Piti, Guam

Piti, Guam is a submarine cable landing point in Guam (coordinates 13.4647°, 144.6947°). It serves 9 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Guam's international connectivity infrastructure.

Piti is a village located on the central west coast of the United States territory of Guam. It contains northern and eastern coastlines of Apra Harbor, including Cabras Island, which has the commercial Port of Guam and the island's largest power plants. Piti was a pre-Spanish CHamoru village and, after Spanish colonization, became the primary port town on Guam. The town was largely destroyed during the 1944 liberation of Guam and the population relocated during the wartime construction of Apra Harbor. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Piti, Guam

Cables landing at Piti, Guam are operated by 14 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNET), Docomo Pacific, Federated States of Micronesia Telecommunications Cable Corporation (FSMTCC), GTA TeleGuam, Globe Telecom, Google, Hannon Armstrong, Hawaiian Telcom, Lightstorm Telecom, Marshall Islands Telecommunications Authority, and 4 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 Piti, Guam, international traffic can reach 14 countries through 9 cable systems. Destinations include Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Marshall Islands, Micronesia and 6 more. 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 Piti, Guam 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

• Bulikula (2026) — Bulikula is a 21,600 km submarine cable system lit for service in 2026, connecting a geographically scattered set of Pacific landings: Kapolei in Hawaii, Piti and Tinian in the Mariana Islands, Natadola and Suva in Fiji, and Faratea, Papenoo, and Mitirapa in French Polynesia. Read more →
• Echo (2025) — Echo is a 17,184-kilometre trans-Pacific submarine cable jointly owned by Google and Meta, with landings in California, Indonesia, Guam (twice), Palau, and Singapore. It went into service in 2025 and is the first major trans-Pacific cable in over a decade that lands in Palau — a nation of under 20,000 people — as an equal stop alongside Singapore and the United States. Read more →
• Japan-Guam-Australia North (JGA-N) (2020) — Japan-Guam-Australia North (JGA-N) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Japan and Guam. Landing at Minamiboso, Piti, 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 →
• Japan-Guam-Australia South (JGA-S) (2020) — Japan-Guam-Australia South (JGA-S) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Australia and Guam. Landing at Brookvale, Maroochydore, Piti, 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 →
• Atisa (2017) — Atisa is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Guam and Northern Mariana Islands. Landing at Piti, San Jose, Sasanlagu, Sugar Dock, 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 →
• SEA-US (2017) — SEA-US is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 6 countries across Southeast Asia, North America, Oceania. With 7 landing points — including Davao, Hermosa Beach, Kauditan, Magachgil, Makaha, and 2 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• HANTRU1 Cable System (2010) — HANTRU1 Cable System is a regional submarine cable connecting 3 countries — Marshall Islands, Guam, Micronesia — with 4 landing points including Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Majuro, Marshall Islands, Piti, Guam, Pohnpei, Micronesia. It enhances regional connectivity and provides route diversity for internet traffic in Marshall Islands, Guam, Micronesia. Read more →
• PIPE Pacific Cable-1 (PPC-1) (2009) — PIPE Pacific Cable-1 (PPC-1) is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: Papua New Guinea, Guam, Australia. With landing points at Madang, Piti, Sydney, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• Tata TGN-Pacific (2002) — Tata TGN-Pacific is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Japan, United States, Guam. Its 5 landing points at Emi, Hillsboro, Los Angeles, Piti, Toyohashi bridge the networks of East Asia, North America, Oceania, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →

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