Kochi, India

Kochi, India is a submarine cable landing point in India (coordinates 9.9381°, 76.2696°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in India's international connectivity infrastructure.

Kochi, formerly known as Cochin, is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. The city is also commonly referred to as Ernakulam. As of 2011, the Kochi Municipal Corporation had a population of 677,381 over an area of 94.88 km2, and the larger Kochi urban agglomeration had over 2.1 million inhabitants within an area of 440 km2, making it the largest and the most populous metropolitan area in Kerala. Kochi city is also part of the Greater Cochin development region and is classified as a Tier-II city by the Government of India. The civic body that governs the city is the Kochi Municipal Corporation, which was constituted in the year 1967, and the statutory bodies that oversee its development are the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) and the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA). Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Kochi, India

Cables landing at Kochi, India are operated by 29 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, Angola Telecom, BICS, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), Camtel, China Telecom, Chunghwa Telecom, Cogent, Ghana Telecommunications Company, KPN, and 19 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 Kochi, India, international traffic can reach 5 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Réunion, South Africa.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Kochi, India in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Kochi-Lakshadweep Islands (KLI-SOFC) (2024) — Kochi-Lakshadweep Islands (KLI-SOFC) is a domestic submarine cable network within India, connecting 12 coastal and island locations including Agatti, Amini, Andrott, Bangaram, Bitra, and 7 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →
• SAFE (2002) — SAFE is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting East Africa and South Asia and Southern Africa, with 6 landing points across 5 countries including Baie Jacotet, Mauritius, Kochi, India, Melkbosstrand, South Africa, Mtunzini, South Africa and others. Read more →

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