About Us

SURF Internet Education Centre was formed in 1996 with the mission of promoting the use of Information Technologies and the Internet in Northern Cyprus, and to provide education to private individuals as well as organisations and companies regarding the use of these technologies.

Since our formation, we have been providing free computer and Internet courses, plus free Internet access to underprivileged Turkish Cypriot K12 students at our offices in Girne. These charitable functions are funded by individual donations and income generated from educational courses and other commercial activities.

In 1999, SURF Internet Education Centre formed Locators Online - an online community of volunteers who help loved-ones communicate with each other during natural disasters. Locators Online is now an official United Nations Volunteers and NetAid.org Partner Organisation.

In 2000, SURF Internet Education Centre formed SURF Internet Services - working under the trade name sunnycyprus.net, in order to provide regular land-line Internet access services. Within a few years, the deterioration of the telecommunications infrastructure caused sunnycyprus.net to look at different Internet service delivery options. After careful consideration and investment, wireless technologies were chosen as our new communication platform, as it gave us the capability of providing a service that is controlled 99% by our own proprietary hardware and software. In February 2002 our company became the first Wireless Internet Service Provider on the island to provide connections aimed at home users. We have been and are still dedicated to bringing high speed Internet services to North Cyprus. Our infrastructure and equipment is perfectly suited for providing wireless and wired solutions to businesses and homes alike.

With Asynchronous Digital Line technology arriving in Northern Cyprus, SURF Internet services began providing wired ADSL based solutions for private and business users in January 2008. With our continued success as a Broadband ISP, we no longer offer dial-up Internet services commercially.