Mazara del Vallo, Italy

Mazara del Vallo, Italy is a submarine cable landing point in Italy (coordinates 37.6501°, 12.5913°). It serves 8 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Italy's international connectivity infrastructure.

Mazara del Vallo is a city and comune in the province of Trapani, northwestern Sicily, Italy. It lies mainly on the left bank at the mouth of the Mazaro river. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Mazara del Vallo, Italy

Cables landing at Mazara del Vallo, Italy are operated by 15 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AFRIX Telecom, Azimut, EXA Infrastructure, GO plc, Gulf Bridge International, Libya International Telecommunications Company, Ooredoo Tunisie, Orange Tunisie, Regione Sardegne, Sparkle, and 5 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 Mazara del Vallo, Italy, international traffic can reach 15 countries through 8 cable systems. Destinations include Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Libya, Malta and 7 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 1 monitoring event on cables serving Mazara del Vallo, Italy in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• 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 →
• Unitirreno (2025) — Unitirreno is a domestic submarine cable network within Italy, connecting 4 coastal and island locations including Fiumicino, Genoa, Mazara del Vallo, Olbia. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →
• Didon (2014) — Didon is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Tunisia and Italy. Landing at Kelibia, Mazara del Vallo, 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 →
• Middle East North Africa (MENA) Cable System/Gulf Bridge International (2014) — Middle East North Africa (MENA) Cable System/Gulf Bridge International is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting North Africa and Middle East and Europe, with 5 landing points across 4 countries including Abu Talat, Egypt, Al Seeb, Oman, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Mazara del Vallo, Italy and others. Read more →
• HANNIBAL System (2009) — HANNIBAL System is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Tunisia and Italy. Landing at Kelibia, Mazara del Vallo, 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 →
• GO-1 Mediterranean Cable System (2008) — GO-1 Mediterranean Cable System is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Italy and Malta. Landing at Mazara del Vallo, St. Paul's Bay, 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 →
• Janna (2005) — Janna is a domestic submarine cable network within Italy, connecting 4 coastal and island locations including Cagliari, Civitavecchia, Mazara del Vallo, Olbia. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →
• Italy-Libya (1998) — Italy-Libya is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Italy and Libya. Landing at Mazara del Vallo, Tripoli, 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.