Economic aid - recipient:
$28 million annually, mainly from Australia (2001 est.)
Currency:
Solomon Islands dollar (SBD)
Currency code:
SBD
Exchange rates:
Solomon Islands dollars per US dollar - NA (2003), 6.7488 (2002),
5.278 (2001), 5.0889 (2000), 4.8381 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Solomon Islands
Telephones - main lines in use:
6,600 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,000 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: country code - 677; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)