Ports: Bombay (India), Calcutta (India), Madras (India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Durban (South Africa), Fremantle (Australia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Melbourne (Australia), Richard's Bay (South Africa)

Telecommunications: no submarine cables

NOTE: The information regarding Indian Ocean on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Indian Ocean Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Indian Ocean Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.