Solomon Islands - Media



The main post office is at Honiara. As of 1997, there were some 8,000 main telephone lines on the islands, with an additional 658 cellular phones in use; a radiotelephone service provides overseas links. A government-owned radio service has 5 transmitters. As of 1999 there were 4 AM radio stations, 2 FM stations, no television stations, and two weekly newspapers. There were 80 radios and 4 televisions per 1,000 population in 1997. In 2000, Internet access was available through one service provider, which served 3,000 subscribers that year. Periodicals include the Solomon Voice (weekly, 2002 circulation 10,000), Solomon Star (weekly, circulation 4,000), and the Solomon Nius (monthly, 2,000). The government is said to generally respect constitutional provisions for freedom of speech and of the press.

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