Calling to the Solomon Islands
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (sms)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers begin with ‘7’.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Palau does not have any country-specific satellite phone numbers.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their own call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
Calling within the Solomon Islands (domestic dialing)
Dial the entire phone number as it is listed. There is no trunk prefix used when calling within the Solomon Islands phone system.
| five or seven digits |
| local phone number |
Solomon Islands phone numbers explained
Number details
Solomon Islands phone numbers are five or seven digits.
Mobile numbers begin with digit ‘7’ and are seven digits.
An example of a Solomon Islands phone number
The Solomon Islands Tourism Bureau lists its phone number in Honiara as (+677) 22442.
Phone number explanation
| 677 | 22 | 442 |
| country code for the Solomon Islands | designates a land-line (fixed line) phone number in Honiara | remainder of the phone number within Honiara |
Local example – calling from another location in Honiara, Solomon Islands
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within the Solomon Islands.
| 22 | 442 |
| designates a land-line (fixed line) phone number in Honiara | remainder of the phone number within Honiara |
Long distance example – calling from Gizo, Solomon Islands (on the other side of the country)
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within the Solomon Islands.
| 22 | 442 |
| designates a land-line (fixed line) phone number in Honiara | remainder of the phone number within Honiara |
Mobile phone example – calling from a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile roaming in the Solomon Islands)
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within the Solomon Islands.
| 22 | 442 |
| designates a land-line (fixed line) phone number in Honiara | remainder of the phone number within Honiara |
International example – calling from outside the Solomon Islands
To call from outside the Solomon Islands, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by the Solomon Islands’ country code of ‘677’, followed by the local phone number.
| exit code | 677 | 22 | 442 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for the Solomon Islands | designates a land-line (fixed line) phone number in Honiara | remainder of the phone number within Honiara |
Calling from the Solomon Islands
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from the Solomon Islands.
Sources and more resources
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Solomon Islands (country code +677) National Numbering Plan – Details of the Solomon Islands’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in the Solomon Islands – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for the Solomon Islands. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Solomon Islands – Entry for the Solomon Islands in the British Telecom international directory.