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03.02.2004
Greatly Improved Security for Iceland’s International Telecommunications
- International voice and data transmission capacity increases thousandfold

Today can safely be said to mark a major turning point in Icelandic telecommunications with the formal opening of the FARICE submarine transmission cable, linking Iceland and Scotland via the Faroe Islands.



18.11.2003
Iceland Telecom – Síminn´s profits in the first nine months of the year 2003 amounted to 1.615 million IKR compared to 1.779 million for the same period in the year 2002. This decrease is mainly caused by exchange rate difference which was negative to the amount of 170 million IKR.

29.08.2003
Iceland Telecom – Síminn´s profits in the first six months of the year 2003 amounted to just over 977 million IKR compared to 1001 million for the same period in the year 2002.

18.11.2002
Iceland Telecom - Síminn’s profits in the first nine months of the year 2002 amounted to 1.779 million IKR compared to 790 million IKR for the same period in the year 2001. All the main elements of the financial statement were according to plan.

16.10.2002
Ericsson will supply a total MMS solution including core infrastructure, MMS Center, mobile data gateways and a range of support services to Iceland Telecom.

22.08.2002
Iceland Telecom’s profits in the first half of the year 2002 amounted to 1.001 million IKR compared to 390 million IKR for the same period in the year 2001.

16.07.2002
Brynjólfur Bjarnason, former CEO of Grandi, has joined Iceland Telecom (Síminn) as its new CEO. He replaces Mr. Óskar Jósefsson, who now rejoins PwC after a one year long tenure as an interim CEO.

10.05.2002
Iceland Telecom profits for the first quarter for the year 2002 amounted to 510 million IKR. This exceeds estimations made by Iceland Telecom for the period.

11.04.2002
Iceland Telecom and Narad Networks agree on united experimenting with a revolutionary technique on the Broadband.

01.03.2002
The decision has been made to bring to an end the process of selling a substantial interest in Iceland Telecom to a core investor.

25.01.2002
Iceland Telecom will start broadcasting digital TV next fall. Digital TV is a new kind of broadcasting technology, which greatly increases the opportunities of TV-broadcasting.

25.01.2002
- a 1.100 million kr profit after taxes estimated for the whole year.

21.12.2001
Two organizations sent the Iceland Excecutive Committee on Privatization offers to be core investor in Iceland Telecom on the 7th of December 2001.

21.12.2001
Two organizations sent the Iceland Excecutive Committee on Privatization offers to be core investor in Iceland Telecom on the 7th of December 2001.

26.11.2001
The sale of shares in Landssími Íslands to a core investor is proceeding well.

26.11.2001
The sale of shares in Landssími Íslands to a core investor is proceeding well.

04.09.2001
Iceland´s Executive Committee on Privatisation has recently been engaged in preparations for the sale of shares in Iceland Telecom (Landssími Íslands hf.) in line with the policy laid down by the Government and the Ministerial Committee on Privatisation last winter.

04.09.2001
Iceland´s Executive Committee on Privatisation has recently been engaged in preparations for the sale of shares in Iceland Telecom (Landssími Íslands hf.) in line with the policy laid down by the Government and the Ministerial Committee on Privatisation last winter.




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