Myanmar
Myanmar's documented submarine cable connectivity rests on a single active system, AAE-1, with no landing points yet recorded in this register — a picture that points to a connectivity profile still being mapped.
Connectivity at a glance
- Cable systems
- 1active
- Landing points
- 0
- Resilience score
- 9
Cable systems serving Myanmar
| Cable | Status | Ready for service | Length | Design capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) | active | 23 June 2017 | — | 100 Tbit/s (20 Tbit/s per fibre pair) |
Landing points
Landing point records for Myanmar are being compiled.
Submarine cable connectivity
Myanmar's connection to the global submarine cable network is, on current documentation, anchored to a single system: Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1), which entered service in 2017. AAE-1 is one of the longer high-capacity routes in the region, linking South-east Asia to Europe via the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East. Myanmar's participation in that system places it on a cable with broad geographic reach and multiple consortium owners — characteristics that generally support meaningful international bandwidth.
That said, a single cable relationship represents a structurally limited position. Where a country's international data traffic depends on one system, any fault on that cable — whether a ship anchor strike, a seabed movement, or a repair-window outage — can affect the entirety of its submarine capacity. Diverse cable landings, spread across multiple systems and ideally multiple coastal locations, are the standard mitigation. On the evidence currently held in this register, Myanmar does not have that redundancy documented.
Landing points
No landing points for AAE-1 — or any other submarine cable — are recorded in this register for Myanmar. This is a gap in documentation rather than a confirmed absence of infrastructure; cable landing stations are not always publicly disclosed in detail, and registry data for this country is still being compiled. Until landing point data is confirmed and added, the precise coastal geography of Myanmar's cable access cannot be described with accuracy.
Geography and connectivity context
Myanmar's coastline runs along the eastern shore of the Bay of Bengal and down through the Andaman Sea, giving it genuine maritime frontage and a plausible basis for submarine cable landings. Neighbouring countries with well-documented cable infrastructure — including Thailand to the east and Bangladesh to the north-west — are served by multiple systems, which raises the question of whether Myanmar supplements its submarine capacity through terrestrial cross-border links. Overland fibre transit through a neighbouring country is a common workaround where domestic cable landings are limited, though it introduces its own dependencies and latency considerations.
Satellite connectivity may also form part of the capacity picture, particularly for areas distant from any terrestrial or submarine fibre path.
This profile will be updated as landing point data and additional cable information is confirmed.