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Vodafone Iceland

Logo: Vodafone Group, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Telecommunications company in Iceland

Vodafone Iceland was an Icelandic telecommunications brand owned by the Icelandic company Sýn. Previously known as Fjarskipti hf., Vodafone á Íslandi and Og Vodafone ehf. The Vodafone Group franchised the brand and associated advertising styles, however had no controlling interest in the company.2 It is headquartered in Reykjavík.1 It employed 410 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2003Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersReykjavík1
  • Websitewww.vodafone.is
  • Legal formpublic company1

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Vodafone Iceland was an Icelandic telecommunications brand owned by the Icelandic company Sýn. Previously known as Fjarskipti hf., Vodafone á Íslandi and Og Vodafone ehf. The Vodafone Group franchised the brand and associated advertising styles, however had no controlling interest in the company. It was the first official partner network to hold the Vodafone brand.2

Corporate structure

Vodafone Iceland is part of a group headed by Vodafone. 126 entities, 31 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Vodafone Iceland offered mobile (2G/3G/4G/5G), fixed-line services as well as DSL and fiber Internet services to individuals and companies. It also provided a managed multicast IPTV and pay television services over digital terrestrial television, DVB-T2.

Vodafone Iceland previously ran Digital Iceland, the MMDS broadcasting system for the 365 corporation, from the 22 November 2006, until it was closed in 2017.

In 2014, the Icelandic public broadcaster RÚV, signed an agreement with Vodafone Iceland to run a shared system of DVB-T/T2 multiplexes to serve all of Iceland, facilitating the digital switchover. Vodafone Iceland, now Sýn, operates, the DVB digital transmission system by contract until 2028 and all RÚV channels are free-to-air, while customers can subscribe to pay-tv packages to access commercial channels by use of a CI Access Module, however distribution through IPTV is more popular.

Vodafone Iceland also operated an Internet Exchange Point in cooperation with Síminn, called Múli-IXP.

From Wikipedia’s article on Vodafone Iceland, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • telephony

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. 2003Founded Founded1

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