Dumai, Indonesia

Dumai, Indonesia is a submarine cable landing point in Indonesia (coordinates 1.6656°, 101.4476°). It serves 7 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Indonesia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Dumai, is a coastal city in Riau Province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, about 188 km from Pekanbaru, the provincial capital. The city has an area of 2,065.59 km2 and had 349,389 inhabitants at the mid 2024 official estimate. Dumai has a domestic airport, Pinang Kampai Airport. The city is an important transport and trade centre, both regionally and internationally, especially for traffic to and from Malaysia. The region is rich in oil. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Dumai, Indonesia

Cables landing at Dumai, Indonesia are operated by 22 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Djibouti Telecom, Indonesian Government, Moratelindo, Myanmar Post and Telecommunication (MPT), Ooredoo, Orange, and 12 others. 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 Dumai, Indonesia, international traffic can reach 16 countries through 7 cable systems. Destinations include Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, France, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Myanmar and 8 more. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 5 monitoring events on cables serving Dumai, Indonesia in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• DAMAI Cable System (2019) — DAMAI Cable System is a submarine cable system operating within Indonesia, with landing points at Dumai, Medan, Panipahan. It provides dedicated submarine fiber capacity between these locations, supporting telecommunications, internet access, and enterprise connectivity. Read more →
• Indonesia Global Gateway (IGG) System (2018) — Indonesia Global Gateway (IGG) System is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Indonesia and Singapore. Landing at Bali, Balikpapan, Batam, Dumai, Jakarta, and 5 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 →
• Palapa Ring West (2018) — Palapa Ring West is a domestic submarine cable network within Indonesia, connecting 11 coastal and island locations including Batam, Bengkalis, Dumai, Karimun, Kuala Tungkal, and 6 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →
• SeaMeWe-5 (2016) — SeaMeWe-5 is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 16 countries across North Africa, Middle East, Europe. With 18 landing points — including Abu Talat, Al Hudaydah, Catania, Dumai, Fujairah, and 13 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Batam Dumai Melaka (BDM) (2009) — Based on 131 RIPE Atlas measurements from GeoCables monitoring infrastructure, March–April 2026. The Batam–Dumai–Melaka cable, operated jointly by Moratelindo and Telekom Malaysia since 2009, is the shortest submarine system we currently monitor: 353 kilometres of fibre connecting three landings in the Malacca Strait. Read more →
• JaSuKa (2006) — JaSuKa is a domestic submarine cable network within Indonesia, connecting 7 coastal and island locations including Bandar Lampung, Batam, Dumai, Jakarta, Pontianak, and 2 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →
• Dumai-Melaka Cable System (DMCS) (2005) — Based on 193 RIPE Atlas measurements from GeoCables monitoring infrastructure, March–April 2026. The Dumai-Melaka Cable System — DMCS — is a 159-kilometre submarine cable that crosses the Strait of Malacca at its central, busiest section. The Indonesian landing is at Dumai, an oil-port city on the eastern coast of Sumatra. Read more →

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