Shantou, China

Shantou, China is a submarine cable landing point in China (coordinates 23.3546°, 116.6755°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in China's international connectivity infrastructure.

Shantou, alternately romanized as Swatow and sometimes known as Santow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 2020 census and an administrative area of 2,248.39 square kilometres (868.11 sq mi). However, its built-up area is much bigger with 12,543,024 inhabitants including Rongcheng and Jiedong districts, Jiexi county and Puning city in Jieyang plus all of Chaozhou city largely conurbated. This is de facto the 5th built-up area in mainland China between Hangzhou-Shaoxing, Xi'an-Xianyang and Tianjin. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Shantou, China

Cables landing at Shantou, China are operated by 29 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, BT, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, Globe Telecom, Google, HKBN, KDDI, and 19 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 Shantou, China, international traffic can reach 10 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Brunei, China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and 2 more.

Monitoring status

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

About the cables

• Asia Direct Cable (ADC) (2024) — Asia Direct Cable (ADC) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 6 countries across Southeast Asia, East Asia. With 7 landing points — including Batangas, Chung Hom Kok, Maruyama, Quy Nhon, Shantou, and 2 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Southeast Asia-Japan Cable (SJC) (2013) — Southeast Asia-Japan Cable (SJC) is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Japan, China, Philippines, Brunei, Singapore. Its 6 landing points at Chikura, Chung Hom Kok, Nasugbu, Shantou, Telisai, and 1 more bridge the networks of East Asia, Southeast Asia, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• APCN-2 (2001) — APCN-2 is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 7 countries across Southeast Asia, East Asia. With 10 landing points — including Batangas, Busan, Cherating, Chikura, Chongming, and 5 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.