Mersing, Malaysia

Mersing, Malaysia is a submarine cable landing point in Malaysia (coordinates 2.2955°, 103.8499°). It serves 5 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Malaysia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Mersing is a town, mukim and the capital of Mersing District, Johor, Malaysia. The town is located at the southern end of the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. As of 2010, the town has an estimated population of 70,894. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Mersing, Malaysia

Cables landing at Mersing, Malaysia are operated by 22 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, BT, Bharti Airtel, Eastern Telecom, Ezecom, Globe Telecom, Indosat Ooredoo, NTT, National Telecom, PLDT, and 12 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 Mersing, Malaysia, international traffic can reach 11 countries through 5 cable systems. Destinations include Brunei, China, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and 3 more. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 5 monitoring events on cables serving Mersing, Malaysia in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• SEAX-1 (2018) — SEAX-1 is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore. With landing points at Batam, Mersing, Tanah Merah, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) (2017) — Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) is a domestic submarine cable system within Malaysia, linking 6 landing points including Bintulu, Malaysia, Cherating, Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Kuching, Malaysia and others. It strengthens domestic network resilience in Malaysia by providing submarine connectivity between coastal and island communities. Read more →
• Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE)/Cahaya Malaysia (2012) — Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE)/Cahaya Malaysia is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Singapore, Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, China. Its 6 landing points at Changi South, Daet, Komesu, Maruyama, Mersing, and 1 more bridge the networks of Southeast Asia, East Asia, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Asia-America Gateway (AAG) Cable System (2009) — Asia-America Gateway (AAG) Cable System is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 9 countries across Southeast Asia, North America, East Asia. With 10 landing points — including Changi North, Keawaula, La Union, Lantau Island, Mersing, and 5 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• East-West Submarine Cable System (2004) — East-West Submarine Cable System is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Malaysia and Indonesia. Landing at Kuching, Mersing, Penarik, Terempa, 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 →

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