Kuwait City, Kuwait

Kuwait City, Kuwait is a submarine cable landing point in Kuwait (coordinates 29.3740°, 47.9747°). It serves 5 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Kuwait's international connectivity infrastructure.

Kuwait City is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic primate city of the emirate, being home to all headquarters of most Kuwaiti corporations and entirety of its banking system. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Kuwait City, Kuwait

Cables landing at Kuwait City, Kuwait are operated by 14 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), Bayobab, China Mobile, Gulf Bridge International, Kuwait Ministry of Communications, Meta, Ooredoo, Orange, Telecom Egypt, Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of Iran, and 4 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 Kuwait City, Kuwait, international traffic can reach 34 countries through 5 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Bahrain, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep., Djibouti, Egypt, France and 26 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 Kuwait City, Kuwait in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Fibre in Gulf (FIG) (2027) — Fibre in Gulf (FIG) is a regional submarine cable connecting 7 countries — United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and others — with 7 landing points including Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Al Faw, Iraq, Al Ghariya, Qatar, Al Hidd, Bahrain and others. 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 →
• Gulf Bridge International Cable System/Middle East North Africa Cable System (GBICS/MENA) (2012) — Gulf Bridge International Cable System/Middle East North Africa Cable System (GBICS/MENA) is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting Middle East and South Asia, with 9 landing points across 9 countries including Al Daayen, Qatar, Al Faw, Iraq, Al Hidd, Bahrain, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia and others. Read more →
• Kuwait-Iran (2005) — Kuwait-Iran is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Iran and Kuwait. Landing at Ganaveh, Khark Island, Kuwait City, Soroosh Platform, 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.