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Arnor Sigurthorsson
is one of the three
EICO co-owners.
EICO has been doing business since
1979, and if you wonder what the com-
pany name stands for, we have a very
simple answer for you: The first two
letters are taken from the first name
of company founder Erikur Gislason,
and the second two letters are short
for company.
EICO’s extensive sales and stor-
age premises are located in Reykja-
vik’s commercial area, not far from
the city’s port. This is where we meet
up with two of the three current own-
ers of the business, since the founder
himself passed away in 1994.
Arnor Sigurthorsson is one of them,
and he walks down memory lane with
us. “Initially, EICO mainly dealt with
installing radio antennas in cars, as
well as TV antennas in houses and
apartments.” In 2009 the three cur-
rent owners took over the business
from the deceased founder’s brother,
and today EICO is well renowned all
over the place as a wholesaler and
retailer for antennas and all related
installation material. EICO serves cus-
tomers from the whole of Iceland with
everything from satellite dishes and
TV antennas to complex distribution
components.
“In 2012 we’ve begun to use Glo-
balInvacom’s fibre-optic system,” Ar-
nor Sigurthorsson explains and leaves
no doubt that he is absolutely thrilled
by this technology. “We’re currently
supplying fibre-optic cables to more
than 100 apartments of a large resi-
dential complex.” Some of the build-
ings are between 200 and 300 me-
ters apart, and “the GlobalInvacom
system is just about perfect for such
a scenario. Satellite signals arrive at
each node absolutely loss-free.” A
multi-switch outside the apartments
converts the distributed signal back
into a coax signal so that an available
standard coax cable can be plugged
into each receiver. “This makes sure
all existing cabling inside the apart-
ments can be used even with the up-
graded distribution technology.”
Sigthor Sigthorsson is another co-
owner of EICO, and he puts us in the
picture as far as satellite components
are concerned. “We sell some 400 to
500 satellite dishes each year. The
most popular diameter is 85 cm, which
is the ideal size for reception of ASTRA
28.2°E.”
Antennas
for Iceland
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COMPANY REPORT Antenna Wholesaler and Retailer EICO, Iceland