Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia

Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia is a submarine cable landing point in Indonesia (coordinates -8.8412°, 118.0822°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Indonesia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Sumbawa Besar is a town and an administrative district (kecamatan), officially just called "Sumbawa", on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, and is the second-biggest settlement on the island after the city of Bima. It is the administrative capital of the Sumbawa Regency within the province of West Nusa Tenggara, and has a population of 56,337 inhabitants as of the 2010 census and 62,753 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 64,936. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia

Cables landing at Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia are operated by 2 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Moratelindo, Telkom Indonesia. 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 Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Indonesia.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia 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

• Denpasar-Waingapu Cable Systems (2019) — Denpasar-Waingapu Cable Systems is a domestic submarine cable network within Indonesia, connecting 4 coastal and island locations including Lombok, Padang Galak, Sumbawa Besar, Waingapu. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →
• Mataram Kupang Cable System (MKCS) (2011) — Mataram Kupang Cable System (MKCS) is a domestic submarine cable network within Indonesia, connecting 7 coastal and island locations including Bima, Ende, Kupang, Pringgabaya, Saraemee, and 2 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

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