850 km · 2 Landing Points · 2 Countries · Ready for Service: 2007
| Length | 850 km |
|---|---|
| Status | In Service |
| Ready for Service | 2007 |
| Landing Points | 2 |
| Countries | 2 |
| Location |
|---|
| Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Male, Maldives |
Monitored from 2026-03-06 through 2026-05-24 — live ICMP round-trip time measurements via RIPE Atlas probes. All values below are recomputed daily from raw probe data. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #7595 | RIPE Atlas | 64 | 100.4 ms |
| #1042 | RIPE Atlas | 13 | 228.1 ms |
The Dhiraagu-SLT Submarine Cable Network is a bilateral submarine cable system connecting the Maldives and Sri Lanka across the Indian Ocean. Spanning approximately 850 km, it provides a direct link between the two countries and serves the corridor between Male and Colombo.
In the Maldives, the cable lands at Male, the capital and primary telecommunications hub of the island nation.
In Sri Lanka, the cable lands at Colombo, the country's commercial capital and principal international connectivity gateway.
The cable is jointly owned by Dhiraagu and Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT). Dhiraagu is the primary telecommunications provider of the Maldives, while Sri Lanka Telecom is the national telecommunications operator of Sri Lanka. The two-party ownership structure reflects the point-to-point nature of the system.
The Dhiraagu-SLT Submarine Cable Network entered service in 2007, making it one of the earlier dedicated bilateral cable systems serving this corridor.
The cable operates within a corridor that has seen growing infrastructure investment over the years. Among regional peers, FALCON (RFS 2006) entered service around the same period and also serves both the Maldives and Sri Lanka as part of a much longer regional system at 10,300 km. More recently, larger international systems including India Asia Xpress (IAX, RFS 2024) and the planned SeaMeWe-6 (RFS 2026) traverse the same corridor, reflecting continued demand for connectivity between these countries. The Dhiraagu-SLT system, at 850 km, remains the shortest route between its two landing points among these peers. Within the Maldives, domestic systems such as Dhiraagu Cable Network and NaSCOM extend connectivity across the archipelago.
Measured performance over the last 60 days across 72 ping tests records an average round-trip latency of 114.6 ms, with a best observed result of 88.2 ms.
By connecting Male directly to Colombo, the Dhiraagu-SLT Submarine Cable Network provides the Maldives with a dedicated international cable path to Sri Lanka. Given the Maldives' geographic character as a dispersed archipelago dependent on submarine infrastructure for international telecommunications, this direct bilateral link complements the broader set of cables serving the region. The cable's two landing points represent the principal connectivity nodes of their respective countries.
| Status | ✓ Normal |
|---|---|
| RTT | 101.49 ms / base 99.90 ms |
| Last checked | 2026-05-24 16:30 |
Monitored using RIPE Atlas probes. Open monitoring →
| Min | Avg | Max | # | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | 101.4 | 104.0 | 111.2 | 8 |
| 30 days | 90.2 | 98.1 | 111.2 | 26 |
| 60 days | 88.2 | 100.4 | 213.5 | 64 |
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