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Ísland ljóstengt (Iceland Fibre-Connected)

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Iceland's Telecommunications Fund has co-financed fibre-to-the-home broadband for rural farms and remote settlements since 2016, bringing fibre to about 82% of rural households via 57 municipalities by 2024, with a government-funded push to reach 100% coverage by 2026.

~5,500
Rural locations connected via the Telecommunications Fund (2022)
82 %
Rural households connected (2024)
57
Local authorities receiving Fund support (2024)

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Icelandic Ministry of Infrastructure / Telecommunications Fund (Fjarskiptasjóður)
Period
2016-2026 (ongoing)
Keywords
rural broadband, fibre-to-the-home, digital divide, telecommunications subsidy, regional development

Context

Since 2016, Iceland's Telecommunications Fund has co-financed fibre-to-the-home broadband for rural areas outside commercially served regions, matching municipal investment through repeated funding rounds (2019, 2020, 2021, 2024).

Results

By 2022 the fund had supported roughly 5,500 rural connections; by July 2024, 57 local authorities had received support, bringing fibre to an estimated 82% of rural households, with further funding allocated to reach the remaining unconnected villages and a 100% national-coverage target by 2026. Coverage figures vary across sources (a 99.9% national 100 Mb/s target versus 82% of rural households actually connected), likely reflecting different denominators.

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