Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Sihanoukville, Cambodia is a submarine cable landing point in Cambodia (coordinates 10.6300°, 103.5066°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Cambodia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Sihanoukville, also known as Kampong Saom or Preah Sihanouk, is a coastal port city in Cambodia and the capital of Preah Sihanouk Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula in the country's south-west on the Gulf of Thailand. The city has a string of beaches along its coastline and coastal marshlands bordering Ream National Park in the east. It has one navigable river, the mangrove-lined Ou Trojak Jet, running from Otres Pagoda to the sea at Otres. Several sparsely inhabited islands under Sihanoukville's administration are near the city. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Cables landing at Sihanoukville, Cambodia are operated by 23 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including China Unicom, Djibouti Telecom, Government of Cambodia, Hyalroute, Metfone, Mobily, National Telecom, OTEGLOBE, Ooredoo, PCCW, and 13 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 Sihanoukville, Cambodia, international traffic can reach 17 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include China, Djibouti, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Italy, Malaysia and 9 more.

Monitoring status

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

About the cables

• Sihanoukville-Hong Kong (SHV-HK) (2026) — Sihanoukville-Hong Kong (SHV-HK) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Cambodia and China. Landing at Sihanoukville, Tseung Kwan O, 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 →
• Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) (2017) — Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 18 countries across North Africa, Middle East, Europe. With 20 landing points — including Abu Talat, Aden, Al Bustan, Bari, Cape D’Aguilar, and 15 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand (MCT) Cable (2017) — Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand (MCT) Cable is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia. With landing points at Cherating, Rayong, Sihanoukville, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →

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