UMO

Overview

UMO is a submarine cable system spanning 2,227 km and connecting Myanmar and Singapore. It provides a direct bilateral link between these two Southeast Asian countries, serving the corridor between the Andaman Sea coast of Myanmar and the western tip of Singapore.

Route and Landings

In Myanmar, UMO lands at Thanlyin, a township situated near Yangon on the Bago River delta region.

In Singapore, the cable comes ashore at Tuas, a landing station located on the western edge of the island.

Ownership and Operators

UMO is owned solely by Campana Group. As a single-owner system, it reflects a privately held approach to bilateral connectivity rather than the shared consortium model common on longer intercontinental routes.

Status and Timeline

UMO entered service in 2023 and has been operational for approximately three years. It is among the more recent submarine cable additions in this corridor.

Regional Context

The Myanmar–Singapore corridor is served by a small number of cables. Myanmar has two submarine cable landings in total, with the first arriving in 2017, making it one of the more recently connected countries in Southeast Asia at the submarine cable level. Singapore, by contrast, hosts 33 submarine cables across eight landing points, reflecting its position as a dense convergence point for regional and intercontinental systems.

At 2,227 km, UMO is longer than 27% of the other cables touching the same countries, placing it toward the shorter end of the length spectrum in this corridor — consistent with its role as a direct bilateral link rather than a long-haul intercontinental system. Regional peers such as EAC-C2C, AAE-1, PEACE Cable, SeaMeWe-6, AAG, and Bifrost all extend well beyond 19,000 km and connect numerous additional countries, whereas UMO is focused exclusively on the Myanmar–Singapore segment.

Measured round-trip latency over the past 60 days averages 61.3 ms, with a best recorded result of 35.8 ms across 60 ping tests. These figures are consistent with a cable of this length operating in this geographic corridor.

Strategic Role

UMO provides a direct submarine connection between Thanlyin and Tuas, linking Myanmar's limited submarine cable infrastructure to Singapore's densely connected landing environment. For Myanmar — which has only two submarine cable landings — UMO represents one of two physical pathways for international subsea connectivity. Its single-owner structure gives Campana Group direct control over a point-to-point link in a corridor where alternative routing options remain limited.