Iceland - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

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The Iceland - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses report includes all relevant BuddeComm research data and analysis. Covering trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, internet, broadband, infrastructure and regulation. Please review the Executive Summary and Table of Contents for more details.

Iceland begins close-down of the PSTN

Iceland has one of the smallest yet most progressive telecom markets in Europe. The country in 2020 became the top in Europe for fibre penetration. It aims to provide a fixed broadband service of at least 100Mb/s to 99.9% of the population by the end of 2021, an ambitious target by international standards and one which it is likely to achieve given the progress which operators have made in extending the reach of fibre networks.

There is effective competition in the mobile and broadband markets, with a number of players having emerged to challenge the dominance of the two leading operators Siminn and Sn, which have interests across the telecom sectors. Sn was formerly Vodafone Iceland before being rebranded to reflect the company's move into broadband and broadcasting following its December 2017 acquisition of most of the telecoms and media interests of 365 Media. The new entrant, Nova, has become the leading player in the mobile market and has quickly expanded its presence in the fixed-line segment, particularly in fibre.

The telecom market has shown some resilience in recent years following the significant economic downturn a decade ago, supported by continuing investment in mobile and fixed-line broadband infrastructure by operators and well as by the government's Telecommunications Fund which is supporting Next Generation Access networks, particularly in rural areas.

Key developments:

Iceland becomes top-ranked European country for FttP penetration;

Sn signs sale and leaseback deal for its passive infrastructure;

Siminn contracts Ericsson to build its 5G RAN, aiming for national 5G coverage by end-2022;

Government adds ISK450 million to Telecommunications Fund for fibre network builds;

Farice contracts builder for the IRIS submarine cable to Ireland;

Siminn begins process to close down its PSTN;

Sn extends 500Mb/s FttP service to northern areas of Iceland;

Report update includes the regulator's market data to December 2021, operator data to Q1 2022, updated Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Sn (Vodafone Iceland), Siminn, Nova, Tal, 365 Media.

1 Key statistics

2 Regional Europe Market Comparison

2.1 Market characteristics
2.2 Market Leaders
2.3 Market Challengers
2.4 Market Emergents
2.5 TMI versus GDP
2.6 Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
2.7 Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration

3 Country overview

4 Telecommunications market

4.1 Historical overview

5 Regulatory environment

5.1 Historical overview
5.2 Regulatory authority
5.3 Fixed-line developments
5.4 Mobile network developments

6 Mobile market

6.1 Market analysis
6.2 Mobile statistics
6.3 Mobile infrastructure
6.4 Major mobile operators
6.5 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO)

7 Fixed-line broadband market

7.1 Market analysis
7.2 Broadband statistics
7.3 Government policies
7.4 Fixed-line broadband technologies

8 Fixed network operators

8.1 Siminn
8.2 Sn

9 Telecommunications infrastructure

9.1 Overview of the national telecom network
9.2 VoIP
9.3 International infrastructure

10 Data centres

11 Appendix Historic data

12 Glossary of abbreviations

13 Related reports

Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities Iceland 2022 (e)
Table 2 Development of telecom market revenue (ISK billion) by sector 2012 2021
Table 3 Development of telecom market investment (ISK billion) by sector 2012 2021
Table 4 Change in the number of fixed number portings 2013 2021
Table 5 Growth in the number of mobile numbers ported 2013 2021
Table 6 Growth in the number of mobile voice subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 7 Change in the number of mobile voice subscribers (thousand) by operator (regulator data) 2012 2021
Table 8 Change in mobile market share of voice subscribers by operator 2012 2021
Table 9 Growth in mobile voice traffic (Million minutes) by type 2012 2021
Table 10 Change in mobile sector revenue 2012 2021
Table 11 Change in the number of prepaid and contract market subscribers 2012 2021
Table 12 Development in the number of prepaid subscribers by operator 2012 2021
Table 13 Change in the number of active mobile phone cards by type 2012 2021
Table 14 Change in the proportion of active GSM and 3G cards 2012 2021
Table 15 Growth in the number of M2M subscriptions 2013 2021
Table 16 Growth in mobile data only traffic (TB) by operator 2012 2021
Table 17 Growth in mobile data traffic (PB) by type 2012 2021
Table 18 Increase in the number of mobile data-only subscribers 2012 2021
Table 19 Decline in the number of SMS (Million) traffic by operator 2012 2021
Table 20 Change in the number of MMS (Thousand) traffic by operator 2012 2021
Table 21 Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers by operator (voice and data) 2012 2021
Table 22 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 23 Growth in the number of mobile broadband data only subscribers 2012 2021
Table 24 Growth in fixed internet and data revenue 2012 2021
Table 25 Development of fixed broadband subscribers by platform 2012 2021
Table 26 Broadband penetration by access type 2012 2021
Table 27 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 28 Annual growth in DSL and fibre lines 2012 2021
Table 29 Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by operator 2012 2021
Table 30 Decline in the number of DSL subscribers by operator 2012 2021
Table 31 Change in the number of fixed broadband connections by speed 2015 2021
Table 32 Change in the proportion of broadband connections by speed, new style (Mb/s) 2015 2021
Table 33 Growth in the number of fibre subscribers by operator 2012 2021
Table 34 Growth in fibre market share of fixed broadband connections 2012 2021
Table 35 Decline in the number of wireless broadband subscribers 2012 2021
Table 36 Development of Siminn Group's financial data (ISK billion) 2012 2022
Table 37 Development of Siminn Group's revenue (ISK billion) by type 2016 2022
Table 38 Development of Sn's financial data (ISK billion) 2012 2022
Table 39 Development of Sn's revenue (ISK billion) by sector 2017 2022
Table 40 Change in the number of fixed-line access channels: PSTN and ISDN 2012 2021
Table 41 Decline in the number of fixed-lines in service and Teledensity 2012 2027
Table 42 Change in the number of fixed-line subscribers by operator 2015 2021
Table 43 Change in fixed-line subscriber market share by operator 2012 2021
Table 44 Decline in fixed-line traffic (PSTN/ISDN) (million minutes) 2012 2021
Table 45 Development of fixed-line revenue (ISK billion) 2012 2021
Table 46 Change in the number of VoIP and IP connections 2012 2021
Table 47 International internet bandwidth 2012 2017
Table 48 Historic - Telecom market revenue (Krona million) by sector 2004 2011
Table 49 Historic - Telecom market investment (Krona million) by sector 2004 2011
Table 50 Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate 1997 2011
Table 51 Historic - Mobile subscribers (thousand): analogue and GSM 1995 2012
Table 52 Historic - Mobile voice traffic (Million minutes) 2000 2011
Table 53 Historic - Prepaid and contract market subscribers 2000 2011
Table 54 Historic - SMS traffic by operator (million) 2000 2011
Table 55 Historic - Internet users and penetration rate 1996 2015
Table 56 Historic - Broadband subscribers 2002 2011
Table 57 Historic - DSL subscribers by operator 2004 2011
Table 58 Historic - Fibre subscribers by operator 2005 2011
Table 59 Historic - Annual growth in DSL and fibre lines 2001 2011
Table 60 Historic - Fibre market share of fixed broadband connections 2003 2011
Table 61 Historic - Dial-up internet calls 2007 2017
Table 62 Historic - Fixed-line access channels (thousand): PSTN and ISDN 1995 2011
Table 63 Historic - Fixed-line traffic (PSTN/ISDN) (Million minutes) 2000 2011
Table 64 Historic - Fixed-line (PSTN) subscribers by operator 2006 2016
Table 65 Historic - Proportion of broadband connections by speed, old style (Mb/s) 2015 2017
Table 66 Historic - Satellite broadband subscribers 2005 2017
Table 67 Historic - Wireless broadband subscribers 2004 2011
Table 68 Historic - Siminn Group financial data (ISK billion) 2006 2011
Table 69 Historic - International internet bandwidth 2001 2011
Table 70 Historic - Change in the number of mobile voice subscribers by operator (regulator data) 2005 2011
Table 71 Historic - Change in mobile market share of voice subscribers by operator 2006 2011
Table 72 Historic - Change in mobile sector revenue 2007 2011
Table 73 Historic - Development in the number of prepaid subscribers by operator 2006 2011
Table 74 Historic - Change in the number of active mobile phone cards by type 2006 2011
Table 75 Historic - Change in the proportion of active GMS and UMTS cards 2008 2011
Table 76 Historic - Growth in mobile data only traffic (GB) by operator 2008 2011
Table 77 Historic - Growth in mobile data traffic (GB) by type 2008 2011
Table 78 Historic - Change in the number of MMS (thousand) traffic by operator 2007 2011
Table 79 Historic - Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2009 2011
Table 80 Historic - Growth in fixed internet and data revenue 2007 2011
Table 81 Historic - Broadband penetration by access type 2004 2011
Table 82 Historic - Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2009 2011
Table 83 Historic - Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by operator 2008 2011
Table 84 Historic - Decline in the number of fixed-lines in service and penetration 2009 2011
Table 85 Historic - Change in fixed-line subscriber market share by operator 2006 2011
Table 86 Historic - Development of fixed-line revenue (Krona billion) 2007 2011
Table 87 Historic - Change in the number of VoIP and IP connections 2007 2011
Chart 1 Europe Telecoms Maturity Index Market Leaders
Chart 2 Europe Telecoms Maturity Index Market Challengers
Chart 3 Europe Telecoms Maturity Index Market Emergents
Chart 4 Europe - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
Chart 5 Europe Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 6 Scandinavia/Baltics fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 7 Northern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 8 Eastern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 9 Southern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 10 Development of telecom market revenue by sector 2012 2021
Chart 11 Development of telecom market investment by sector 2012 2021
Chart 12 Growth in the number of mobile voice subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 13 Change in the number of mobile voice subscribers by operator (regulator data) 2012 2021
Chart 14 Change in mobile market share of voice subscribers by operator 2012 2021
Chart 15 Growth in mobile voice traffic by type 2012 2021
Chart 16 Change in mobile sector revenue 2012 2021
Chart 17 Change in the number of prepaid and contract market subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 18 Development in the number of prepaid subscribers by operator 2012 2021
Chart 19 Change in the number of active mobile phone cards by type 2012 2021
Chart 20 Change in the proportion of active GMS and 3G cards 2012 2021
Chart 21 Growth in the number of M2M subscriptions 2013 2021
Chart 22 Growth in mobile data traffic by type 2012 2021
Chart 23 Decline in the number of SMS traffic by operator 2012 2021
Chart 24 Change in the number of MMS traffic by operator 2012 2021
Chart 25 Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers by operator (voice and data) 2012 2021
Chart 26 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 27 Growth in fixed internet and data revenue 2012 2021
Chart 28 Development of fixed broadband subscribers by platform 2012 2021
Chart 29 Broadband penetration by access type 2012 2021
Chart 30 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 31 Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by operator 2012 2021
Chart 32 Decline in the number of DSL subscribers by operator 2012 2021
Chart 33 Change in the number of fixed broadband connections by speed 2015 2021
Chart 34 Change in the proportion of broadband connections by speed, new style (Mb/s) 2015 2021
Chart 35 Development of Siminn Group's financial data 2012 2022
Chart 36 Development of Siminn Group's revenue by type 2016 2022
Chart 37 Development of Sn's financial data 2012 2022
Chart 38 Development of Sn's revenue by sector 2017 2022
Chart 39 Decline in the number of fixed-lines in service and teledensity 2012 2027
Chart 40 Change in the number of fixed-line subscribers by operator 2015 2021
Chart 41 Change in fixed-line subscriber market share by operator 2015 2021
Chart 42 Decline in fixed-line traffic (PSTN/ISDN) 2012 2021
Chart 43 Development of fixed-line revenue 2012 2021
Chart 44 Change in the number of VoIP and IP connections 2012 2021
Exhibit 1 Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Europe
Exhibit 2 Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 3 Europe Market Leaders and market developments
Exhibit 4 Europe Market Challengers and market developments
Exhibit 5 Europe Market Emergents and market developments
Exhibit 6 Spectrum auction results (700MHz, 800MHz, 2.1GHz, 26.8GHz) June 2017

Iceland - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses