Telecommunications in Iceland is a diversified market.
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Data centres
Internet service providers
The largest Internet service providers in Iceland:
- Iceland Telecom (Síminn hf)
- Vodafone Iceland (Fjarskipti ehf)
- Farice (Farice ehf)
- Vortex (Hringiðan ehf)
Internet hosting service
Iceland has numerous internet hosting services:
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:
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. Nova was first to offer 4G followed by Siminn.
Telephone numbers
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.