Baubau, Indonesia

Baubau, Indonesia is a submarine cable landing point in Indonesia (coordinates -5.5071°, 122.5969°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Indonesia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Baubau is a city in Southeast Sulawesi province, Indonesia. The city is located on the southwest coast of Buton island. Baubau attained city status on 21 June 2001 after Law Number 13 of 2001 was passed. It covers an area of 294.98 square kilometres (113.89 sq mi), of which about 30 square kilometres (12 sq mi) is water. It had a population of 136,991 at the 2010 Census and 159,248 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate in mid-2023 was 161,280. The city is the economic center of the Buton Island region and the second-largest city in the province. It was the cultural center of the Butonese people, the former capital of the Sultanate of Buton, the seat of the colonial administration of Eastern Sulawesi, and briefly the capital of the entire Southeast Sulawesi regency until 1955 when the capital status shifted to neighbouring Kendari. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Baubau, Indonesia

Cables landing at Baubau, Indonesia are operated by 3 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Indonesian Government, PT Jejaring Mitra Persada, Triasmitra. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Baubau, Indonesia, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Indonesia.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Baubau, Indonesia in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Indonesia Tengah Cable Systems (2027) — Indonesia Tengah Cable Systems is a domestic submarine cable system within Indonesia, linking 10 landing points including Baubau, Indonesia, Kawinda Nae, Indonesia, Kendari, Indonesia, Labuhan Bajo, Indonesia and others. It strengthens domestic network resilience in Indonesia by providing submarine connectivity between coastal and island communities. Read more →
• Palapa Ring Middle (2018) — Palapa Ring Middle is a domestic submarine cable network within Indonesia, connecting 20 coastal and island locations including Bangga, Baubau, Buranga, Kendari, Lakudo, and 15 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.