Port Vila, Vanuatu

Port Vila, Vanuatu is a submarine cable landing point in Vanuatu (coordinates -17.7303°, 168.3228°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Vanuatu's international connectivity infrastructure.

Port Vila, or simply Vila, is the capital of Vanuatu and its largest city. It is on the island of Efate, in Shefa Province. The population was 49,034 as of the 2020 Vanuatu census. This represented 16.3% of Vanuatu's total population in 2020. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Port Vila, Vanuatu

Cables landing at Port Vila, Vanuatu are operated by 2 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Interchange, Prima. 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 Port Vila, Vanuatu, international traffic can reach 3 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Port Vila, Vanuatu 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

• Tamtam (2027) — Tamtam is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Landing at Luganville, Norsup, Port Vila, Tanna, We, 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 →
• Interchange Cable Network 1 (ICN1) (2014) — Interchange Cable Network 1 (ICN1) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Vanuatu and Fiji. Landing at Port Vila, Suva, 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.