Vodafone Iceland

Vodafone Iceland logo

Country/Region

Company Name

Sýn hf.

Ownership Type

Publicly Traded Company

MNC

02

3G UMTS Frequency Bands

4G LTE Frequency Bands

Company Overview

Vodafone Iceland is a mobile network operating in Iceland. The company was founded in 1998 as Íslandssími, and became Og Vodafone hf in 2003 following the merger of TAL, Halló-Frjáls Fjarskipti, and Íslandssími. The company was rebranded to Vodafone Iceland in 2006. Vodafone Iceland is operated by Syn hf., the new company name for Fjarskipti hf. following its acquisition of 365 Broadcast in 2018. Syn hf is a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq Iceland exchange.

The company has provided 2G GSM over 900 and 1800 MHz bands since April 1998. 3G UMTS services were launched in December 2007 and upgraded to HSPA+ in August 2013. The company entered into a 50-50 network sharing agreement with Nova in November 2013, to operate a shared mobile network under a newly established common infrastructure company.

Vodafone launched its 4G LTE network in July 2013 over B20 (800 MHz), adding B3 (1800 MHz) and B1 (2100 MHz) in conjunction with Nova, following spectrum acquisition over 2016 and 2017.

The company has announced intention to roll out NB-IoT in 2019-2020.

3G UMTS Network Information

Details on UMTS network deployments are shown below. Data are often incomplete due to commercial nature. Consult dossier text for further details.

Launch Date 2007-12 Status Active
UMTS BandPacket DataStatus
Active
4G LTE Network Information

Details on LTE network deployments are shown below. Data are often incomplete due to commercial nature. Consult dossier text for further details.

Evolution Status Active [Launched 2013-07]
Max. MIMO Max. Modulation
Carrier Aggregation - Features -
LTE BandChannel WidthStatus
10 MHz Active
20 MHz Active
20 MHz Active
IoT Network - NB-IoT (LTE Cat-NB1)
Technology Status Planned
Band - Launch Date -