Communications in the Solomon Islands.

Telephones

Landline * 2009: 13,000 subscribers * 2010: 8,400 subscribers * 2018: 7,430 subscribers Mobile cellular: * 2009: 55,000 subscribers, 20% penetration, 20%coverage * 2018: 482,209 subscribers, 80% penetration, 95% coverage Telecom operators:
Our Telekom
(1988). Operates in nine Provinces
bmobile
(2010). Operates in four Provinces Telephone system:
GSM mobile phone network covering all provincial capitals along with several other townships and villages and a landline system covering all provincial capitals and some townships.
International dial code:+677 * Landline number: 5-digits * Mobile number: 7-digits ** Telekom: 7xx xxxx ** bmobile: 8xx xxxx

Connectivity

International * Satellite: Leased geostationary and constellation Ka, Ku band satellites * Undersea fibre: In January 2020, Solomon Islands was connected to Sydney, Australia via th
Coral Seas Cable System
(CS2) * * Earth stations: based in Honiara and Gizo Domestic * Satellite: Leased, bi-directional geostationary satellites are used to connect Provinces too remote for microwave and fibre * Undersea fibre: Interchange Cable Network 2 (ICN2S) In February 2020 as part of the Coral Seas Cable System project, Honiara (Guadalcanal Province) was also connected to Auki (Mataita Province), Taro (Choiseul Province) and Noro (Western Province) * DSL, ADSL: To homes and businesses * Fixed Wireless: Honiara * Mobile: 2G/3G/4GLTE

Radio

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 4

Paoa FM, ZFM100, Wan FM, and Barava FM Paoa may refer to: * Pa'o'a, a Tahitian dance * Pāoa, the eponymous ancestor of the Ngāti Pāoa iwi of the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand * Paoa Kahanamoku (1890–1968), Hawaiian swimmer, surfer and actor * Paoa, in Hawaiian religion, a figure rel ...

shortwave Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave (SW) radio frequencies. There is no official definition of the band, but the range always includes all of the high frequency band (HF), which extends from 3 to 30 MHz (100 to 10 me ...

1 (2002). The

Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) is the official radio broadcaster of Solomon Islands. SIBC is self-defined as a public service broadcaster.shortwave Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave (SW) radio frequencies. There is no official definition of the band, but the range always includes all of the high frequency band (HF), which extends from 3 to 30 MHz (100 to 10 me ...

utility station networks exist, such as the Church of Melanesia network.

Television

'
TTV
'' is Solomon Islands only television network and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Solomon Telekom Co. Ltd. (STCL). STCL operates under the brand name - Our Telekom. TTV transmits in digital HD and analogue and is a free-to-air, commercial, terrestrial television network, located in the capital, Honiara. History: The first television broadcast was made possible in July 1992 by STCL who downlinked the Barcelona Summer Olympics utilising the satellite antennas used to relay international telephone calls and a small TV transmitter as an experiment. 2006: ONE News leased the STCL owned transmitters to broadcast a local channel until 2011 when it went out of business. 2008 (March): Telekom Television Ltd was formed 2016: HD services launched (FTA DVB-T). Commenced broadcasting National Parliament live to air on TTV ONE. 2019: Broadcast three analogue SD and sixteen 1080i/50 HD digital (DVB-T) channels in the VHF/UHF frequency bands. The HD channels, available in Honiara, are a mixture of overseas sport, news and entertainments channels. Two of the TTV branded analogue SD channels (TTV 1, TTV 2) are distributed to five major locations in the Solomons: Gizo, Noro, Munda, Auki and Lata. Distribution is via satellite and microwave links. Standards: TTV conforms to the Australian television frequencies for both analogue and digital transmissions and production (1080i/50). Channels: TTV branded channels include: TTV ONE, TTV TWO and TTV THREE. TTV ONE is the main commercial channel and carries a mixture of local and international sport, news and entertainment programming. Online: TTV is also streame
Online
(as programme rights allow) and is accessible via the Our Telekom mobile network throughout the Solomons. The service is Geoblocked to the Solomons. Televisions: 3,000 (1997). Estimated viewership: 35,000 (2017)

Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
Solomon Telekom: https://telekom.com.sb/
McPacific: http://www.mc-pacific.com/satellite.html
SATSOL: https://satsol.net/ People First Network: (PFnet) operate a community email network with 17 rural access points (Apr 2005) https://web.archive.org/web/20010415150953/http://www.peoplefirst.net.sb/General/PFnet.htm PFnet is also establishing a VSAT network of distance learning centres in rural community schools under an EU-funded project http://www.peoplefirst.net.sb/dlcp It is hoped each host school will contribute to the Wikipedia or create their own wikis. Country code (Top level domain): SB

References

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