Press releases in English
Reykjavík, 24 April 2026 Farice, which owns and operates the submarine cables FARICE-1, DANICE and ÍRIS, has begun preparations for a new subsea cable that will be laid between southern Iceland and Scotland. The project is part of the company’s continued development of its telecommunications infrastructure and will significantly strengthen Iceland’s international connectivity. The new
Farice Point of Presense (POP) set up in Akureyri In early 2024, Farice is poised to introduce Akureyri as a new point of presence (POP) for its services in Iceland. Farice currently operates three submarine cables—FARICE-1, DANICE, and ÍRIS—providing vital digital connections between Iceland and Europe. Presently, Farice's clientele accesses its network through POPs in
The Link to the press release is here 03-Irish Press Release Draft Farice November 2022-FINAL Press Release For release 11 November 2022 Galway to become a gateway to connectivity to Europe Work completed on telecoms cable between Galway and Iceland Farice, (a company fully owned by the Icelandic Government, currently owns, and operates
Farice and Far North Digital (FND) have signed a memorandum of understanding for a joint marketing and sales agreement for fibre optic connectivity between Japan and Iceland. Farice’s new IRIS submarine cable will provide connectivity between Iceland and Ireland, and FND’s new Arctic cable spans between Japan and Ireland. The parties have agreed to develop
On Monday May 23rd SubCom’s cable installation vessel the CS Durable, landed the IRIS Subsea Telecoms Cable System successfully at Thorlakshofn beach in Iceland. The event signifies the commencement of the marine installation of the IRIS cable system that Farice has been developing since 2019. During the summer SubCom’s CS Durable will lay the cable
On August 21st survey operations for the IRIS cable system were completed when the survey vessel Ridley Thomas ported at Reykjavík Harbour. Ridley Thomas had spent 12 weeks surveying the second phase of the survey from the Irish EEZ to Iceland’s landing site. Iceland’s landing site was carefully selected, and several of potential options explored
IRIS will offer increased security, redundancy, wholesale capacity linking Iceland with Ireland Eatontown, NJ, USA and Reykjavik, Iceland – April 5, 2021 – SubCom and Farice ehf today announced that a contract is in force for the supply and installation of IRIS, a new high-speed undersea cable system connecting Iceland and Ireland. Farice is an
The Telecommunication Fund of Iceland and Farice ehf, the operator of two submarine cables to Iceland, have recently signed a DTS (Desk Top Study) work agreement. The DTS work involves selecting landing sites for a new submarine cable to Europe as well as project management for a seabed survey expected to take place in
