各国电信商介绍-冰岛电信[英文篇]
阅读提示：冰岛电信（冰岛语：Síminn），也叫作Landssíminn，是冰岛前国有公司。在2005年的7月28日，公司以6千6百7十亿的价格卖给了Skipti公司。冰岛电信在电视业投资巨大，拥有电视频道Skjár 1，Síminn同样通过ADSL和宽带进行广播。Iceland Telecom, (Icelandic: Síminn), also known as Landssíminn, is the previously state-owned telecom company in Iceland. On July 28, 2005, the company was sold to Skipti for ISK 66,7 billion (ca. $1 billion).
Síminn has invested heavily in the television industry in Iceland and owns Skjár 1, an Icelandic television channel. Síminn also broadcasts over ADSL and broadband.
In December 2005 the company announced that the three companies, Síminn, slenska sjónvarpsfélagi (English: The Icelandic Television Company) (which owns Skjár 1) and the parent company, Skipti, would be merged into one company, called Síminn.
History
Landssími slands was founded by the Icelandic government in 1906 when Iceland was, for the first time, in contact with other countries via phone. In the beginning there were many demonstrations against the idea of the phone but Hannes Hafstein, Iceland's first prime minister was able to push the subject through.
It took 54 years to put phone lines in the Icelandic country side.
In 1935, Landssími slands merged with the Icelandic postal service and a new company, Póstur og Sími, was created. In 1998 the company was split up, the postal service, slandspóstur, and the phone service, Landssími slands. Today Landssími slands uses the name Síminn in Iceland because it is more market friendly.
Competition
Síminn has always been the biggest player on the Icelandic phone and Internet market. This is because Síminn was, until recently, the only phone company in Iceland. This did change when the first co