HIVE was the third-largest

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company in

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, founded in 2004. It provided broadband ADSL connections and a

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telephone system as well as

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fixed and mobile wireless access. In 2008, HIVE merged with SKO., another telecommunications company, and together they took up the name Tal. In 2015, Tal merged into 365 miðlar.

Competition

Póstur og sími had a monopoly on most telecommunications services until 1998. That year, a new law came into effect and the market opened for competition. The first competitor was TAL. Others followed, the biggest one being Íslandssími. In the Internet (ISP) market, the competition was much tougher, with names like Íslandssími, Halló!, Margmiðlun, Skíma, Skrín, Snerpa, Íslandía and Miðheimar and others. In 2003, TAL, Íslandssími and Halló! merged under the name Og Vodafone. Og Vodafone has since then bought a few Icelandic

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s. On October 6, Og Vodafone changed its name to

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Telecommunications companies of Iceland Internet service providers of Iceland {{Iceland-company-stub

Competition

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