Bima, Indonesia

Bima, Indonesia is a submarine cable landing point in Indonesia (coordinates -8.4643°, 118.7449°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Indonesia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Bima city is a coastal city on the east of the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia's province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is the largest city on the island of Sumbawa, with a population of 142,443 at the 2010 census and 155,140 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid-2024 was 165,113. It is separate from the adjoining Bima Regency which had a population of 535,530 according to the mid-2023 official estimates. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Bima, Indonesia, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Indonesia. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Bima, 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

• Mataram Kupang Cable System (MKCS) (2011) — Mataram Kupang Cable System (MKCS) is a domestic submarine cable network within Indonesia, connecting 7 coastal and island locations including Bima, Ende, Kupang, Pringgabaya, Saraemee, and 2 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.