Tanah Merah, Singapore

Tanah Merah, Singapore is a submarine cable landing point in Singapore (coordinates 1.3273°, 103.9466°). It serves 4 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Singapore's international connectivity infrastructure.

Tanah Merah, is a geographical region located along the south-eastern coast of the East Region of Singapore. Although its boundaries are not exactly clear, it is widely accepted that the term refers to the southern coast of present-day planning areas of Bedok, Tampines, Changi and Changi Bay. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Tanah Merah, Singapore

Cables landing at Tanah Merah, Singapore are operated by 4 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Moratelindo, SEAX, Triasmitra, Vocus Communications. 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 Tanah Merah, Singapore, international traffic can reach 4 countries through 4 cable systems. Destinations include Australia, Christmas Island, Indonesia, Malaysia.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 9 monitoring events on cables serving Tanah Merah, Singapore in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Australia-Singapore Cable (ASC) (2018) — Australia-Singapore Cable (ASC) is a 4,600 km submarine fiber-optic system connecting Perth (Australia), Flying Fish Cove (Christmas Island), Anyer (Indonesia), and Tanah Merah (Singapore). Built by Alcatel Submarine Networks under a ~US$170 million contract, the cable entered service in September 2018 with a design capacity of 40 Tbps across 4 fiber pairs — later upgraded to 60 Tbps in 2019. Read more →
• SEAX-1 (2018) — SEAX-1 is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore. With landing points at Batam, Mersing, Tanah Merah, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• Jakarta-Bangka-Batam-Singapore (B2JS) (2013) — Jakarta-Bangka-Batam-Singapore (B2JS) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Indonesia and Singapore. Landing at Batam, Batu Prahu, Jakarta, Pesaren, Tanah Merah, 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 →
• Jakarta-Bangka-Bintan-Batam-Singapore (B3JS) (2012) — Jakarta-Bangka-Bintan-Batam-Singapore (B3JS) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Indonesia and Singapore. Landing at Batam, Batu Prahu, Bintan, Jakarta, Pesaren, and 1 more, 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 →

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