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Country Report Solomon Islands

PacNOG 2 Meeting Apia, Western Samoa. 19th June 2006. Country Report Solomon Islands. By: Jerome Rivogani & Andrew Rarumae Jr. SOLOMON ISLANDS…about. Consists of 6 major Islands, + thousands of smaller islands, more than half of which is inhabited.

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Country Report Solomon Islands

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  1. PacNOG 2 Meeting Apia, Western Samoa 19th June 2006 Country Report Solomon Islands By: Jerome Rivogani & Andrew Rarumae Jr.

  2. SOLOMON ISLANDS…about • Consists of 6 major Islands, + thousands of smaller islands, more than half of • which is inhabited. • 9 Provinces, having their provincial govt. bodies, affiliated to the main governing • Body. • Capital of Solomon Islands is known as Honiara, situated on the island of • Guadalcanal • Population of around 600,000 (plus) • Majority Melanesian, with Polynesian, Micronesian, Chinese ethnic as the next in • terms of population.

  3. SOLOMON TELEKOM CO. LTD. • Formerly known as P & T (Post & Telecommunications), then changed to SolTel • and then later (till present) known as Solomon Telekom Co. Ltd. • Share between Cable & Wireless (34.33% share), NPF (National Provident Fund) • (62.85%), ICSI (Investment Corporation of Solomon Islands) (2.82%). • Currently operating as a monopoly. • Solomon Telekom is the only ISP operator in the Solomon Islands. • Operates fixed lines, mobile, internet, leased circuits, radio, broadband, ccTLD. • Penetration level – managed to provide Telephony between all of the major • Provincial capitals, and few other remote sites. • Solomon Telekom employs something around 250 Staffs, Ranging from managers, • engineers, technicians, personals, cleaners, security officers, drivers. • Want to read more, go to http://www.telekom.com.sb

  4. SUBSCRIBERS’ COUNT • Fixed Lines: 6,000 (plus). Telephone is provided in all provincial centres. • Mobile: 2,000 (plus). GSM mobile is provided only in Honiara, with analogue mobile phones in the western region. • E-mail Subscribers: 2,500 (plus). • Website Hosting: 23. These are sites hosted locally on our server. • Domain name hosting: 105. The count is only for domains registered locally. • Broadband (ADSL): 500 (plus). To date, this has only been implemented in the capital city, Honiara, with plans to eventually have it on all provincial capitals. • Dial-Up: 1,600 (plus). The figure has decreased with introduction of ADSL broadband connection.

  5. IS (INFORMATION SERVICES) DEPT. • Information Services Department is responsible for Internet services for both the • country as a whole as well as for the corporate (Telekom) users. • Within this department we have the Billing, Data, Network/Support, ADSL and Internet section. • Within the Internet section, we have 2 senior engineers, 1 asst. engineer • & 2 technicians, all reporting to the overall manager & asst. manager for the whole • department. • Internet Helpdesk section looks after the provisioning of Internet services, including • Initial broadband (ADSL) provisioning, dial-up setup, email hosting, website hosting, • domain registration and other DNS issues.

  6. ccTLD STRUCTURE • .sb country code top-level domain for the Solomon Islands. • Solomon Telekom Co. Ltd. is the authority (Regulator) for .sb ccTLD. • We have three main players in the running of .sb domain name. • Solomon Telekom Co. Ltd.: Regulator as well as registrar (for local subscribers) • AusRegistry International Pty. Ltd.: Registry • TPP Internet: Registrar (for overseas subscribers) • We sell .com.sb, .org.sb, .edu.sb, .gov.sb & .net.sb. • Solomon Telekom hosts two DNS servers, both located locally. • Both servers run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. • Both machines are HP.

  7. ACCOUNTING PROCESS & COSTS Regulator (.sb Authority) Registrant SBD$37.91 Local Registrar US$13 Solomon Telekom Co. Ltd. Subscribers ?? US$25 Registry Overseas Registrar US$25 AusRegistry TPP Internet Registrants pays Registrars Registrars pays Registry Registry pays Regulator AusRegistry charges on quarterly (3 months) basis Solomon Telekom charges on monthly basis

  8. POLICY & ISSUES • Operates on a first come first serve basis. • Disputes are resolved between Regulator (Telekom) & Customer. We haven’t had any record of disputes with domain names, but feel we should opt for a better resolution process setup before we come across any big issue. • Regulator (Telekom) has the right to reject a domain name application. .gov.sb is highly moderated while others, we tend to process as applicable with little less moderation. • Domain names are deleted from the Authorative server (with AusRegistry) as well as our name servers on cut-off (bill due) dates. There hasn’t been any case where two parties had a dispute over a domain name (locally) before or after it had expired.

  9. FUTURE PLANS • Replace both DNS servers • Both current servers run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 but have decided to Go with FreeBSD on the two new ones. • Re-locate secondary server on a different location (different island). Talks have been on having one in another country but haven’t been seriously considered yet. • Review current agreement we had with TPP Internet & AusRegistry. • Get all in the Internet Services section up to par with everyone’s primary tasks, • which includes ccTLD issues.

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