Qingdao, China

Qingdao, China is a submarine cable landing point in China (coordinates 36.0871°, 120.3426°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in China's international connectivity infrastructure.

Qingdao, archaically known as Tsingtao, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Lying across the Shandong Peninsula and looking out to the Yellow Sea, it borders the prefecture-level cities of Yantai to the northeast, Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest. The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge links the main urban area of Qingdao with Huangdao district, straddling the Jiaozhou Bay sea areas. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Qingdao, China

Cables landing at Qingdao, China are operated by 8 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, KT, NTT, Telstra, Verizon. 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 Qingdao, China, international traffic can reach 7 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include China, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, United States.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 1 monitoring event on cables serving Qingdao, China in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Trans-Pacific Express (TPE) Cable System (2008) — Trans-Pacific Express (TPE) Cable System is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting China, South Korea, Japan, United States, Taiwan. Its 6 landing points at Chongming, Geoje, Maruyama, Nedonna Beach, Qingdao, and 1 more bridge the networks of East Asia, North America, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• EAC-C2C (2002) — EAC-C2C is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 6 countries across East Asia, Southeast Asia. With 16 landing points — including Ajigaura, Batangas, Busan, Cavite, Changi North, and 11 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →

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