Port Sudan, Sudan

Port Sudan, Sudan is a submarine cable landing point in Sudan (coordinates 19.6156°, 37.2197°). It serves 5 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Sudan's international connectivity infrastructure.

Port Sudan is a major port city on the Red Sea in eastern Sudan, and the capital of Red Sea State. Port Sudan is Sudan's main seaport and the source of 90% of the country's international trade. The population of Port Sudan was estimated in the 2008 Census of Sudan to be 394,561 people. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Port Sudan, Sudan

Cables landing at Port Sudan, Sudan are operated by 25 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including BT, Bayobab, Bharti Airtel, Botswana Fibre Networks, China Mobile, Comores Telecom, Djibouti Telecom, FLAG, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Mauritius Telecom, and 15 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 Port Sudan, Sudan, international traffic can reach 37 countries through 5 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Bahrain, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep., Djibouti, Egypt, France 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 Port Sudan, Sudan in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• 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 Arabia-Sudan-2 (SAS-2) (2011) — Saudi Arabia-Sudan-2 (SAS-2) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Saudi Arabia and Sudan. Landing at Jeddah, Port Sudan, 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 →
• Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy) (2010) — Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 9 countries across East Africa, Southern Africa, North Africa. With 9 landing points — including Dar Es Salaam, Haramous, Maputo, Mogadishu, Mombasa, and 4 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 →
• Saudi Arabia-Sudan-1 (SAS-1) (2003) — Saudi Arabia-Sudan-1 (SAS-1) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Saudi Arabia and Sudan. Landing at Jeddah, Port Sudan, 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.