Perth, WA, Australia

Perth, WA, Australia is a submarine cable landing point in Australia (coordinates -31.9534°, 115.8572°). It serves 5 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Australia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Perth is the capital city of Western Australia. It is the fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth as of 2023. The world's most isolated major city by certain criteria, Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of Perth's metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which its central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Perth, WA, Australia

Cables landing at Perth, WA, Australia are operated by 9 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNET), Google, Indosat Ooredoo, SUBCO, Singtel, Singtel Optus, Superloop, Telstra, Vocus Communications. 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 Perth, WA, Australia, international traffic can reach 7 countries through 5 cable systems. Destinations include Australia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indonesia, Oman, Singapore. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Perth, WA, Australia 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

• Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth (SMAP) (2026) — Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth (SMAP) is a domestic submarine cable system within Australia, linking 5 landing points including Adelaide, SA, Australia, Maroubra, NSW, Australia, Perth, WA, Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia and others. It strengthens domestic network resilience in Australia by providing submarine connectivity between coastal and island communities. Read more →
• Oman Australia Cable (OAC) (2022) — Oman Australia Cable (OAC) is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting Middle East and Oceania, with 5 landing points across 4 countries including Barka, Oman, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Perth, WA, Australia, Salalah, Oman and others. The cable provides cross-continental connectivity, offering an important route for data traffic between Middle East and Oceania. Read more →
• INDIGO-Central (2019) — INDIGO-Central is a submarine cable system operating within Australia, with landing points at Alexandria, Perth. It provides dedicated submarine fiber capacity between these locations, supporting telecommunications, internet access, and enterprise connectivity. Read more →
• INDIGO-West (2019) — INDIGO-West is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Indonesia, Australia, Singapore. Its 3 landing points at Jakarta, Perth, Tuas bridge the networks of Southeast Asia, Oceania, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Australia-Singapore Cable (ASC) (2018) — Australia-Singapore Cable (ASC) is a 4,600 km submarine fiber-optic system connecting Perth (Australia), Flying Fish Cove (Christmas Island), Anyer (Indonesia), and Tanah Merah (Singapore). Built by Alcatel Submarine Networks under a ~US$170 million contract, the cable entered service in September 2018 with a design capacity of 40 Tbps across 4 fiber pairs — later upgraded to 60 Tbps in 2019. Read more →

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