Doha, Qatar

Doha, Qatar is a submarine cable landing point in Qatar (coordinates 25.2943°, 51.5194°). It serves 6 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Qatar's international connectivity infrastructure.

Doha is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor and Lusail, it is home to most of the country's population. It is also Qatar's fastest growing city and over 80% of the nation's population live in Doha or its surrounding suburbs, which is known collectively as the Doha Metropolitan Area. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Doha, Qatar

Cables landing at Doha, Qatar are operated by 38 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bayobab, Bharti Airtel, China Mobile, China Unicom, Dhiraagu, Djibouti Telecom, FLAG, Hyalroute, and 28 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 Doha, Qatar, international traffic can reach 46 countries through 6 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. and 38 more. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 3 monitoring events on cables serving Doha, Qatar in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• SeaMeWe-6 (2026) — SeaMeWe-6 is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 15 countries across Middle East, South Asia, East Africa. With 17 landing points — including Abu Dhabi, Chennai, Cox’s Bazar, Djibouti City, Doha, and 12 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• 2Africa (2024) — 2Africa is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 34 countries across West Africa, Middle East, Southern Africa. With 50 landing points — including Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Accra, Al Faw, Al Khobar, and 45 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) (2017) — Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 18 countries across North Africa, Middle East, Europe. With 20 landing points — including Abu Talat, Aden, Al Bustan, Bari, Cape D’Aguilar, and 15 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 →
• Qatar-U.A.E. Submarine Cable System (2004) — Qatar-U.A.E. Submarine Cable System is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Landing at Abu Dhabi, Das Island, Doha, Halul Island, 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 →
• Fiber Optic Gulf (FOG) (1998) — Fiber Optic Gulf (FOG) is a regional submarine cable connecting 4 countries — Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain — with 4 landing points including Doha, Qatar, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait City, Kuwait, Manama, Bahrain. It enhances regional connectivity and provides route diversity for internet traffic in Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain. Read more →

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