Vodafone 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.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

In June 2025, the Vodafone Iceland brand was discontinued and replaced by Sýn.

History and services

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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

Vodafone Iceland also operated an Internet Exchange Point in cooperation with Síminn, called Múli-IXP.[8]

See also

• Sýn (media corporation)
• Internet in Iceland
• Telecommunications in Iceland