Rome, Italy

Rome, Italy is a submarine cable landing point in Italy (coordinates 41.9031°, 12.4958°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Italy's international connectivity infrastructure.

Rome is the capital city and most populated comune (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special comune named Roma Capitale with a population of 2.7 million in an area of 1,287.36 km2 (497.1 mi2), Rome is the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4.2 million, is the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city. Rome is often referred to as the "City of Seven Hills" due to its geography, and also as the "Eternal City". Rome is generally considered to be one of the cradles of Western civilization and Western Christian culture, and the centre of the Catholic Church. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Rome, Italy, international traffic can reach 6 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Cyprus, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 2 monitoring events on cables serving Rome, Italy in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• 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 →

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