Our network

Míla telecommunications system
Míla’s telecommunication system is extremely robust and diverse, based on two main systems: Access Network and Trunk Network. Míla also operates international Trunk Network.

Trunk network
Míla's trunk network builds on copper lines, fiberoptic cables and microwave connections. The network includes all of the urban cores in Iceland. The fiberoptic cable system is the main support layer for the telecommunications systems. The structure of the fiberoptic cable system is based on ring structures and thus designed to maximise the operating time for any given connection. For the locations not connected to a fiberoptic cable, digital microwave connections are used.

Access network
Míla has a robust and diverse Access Network to the telecommunication network. Míla’s Access Network is built on copper lines, fiberoptic cables and microwave connections. Míla’s copper line system is extremely extensive since nearly all companies and households in Iceland are connected to the system.

For business connections a fiberoptic Access Network has been built in the main urban cores to ensure customers high-speed access to ATM, the IP network. Míla‘s FTTC cable network is structured in a way similar to the copper line system. It is based on a fiberoptic cable from a telephone center to a street box, and from there a coaxial cable and/or a fiberoptic cable runs into buildings.

Míla plans to lay only fiber network in greenfield areas in the coming years.

International network
Two submarine cables connect Iceland to Europe and America, CANTAT-3 and FARICE-1. Míla has the role of running and maintaining the system. Míla coordinates and reports to the managing director of Farice. There are 2 fiberpairs in the Farice cable, one lies directly between Iceland and Scotland and the other lies between Iceland and Scotland, passing through the Faroe Islands.