Duba, Saudi Arabia

Duba, Saudi Arabia is a submarine cable landing point in Saudi Arabia (coordinates 27.3540°, 35.6965°). It serves 5 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Saudi Arabia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Duba is a city and governorate located in the Tabuk Province of Saudi Arabia. Situated on the northern coast of the Red Sea. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Duba, Saudi Arabia

Cables landing at Duba, Saudi Arabia are operated by 16 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bayobab, China Mobile, G42, Google, Meta, Mobily, Orange, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd., Sparkle, TeleYemen, and 6 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 Duba, Saudi Arabia, international traffic can reach 37 countries through 5 cable systems. Destinations include Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep., Djibouti, Egypt and 29 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 2 monitoring events on cables serving Duba, Saudi Arabia in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Mobily Red Sea Cable (MRSC) (2027) — Mobily Red Sea Cable (MRSC) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Landing at Duba, Sharm el-Sheikh, 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 →
• Africa-1 (2026) — Africa-1 is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting Middle East and North Africa and East Africa, with 11 landing points across 10 countries including Al Hudaydah, Yemen, Bejaia, Algeria, Berbera, Somalia, Djibouti City, Djibouti and others. As a major intercontinental system spanning 10 nations, it serves as a critical artery for international data traffic between continents. Read more →
• Raman (2026) — Raman is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting Middle East and East Africa and South Asia, with 6 landing points across 5 countries including Aqaba, Jordan, Barka, Oman, Djibouti City, Djibouti, Duba, Saudi Arabia and others. The cable provides cross-continental connectivity, offering an important route for data traffic between Middle East and East Africa and South Asia. 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 →
• Saudi Vision (2023) — Saudi Vision is a domestic submarine cable network within Saudi Arabia, connecting 4 coastal and island locations including Duba, Haql, Jeddah, Yanbu. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

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