MAP > Internet Providers in Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands relies upon the 3G mobile and the satellite services as the major means of both the communications as well as the internet access. In the recent years, this country has stabilized both politically as well as economically, and this is along with the improvements to the mobile infrastructure that has led to a very sharp rise in the mobile penetration. The recent 3G mobile network increase as well as the upgrades by 2 major operators, Our Telekom that operates as Breeze and the Bmobile Vodafone, have been improving the mobile services as well as the in turn driving the uptake.

This includes the increase in the mobile broadband subscriptions. While first 4G LTE services got to be launched in the late 2017 in capital Honiara, it has been the 3G and in very many cases has been the main source of the mobile telephony.
Enhancements to the internet services have been expected with 2018 build out of the new submarine cable that is known as Coral Sea Cable System that is going to link PNG to Solomon Islands, with the connecting cable to Australian landing station. It will offer an increased internet capacity as well as reliability and also reduce internet for the consumers’.

Solomon Islands is also going to benefit from the domestic cable that will be extended to key major islands. Numerous international organizations including The World Bank as well as Asian Development Bank have gone on and taken a very special interest in seeing the communication services enhanced in both Solomon Islands and the Pacific region.

Australian government has been assisting by offering majority of the funding for new submarine cable system with the contributions as well as support also coming from the governments from the Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Some of key companies that have been mentioned in the report include Our Telekom (Breeze); Solomon Island Submarine Cable; Bmobile-Vodafone; Kacific Broadband Satellite.

Some of the key developments in this report include:
• The government of Solomon Islands has acknowledged which improves ICT sector that needs priority and it has been able to address the current National Development Strategy.
• Internet penetration has been able to reach around 20%, and the majority of the citizens have been accessing internet via the 3G mobile services.
• First interconnection adjudication was needed by Telecommunications Commission of Solomon Islands in the year 2017.
• B-mobile Vodafone has been improving the backhaul cellular network to offer 3G data services in various parts of the Solomon Islands.