)
# [[Vortex (ISP)|Hringiðan]] (Hringiðan ehf / Vortex Inc)
# [[Hringdu]] (Hringdu ehf)

==== Internet hosting service ====
Iceland has numerous [[internet hosting service]]s:

* (1984 ehf)
* [[Advania]] (Advania ehf)
* (Davíð og Golíat ehf)
* [http://www.flokinet.is/ FlokiNET] (FlokiNET ehf)
* [[Síminn]] (Síminn hf)
* (Netmiðlar ehf)
* (Netvistun ehf)
* (Nethönnun ehf)
* [https://techsupport.is TechSupport á Íslandi] (TechSupport á Íslandi ehf)
* (Tölvuþjónustan Geymir sf)
* [[Vodafone Iceland]] ([[Sýn (media corporation)|Sýn hf]])
* [[Vortex (ISP)|Vortex]] (Hringiðan ehf)

==== Internet exchange points ====
Iceland has two [[Internet exchange point]]s. They are the [[Reykjavik Internet Exchange|Reykjavik Internet Exchange (RIX)]] and [[Múli-IXP]].

=== Mail ===
{{Main|Íslandspóstur}}

=== Print ===
{{See also|List of newspapers in Iceland}}

==== [[Newspaper|Daily newspapers]] ====
* [[Morgunblaðið]]

==== [[Weekly newspaper|Weekly]] and bi-weekly Newspapers ====
* [[DV (newspaper)|DV]]
* [[Viðskiptablaðið]]
* Bændablaðið
* [[Heimildin]] <!-- is an Icelandic weekly newspaper .. founded in January 2023 with the merge of [[Stundin]] and [[Kjarnin]] -->

==== English Language Newspapers ====
* [[The Reykjavík Grapevine]]

=== Radio ===
Iceland use [[FM broadcasting|FM]] and [[longwave]] radio broadcasts. Nationwide networks which cover the whole country include public radio stations Rás 1 and Rás 2 as well as Bylgjan. Other commercial broadcasters mostly operate in the Reykjavík area, and many are available in more populated areas. There are no current plans to implement [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]] broadcasting, due to ample bandwidth and cost.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fjarskiptastofa |title=Samráð Póst- og fjarskiptastofnunar um úthlutun tíðna fyrir hljóðvarp – FM og DAB. |url=https://www.fjarskiptastofa.is/library/?itemid=49c96cca-1b88-11e7-9408-005056bc0bdb}}</ref> All FM stations are also available over [[internet radio]], with some smaller stations being only distributed over internet radio. [[Longwave radio]] service is operated by public broadcaster [[RÚV]], however the longwave service will be completely decommissioned in 2024 (with [[Eiðar longwave transmitter|one transmitter site]] already decommissioned in 2023).

==== [[Public broadcasting|Public broadcasters:]] ====
* [[RÚV]] (nationwide coverage)
** [[Rás 1]]
** [[Rás 2]]
* [[BBC World Service]]

===== [[Commercial broadcasting|Commercial broadcasters]] =====
* [[Bylgjan]] (nationwide coverage)
* K100
* [[FM 957 (Icelandic radio station)|FM 957]]
* X-ið
* Suðurland FM
* 101
* Útvarp Saga
* [[KISS-FM (brand)|KissFM]]
* Gullbylgjan
* Léttbylgjan
* Íslenska Bylgjan
* Retro 89.5
* Flashback 91.9
* Lindin

=== 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
|}

{|
|valign=top|
{| 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%
|}
|valign=top|
{| 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%
|-
|}

|valign=top|

{| 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).

=== Television ===
{{Main|Television in Iceland}}

Television in Iceland began in September 1966.

{|
|valign=top|
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ Television usage in Icelandic homes
! Year
! [[Television set|TV<br>set]]
! Two or<br />more TVs
! [[Digital television|Digital]] <br />[[Digital television|television]]
! [[Satellite television|Satellite]] <br />[[Satellite television|television]]
! [[Cable television|Cable]] or <br />[[Internet television|Broadband TV]]
|-
| 2010
| 98%
| 50%
| 63%
| 8%
| 17%
|-
| 2009
| 96%
| 50%
| 60%
| 9%
| 10%
|-
| 2008
| 95%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| 57%
| 6%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
|-
| 2007
| 97%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| 57%
| 11%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
|-
| 2006
| 93%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| 47%
| 7%
| 8%
|-
| 2005
| 98%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| 40%
| 6%
| 7%
|-
| 2004
| 97%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
|-
| 2003
| 97%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| 19%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
|-
| 2002
| 97%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
|}

|valign=top|
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ Related technology in Icelandic homes
! Year
! [[Flat-panel display|Flatscreen]]
! [[Home cinema|Home<br>cinema]]
! [[VHS]] <br />player
! [[DVD]] <br />player
! [[Blu-ray Disc|Blu-ray]] <br />player
|-
| 2010
| 54%
| 31%
| 64%
| 82%
| 2%
|-
| 2009
| 48%
| 30%
| 67%
| 82%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
|-
| 2008
| 37%
| 33%
| 74%
| 83%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
|-
| 2007
| 26%
| 30%
| 80%
| 79%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
|-
| 2006
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| 78%
| 81%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
|-
| 2005
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| 90%
| 74%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
|-
| 2004
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
|-
| 2003
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| 54%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
|-
| 2002
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| style="text-align: center;" | –
| 91%
| 40%
| style="text-align: center;" | –
|}
|}