Telecommunications in Iceland
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The international dialling code is +354. The middle route is significant because it offers a diversified route around geological hazards related to the glaciers. There are no industrial data centers currently operating in Iceland.
The top-level domain is .is. Iceland has an Internet Exchange called the Reykjavik Internet Telecommunications in Iceland Exchange or the http://www.rix.is/ RIX There are four active submarine cable systems in Iceland. The CANTAT-3 system is near the end of its useful life and considered mostly irrelevant in contrast to the FARICE-1, Greenland Connect and DANICE systems. There are two backhaul providers in Iceland. These companies provider Internet, telephony, and video Telecommunications in Iceland services either unbundled or bundled in triple-play offerings via broadband and wireless networks. In Iceland, there are 196,984 (2001) fixed line telephones in use.
The Fjarski network offers access to the FARICE-1 cable landing station at Seyðisfjörður, and a route through the middle of the country. There are major Telecommunications in Iceland initiatives to bring industrial data centers to Iceland.
The Mila backhaul routes are north and south, while the Fjarski backhaul route is mainly through the mid section of the country. The Mila routes offer transit to both cable landing stations.
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). As of 1998 there are 3 AM, 70 FM (including repeaters), and 1 shortwave radio stations, and 260,000 radios. As of 1997, there are 14 (plus 156 low-power repeaters) television stations and 98,000 television sets. As of 2001, there are 20 ISPs in Iceland, and 220,000 Internet users. Iceland is connected to the DANICE, FARICE-1, Greenland Connect, and CANTAT-3 submarine communications cables. There are 325,037 (308,160 GSM, 16,877 NMT) mobile phones in use (2007). There are 88,253 xDSL subscriber connections as of June 30 2007 There are no area codes in Iceland, and all telephone numbers have seven digits.
Iceland has a diversified communications market that consists of multiple ISP, NSP, and cellular companies. One entity is named Míla (mi´la) and is a subsidiary of the LEC, Siminn.
Iceland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries, and is connected to two Intelsats in the Atlantic Ocean. The other is an entity named Fjarski and is an subsidiary of the Landsvirkjun Power Company.
