Solomon Islands - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Solomon Islands was 7,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,400 in 2010 and a minimum value of 1,500 in 1982.

Definition: Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

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Year Value
1982 1,500
1983 1,700
1984 2,000
1985 2,234
1986 2,482
1987 2,782
1988 3,200
1989 3,750
1990 4,675
1991 4,850
1992 5,143
1993 5,460
1994 6,020
1995 6,502
1996 7,210
1997 7,695
1998 7,907
1999 8,132
2000 7,689
2001 7,389
2002 6,601
2003 6,238
2004 6,962
2005 7,407
2006 7,600
2007 7,800
2008 8,000
2009 8,200
2010 8,400
2011 8,391
2012 8,060
2013 7,618
2014 7,525
2015 7,438
2016 7,405
2017 7,405
2018 7,430
2019 7,104
2020 7,000

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Solomon Islands was 1.02 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.03 in 1997 and a minimum value of 0.61 in 1982.

Definition: Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

See also:

Year Value
1982 0.61
1983 0.67
1984 0.76
1985 0.82
1986 0.89
1987 0.97
1988 1.08
1989 1.24
1990 1.50
1991 1.51
1992 1.56
1993 1.61
1994 1.72
1995 1.81
1996 1.95
1997 2.03
1998 2.02
1999 2.02
2000 1.86
2001 1.74
2002 1.52
2003 1.40
2004 1.52
2005 1.58
2006 1.58
2007 1.58
2008 1.59
2009 1.59
2010 1.59
2011 1.55
2012 1.45
2013 1.33
2014 1.28
2015 1.23
2016 1.20
2017 1.16
2018 1.14
2019 1.06
2020 1.02

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications