フィジーの通信エリア

フィジー の数値が意味すること

重要な数値は2つあり、どの会社も引用するのはそのうち1つだけです。一般的な速度は22 Mbps。調子のいいときがどれくらいかを示す数字です。

読む価値があるのは10パーセンタイル、5 Mbpsのほうです。駅の上の基地局が混み合い、周りの全員が同じ電波につながっている、その日の下位1割のときの速度です。中央値が高くて下限が低い国は、本当に必要になるその瞬間まではみごとに動く国だということです。

ビデオ通話やテザリングが欠かせない旅なら、一般的な速度ではなく混雑時の数値を基準に計画してください。

フィジーで回線が混んだときに起きること

混雑は故障ではなく、火曜の夜です。問題は、そのときeSIMに何ができるかで、たいていの旅行用eSIMの答えは「何もできない」です。国ごとに卸契約が1つ、ネットワークが1つ、路上に立ったまま他社のeSIMをもう1枚買う以外に逃げ道がありません。

ここではOrbisloの通信はVodafone、Digicelを通ります。いま乗っているネットワークが劣化したら、旅行の途中でも、お客様が頼まなくても別の回線へ移します。そのときに邪魔をするのではなく、あとからお知らせします。

フィジーの携帯キャリア

• Vodafone Fiji: Fiji's communications minister described Vodafone as the operator with the largest market share in the country when it signed a universal service contract in March 2026 to connect 30 communities in Kadavu province.
• Digicel Fiji: Digicel Fiji is owned by Telstra, which completed its purchase of Digicel Pacific in 2022. Telstra described Digicel as the number two operator in Fiji and number one in Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu.
• Telecom Fiji: Telecom Fiji Limited came out of the 1989 reform that separated postal and telecommunications functions, and was set up to run domestic fixed-line and data services while FINTEL ran the international gateway.

フィジーの旧世代ネットワーク

• Vodafone Fiji is decommissioning 2G to reuse the spectrum for 4G and 5G. SIM cards marked 2G or 3G, or old unlabelled ones, need replacing, while phones that support 3G or 4G keep working at sea and on farms.
• Digicel Fiji still runs 3G. Outside its 5G coverage, phones fall back automatically to 4G or 3G, and the company is reusing 4G equipment to extend coverage to new places.

フィジーの5G

• The Ministry of Communications issued 5G spectrum licences to Digicel Fiji, Vodafone Fiji and Telecom Fiji, effective 15 September 2025, with rollout phased by town from 2025 and the government upgrading rural and maritime networks to 4G at the same time.
• Vodafone's 5G licence obligations start with Suva, Nadi, Lautoka and Denarau in 2025, then Nasinu, Lami, Labasa and Savusavu from 2026, and Nausori, Sigatoka, Navua, Ba, Tavua, Rakiraki, Korovou and Taveuni from 2027 into 2028.
• Digicel Fiji built its 5G on Nokia equipment in parts of Suva, Nadi and Lautoka. At launch, Apple and Samsung phones could not connect until the manufacturers released software updates certifying them for the network.

フィジーのネットワークについて

• Fiji held its first 4G spectrum auction in 2013, which opened the way for LTE networks to scale up alongside 3G.
• Tropical cyclones Evan, Winston, Gita, Harold, Yasa and Mal damaged towers and equipment between 2012 and 2023, with outages and slow repairs hitting rural and maritime areas hardest. Loss of grid power is the network's main weakness during storms.
• Remote villages are being connected through government-funded universal service contracts. The Kadavu rollout, for example, uses satellite-linked shared Wi-Fi centres where residents buy data vouchers, rather than full mobile coverage.
• Suva is a Pacific cable hub, landing Southern Cross (2000), the Tonga Cable (2013), ICN1 to Vanuatu (2014), Tui-Samoa (2018), Southern Cross NEXT and Gondwana-2 to New Caledonia (2022). Savusavu on Vanua Levu has its own landings of Southern Cross NEXT and Tui-Samoa.
• By 2023 Fiji's regulator was working towards a second submarine cable landing station to strengthen the country's international bandwidth security and digital resilience.
• More cables are planned for Fiji: Bulikula and Tabua, both due in 2026 and landing at Suva and Natadola, and APX East, due in 2028, which will link Suva with Sydney, Hawaii and San Diego.
• Vodafone Fiji supports VoLTE and publishes a list of compatible handsets. If the person you call has no VoLTE, the call falls back to a standard voice connection rather than failing.