Selt­jarnarnes

Seltjarnar­nes­bær, Selt­jarnarnes — Iceland

The Munic­i­pal­ity of Selt­jarnarnes, who is one of seven munic­i­pal­i­ties that form the Reyk­javik Cap­i­tal Area, will by the end of 2006 be the first munic­i­pal­ity in Ice­land to have 100% fibre con­nec­tion to every build­ing, home and firm.

Selt­jarnarnes took the lead in FttH devel­op­ment in Ice­land late in the year 2004 by sign­ing a col­lab­o­ra­tion agree­ment with Reyk­javik Energy to fin­ish “the last mile” and deploy fibre to every house­hold, build­ing and firm in the Munic­i­pal­ity in less than 24 months, with­out addi­tional cost for the inhab­i­tants. The project is in last stages and the area is “light­ing” up. The Munic­i­pal­ity sees the fibre deploy­ment as a great oppor­tu­nity to pro­vide a robust infra­struc­ture which will help to enhance the Munic­i­pal­i­ties basic ser­vices and cre­ate a thriv­ing envi­ron­ment for edu­ca­tion, cul­ture and small, emerg­ing busi­nesses and other.

Ice­land is emerg­ing as one of lead­ing broad­band nations and has been among the top four coun­tries with high­est broad­band pen­e­tra­tion for some time now. The Ice­landic broad­band mar­ket is small but tech­no­log­i­cally advanced, pro­vid­ing mod­ern ser­vices for its highly urbanised and pros­per­ous pop­u­la­tion. Cur­rently there are sev­eral FttH projects run­ning and accord­ing to Reyk­javik Energy’s plans the com­pany will con­nect around 90.000 homes directly to fibre in the next five years.

Con­tact infor­ma­tion
Con­tact per­son: Óskar Sand­holt — Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, edu­ca­tion, cul­ture & devel­op­ment
Web­site: http://www.seltjarnarnes.is