Ratmalana, Sri Lanka

Ratmalana, Sri Lanka is a submarine cable landing point in Sri Lanka (coordinates 6.8204°, 79.8893°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Sri Lanka's international connectivity infrastructure.

Ratmalana is a suburb in Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is inside the administration boundary of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council. Ratmalana is situated 14.6 km south of Colombo city centre. Ratmalana Airport located here was the country's first and main international airport until the inauguration of Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake in 1967. Ratmalana is also the birthplace of Sir John Kotelawala, the third Prime Minister of Sri Lanka elected in 1953. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Ratmalana, Sri Lanka, international traffic can reach 4 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include India, Malaysia, Oman, United Arab Emirates. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Ratmalana, Sri Lanka 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

• Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) (2016) — Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Oman, India, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Sri Lanka. Its 6 landing points at Barka, Chennai, Fujairah, Mumbai, Penang, and 1 more bridge the networks of Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, 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.