Bosaso, Somalia

Bosaso, Somalia is a submarine cable landing point in Somalia (coordinates 11.2756°, 49.1879°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Somalia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Bosaso, historically known as Bender Qassim, is a city in the northeastern Bari province of Somalia. It is the administrative capital of the Bosaso District and the principal commercial center of the Puntland regional state. Located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, Bosaso serves as a major port facilitating trade between Somalia, the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa, and international markets. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Bosaso, Somalia

Cables landing at Bosaso, Somalia are operated by 7 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Djibouti Telecom, Golis Telecommunications, Hormuud Telecom Somalia, Somtel International, Telesom, Telkom Kenya, Zain Omantel International. 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 Bosaso, Somalia, international traffic can reach 8 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Djibouti, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Oman, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Bosaso, Somalia 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

• Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE 1) (2021) — Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE 1) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 7 countries across East Africa, Southern Africa. With 12 landing points — including Beira, Bosaso, Dar Es Salaam, Djibouti City, Mahajanga, and 7 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Gulf2Africa (G2A) (2017) — Gulf2Africa (G2A) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Somalia and Oman. Landing at Berbera, Bosaso, Salalah, 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 →

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