Al Hudaydah, Yemen

Al Hudaydah, Yemen is a submarine cable landing point in Yemen (coordinates 14.7978°, 42.9545°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Yemen's international connectivity infrastructure.

Hodeidah, also transliterated as Hodeda, Hodeida, Hudaida or al-Hudaydah, is the fourth-largest city in Yemen and its principal port on the Red Sea and it is the centre of Al Hudaydah Governorate. As of 2023, it had an estimated population of 735,000. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Al Hudaydah, Yemen

Cables landing at Al Hudaydah, Yemen are operated by 24 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Djibouti Telecom, FLAG, G42, Mobily, Myanmar Post and Telecommunication (MPT), Ooredoo, and 14 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 Al Hudaydah, Yemen, international traffic can reach 27 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia and 19 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Al Hudaydah, Yemen 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

• Africa-1 (2026) — Africa-1 is a 10,000 km submarine cable ready for service in 2026, running from France through Africa to the Middle East. It lands in ten stations across nine countries: Marseille in France, Bejaia in Algeria, Sidi Kerir in Egypt, Duba in Saudi Arabia, Al Hudaydah in Yemen, Djibouti City in Djibouti, Berbera in Somalia, Mombasa in Kenya, Kalba in the UAE, and Karachi in Pakistan. 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 →
• FALCON (2006) — Every submarine cable has an owner. Most have had two. FALCON has survived three bankruptcies — and is still carrying traffic across fourteen countries, from Egypt to Sri Lanka, through some of the most politically complex waters on Earth. The Cable That Outlived Its Owners FALCON stands for FLAG Alcatel-Lucent Optical Network. Read more →

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