Industria is an multinational company with a focus on FTTH solutions and systems integration.

Background

Established in Reykjavik

Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...

, Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

 in 2003 by Guðjón Már Guðjónsson

Guðjón Már Guðjónsson

Guðjón Már Guðjónsson is an Icelandic entrepreneur and the CEO of MedizzaGuðjón has driven the research, development and design of many leading-edge technologies and is the author of several granted patents...

 and Erling Freyr Gudmundsson, Industria offers consultancy and systems integration services for FTTH and triple-play

Triple play (telecommunications)

In telecommunications, triple play service is a marketing term for the provisioning of two bandwidth-intensive services, high-speed Internet access and television, and a less bandwidth-demanding service, telephone, over a single broadband connection. Triple play focuses on a combined business...

 operators, installs broadband hardware and software, and offers consultancy services in the field of broadband and telephony

Telephony

In telecommunications, telephony encompasses the general use of equipment to provide communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other....

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Industria handled the implementation of Ireland's

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 first ADSL2+ networks for Magnet Networks

Magnet Networks

Magnet Networks is an Irish company providing telephone, television and internet services via subscription over optical fibre.Magnet Networks was launched in Dublin on 1 December 2004, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based international investment company Columbia Ventures Corporation...

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Acting as a professional services provider for the Irish Department of Communications' Regional Broadband Programme, Industria has been appointed to provide professional services to in excess of 60% of the programme to date. Industria is currently involved in completing the design, procurement and project management of the construction of approximately 450,000 metres of fibre optic networks in 50 cities and towns together with the design of wireless networks in 20 towns around Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 at a cost of approximately €70m.

Awards

• Industria was in 2007 named by CNBC European Business
  CNBC Europe
  CNBC Europe is a business and financial news television channel, the pan-European sister station of CNBC. The network is owned and operated by NBC Universal and headquartered in London, where it shares the Adrian Smith-designed 10 Fleet Place building with Dow Jones...
  
   as one of the 50 key innovators among European companies.
• In 2007, Industria won a Red Herring
  Red Herring (magazine)
  Red Herring was a technology business magazine, which flourished during the dot com boom, with global distribution and bureaus in Bangalore, Beijing, and Paris. It also sponsored conferences designed to bring venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists together. But the magazine went into...
  
  100 Europe Award for its broadband software solution.