Matara, Sri Lanka
Landing Point · LK Sri Lanka
Connected Cables
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| India Asia Xpress (IAX) | Active |
| SeaMeWe-5 | Active |
| SeaMeWe-6 | Active |
Live Performance
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-04-05 through 2026-10-08 - live ICMP round-trip time via our monitoring probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
Measurement sources
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| own probe | Almaty KZ | 9 | 258.7 ms |
| own probe | Tbilisi GE | 8 | 231.4 ms |
| #6410 own probe | Sao Paulo BR | 4 | 396.1 ms |
| #6427 own probe | Sydney AU | 4 | 163.3 ms |
| #6487 | control probe | 4 | 64.8 ms |
| own probe | Jerusalem IL | 3 | 253.8 ms |
| #6568 own probe | Singapore SG | 2 | 63.4 ms |
| own probe | Minsk BY | 2 | 220.8 ms |
| #64382 | control probe | 1 | 7.6 ms |
| #64629 | control probe | 1 | 5.9 ms |
| #65075 | control probe | 1 | 8.2 ms |
| own probe | Sevastopol UA | 1 | 255.8 ms |
| own probe | Moscow RU | 1 | 215.6 ms |
About Matara, Sri Lanka
Matara, Sri Lanka is a submarine cable landing point in Sri Lanka (coordinates 5.9408°, 80.5399°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Sri Lanka's international connectivity infrastructure.
Matara is a major city in Sri Lanka, on the southern coast of Southern Province. It is the second largest city in Southern Province. It is 160 km (99 mi) from Colombo. It is a major commercial hub, the administrative capital and largest city of Matara District. Wikipedia
Connected submarine cables
| Cable | RFS | Length | Owners |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeaMeWe-6 | 2026 | 21,700 km | Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bharti Airtel, … |
| India Asia Xpress (IAX) | 2024 | 5,791 km | China Mobile, Reliance Jio Infocomm |
| SeaMeWe-5 | 2016 | 20,000 km | Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), China Mobile, China Telecom, … |
Operators landing at Matara, Sri Lanka
Cables landing at Matara, Sri Lanka are operated by 26 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bharti Airtel, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Dhiraagu, Djibouti Telecom, Microsoft, Mobily, and 16 others. 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 Matara, Sri Lanka, international traffic can reach 20 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Bahrain, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Italy and 12 more.
Monitoring status
No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Matara, Sri Lanka 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
- SeaMeWe-6 (2026) - SEA-ME-WE 6 is the sixth submarine cable in a series that has been laying fibre between Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Western Europe since 1985. The original SEA-ME-WE (just SEA-ME-WE, no number) was commissioned in 1985 as one of the earliest long-haul submarine cables in the modern sense. SEA-ME-WE 2 followed in 1994, SEA-ME-WE 3 in 1999, SEA-ME-WE 4 in 2005, SEA-ME-WE 5 in 2016. Read more →
- India Asia Xpress (IAX) (2024) - India Asia Xpress (IAX) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 6 countries across South Asia, Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia. With 9 landing points - including Chennai, Digha, Hulhumale, Machilipatnam, Matara, and 4 more - it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
- SeaMeWe-5 (2016) - SeaMeWe-5 is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 16 countries across North Africa, Middle East, Europe. With 18 landing points - including Abu Talat, Al Hudaydah, Catania, Dumai, Fujairah, and 13 more - it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
What next: Matara, Sri Lanka in the global directory of cable landing points; see surrounding routes on the interactive submarine cable map or follow live network monitoring.
Incident history
Significant incidents on cables landing here, each with its own report.
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FAQ
Landing Point
- CountryLK Sri Lanka
- Coordinates5.9408°N 80.5399°E
- Connected Cables3
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