Marseille, France

Marseille, France is a submarine cable landing point in France (coordinates 43.2932°, 5.3726°). It serves 16 submarine cable systems, making it a major regional hub in France's international connectivity infrastructure.

Marseille is a city in southern France, the prefecture of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the Provence region, it is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Marseille is the second-most populous city proper in France, after Paris, with 886,040 inhabitants in 2023 over a municipal territory of 241 km2 (93 sq mi). Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over 3,972 km2 (1,534 sq mi), had a population of 1,900,957 at the January 2022 census. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an indirectly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropolitan issues, with a population of 1,922,626 at the January 2022 census. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Marseille, France

Cables landing at Marseille, France are operated by 53 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AFRIX Telecom, Algerie Telecom, Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bayobab, Bharti Airtel, China Mobile, China Unicom, Cyta, Dhiraagu, and 43 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 Marseille, France, international traffic can reach 55 countries through 16 cable systems. Destinations include Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Comoros, Cyprus and 47 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 6 monitoring events on cables serving Marseille, France in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• EMC West-2 (2027) — EMC West-2 is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Israel, Saudi Arabia, France, Greece. Its 4 landing points at Ashkelon, Haql, Marseille, Tympaki bridge the networks of Middle East, Europe, providing an important path for international data traffic. 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 →
• India Europe Xpress (IEX) (2026) — India Europe Xpress (IEX) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 8 countries across East Africa, Middle East, Europe. With 11 landing points — including Djibouti City, Jeddah, Marseille, Mumbai, Neom, and 6 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Medusa Submarine Cable System (2026) — Medusa is a 8,760 km submarine cable system that lights up in 2026 and links the Mediterranean rim. It lands in a remarkable eighteen stations across thirteen countries — from Carcavelos and Sesimbra on the Portuguese Atlantic, along the Spanish Mediterranean coast at Barcelona, through Marseille in France and Mazara del Vallo in Sicily, to Algeria, Tunisia, Libya (Bizerte, Benghazi, Misuratah, Tr Read more →
• 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 →
• Blue (2023) — Blue is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 6 countries across Middle East, Europe. With 10 landing points — including Aqaba, Bastia, Chania, Genoa, Golfo Aranci, and 5 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Medloop (2023) — Medloop is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: France, Spain, Italy. With landing points at Ajaccio, Barcelona, Genoa, Marseille, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• PEACE Cable (2022) — PEACE Cable is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 13 countries across North Africa, Middle East, South Asia. With 14 landing points — including Abu Talat, Berbera, Bizerte, Jeddah, Kalba, and 9 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 →
• Hawk (2011) — Hawk is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Egypt, France, Cyprus. Its 3 landing points at Alexandria, Marseille, Yeroskipos bridge the networks of North Africa, Europe, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/Alexandros/Medex (2011) — TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/Alexandros/Medex is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting North Africa and Europe, with 4 landing points across 4 countries including Abu Talat, Egypt, Annaba, Algeria, Marseille, France, Pentaskhinos, Cyprus. The cable provides cross-continental connectivity, offering an important route for data traffic between North Africa and Europe. Read more →
• IMEWE (2010) — IMEWE is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 8 countries across North Africa, Europe, Middle East. With 9 landing points — including Alexandria, Catania, Fujairah, Jeddah, Karachi, and 4 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Atlas Offshore (2007) — Atlas Offshore is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Morocco and France. Landing at Asilah, Marseille, 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 →
• Med Cable Network (2005) — Med Cable Network is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Algeria and France. Landing at Algiers, Annaba, Marseille, Oran, 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 →
• SeaMeWe-4 (2005) — SeaMeWe-4 is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 14 countries across North Africa, South Asia, Middle East. With 16 landing points — including Alexandria, Annaba, Bizerte, Chennai, Colombo, and 11 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →

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