Georgetown, Guyana

Georgetown, Guyana is a submarine cable landing point in Guyana (coordinates 6.8045°, -58.1548°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Guyana's international connectivity infrastructure.

Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana. It is situated in Demerara-Mahaica, region 4, on the Atlantic Ocean coast, at the mouth of the Demerara River. It is nicknamed the "Garden City of the Caribbean". It is the retail, administrative, and financial services centre of the country, and the city accounts for a large portion of Guyana's GDP. The city recorded a population of 125,683 as of 2022 census. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Georgetown, Guyana

Cables landing at Georgetown, Guyana are operated by 4 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Digicel, E-Networks Inc., Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T), Telesur. 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 Georgetown, Guyana, international traffic can reach 4 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Barbados, French Guiana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Georgetown, Guyana 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

• Deep Blue One (2024) — Deep Blue One is a regional submarine cable connecting 4 countries — French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname — with 5 landing points including Cayenne, French Guiana, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, Georgetown, Guyana, Paramaribo, Suriname and others. Read more →
• X-Link Submarine Cable (2019) — X-Link Submarine Cable is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Guyana and Barbados. Landing at Georgetown, Pegwell, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Suriname-Guyana Submarine Cable System (SG-SCS) (2010) — Suriname-Guyana Submarine Cable System (SG-SCS) is a regional submarine cable connecting 3 countries — Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname — with 3 landing points including Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, Georgetown, Guyana, Totness, Suriname. It enhances regional connectivity and provides route diversity for internet traffic in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname. Read more →

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