2 submarine cable landing points in Kiribati. View coordinates, connected cables, and detailed location info.
Kiribati has two submarine cable landing points located in Tabwakea and Tarawa. These landing points connect the country to international networks through two submarine cables. The Southern Cross NEXT cable, the longest serving Kiribati, became ready for service in 2022 and spans 13,700 kilometers, linking Kiribati to Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Tokelau, and the United States. The East Micronesia Cable System (EMCS), expected to be operational in 2026, is 2,250 kilometers long and will connect Kiribati with Micronesia and Nauru.
The primary internet service providers in Kiribati by user base are Starlink and Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Kiribati. The country's resilience class is categorized as vulnerable, meaning it depends on one or two cables for connectivity. Seven outages have been recorded by GeoCables in the past 90 days, with the most recent occurring on September 25, 2026.
Every cable that lands in this country, with live latency on its page.
Cables landing here whose break would hurt this country most, by our cable graph.
No single cable break would cut this country off: alternatives exist for every cable.
| Name | Connected Cables |
|---|---|
| Tabwakea, Kiribati › | 1 |
| Tarawa, Kiribati › | 1 |
Internet status by provider and the resilience of the country's cable connectivity.
Kiribati has 2 submarine cables and 2 landing points in the GeoCables database.
The oldest cable in service is Southern Cross NEXT (2022), the newest is East Micronesia Cable System (EMCS) (2026).
By our cable graph no single break cuts Kiribati off. The largest effect comes from East Micronesia Cable System (EMCS): up to plus 54.5 ms towards India. We count paths and milliseconds, not capacity.
At the last check (2026-11-04 14:08 UTC) the internet in Kiribati was working normally. Providers and history