Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Nuku'alofa, Tonga is a submarine cable landing point in Tonga (coordinates -21.1333°, -175.2000°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Tonga's international connectivity infrastructure.

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Cables landing at Nuku'alofa, Tonga are operated by 4 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Digicel Tonga, Government of Tonga, Tonga Cable Limited, Tonga Communications Corporation. 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 Nuku'alofa, Tonga, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Fiji, Tonga.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 2 monitoring events on cables serving Nuku'alofa, Tonga in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Tonga Domestic Cable Extension (TDCE) (2018) — Overview The Tonga Domestic Cable Extension (TDCE) is a 410 km submarine cable system that was ready for service in 2018. Operated by Tonga Cable Limited, it connects various locations within the country of Tonga. Route and Landings The TDCE has three landing points: Neiafu, TongaNuku'alofa, TongaPangai, Tonga Ownership and Operators The cable is owned by Tonga Cable Limited. Read more →
• Tonga Cable (2013) — Tonga Cable is the submarine cable that connects an entire country to the internet. Not a metro area, not a data center cluster — a sovereign nation of roughly 105,000 people, spread across an archipelago of more than 150 islands in the South Pacific, whose international connectivity depends on a single fiber link running 827 kilometers to Suva, Fiji. Read more →

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