Landing Point · CV Cape Verde
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 1 | Active |
| Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 3 | Active |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-06-26 through 2026-07-12 - live ICMP round-trip time via our monitoring probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #6410 own probe | Sao Paulo BR | 3 | 252.8 ms |
| #6427 own probe | Sydney AU | 3 | 285.8 ms |
| #6487 own probe | Singapore SG | 3 | 194.6 ms |
| #1014473 own probe | Minsk BY | 3 | 129.9 ms |
| #1015932 own probe | Odessa UA | 3 | 105.1 ms |
| #1015984 own probe | Balancer IL | 1 | 131.3 ms |
Sal Rei is a coastal town on Boa Vista, one of the eastern islands of the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, at coordinates 16.177172°N, 22.919038°W. For submarine cable infrastructure, Sal Rei serves as one of the inter-island cable nodes of Cape Verde Telecom's domestic submarine network. Two cables of the Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable system (Phase 1 and Phase 3) land here, providing connectivity between Boa Vista and the other inhabited islands of the Cape Verde archipelago.
Cape Verde, as an island nation of approximately 565,000 inhabitants spread across ten islands, depends extensively on submarine cables for inter-island telecommunications connectivity. Without these cables, each island would require independent satellite or microwave links — significantly more expensive and lower capacity. The CVT domestic submarine cable network ties the islands into a single fibre-connected national infrastructure.
Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 1 is a submarine cable in service since 1997, owned by Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT). From Sal Rei it reaches Murdeira and Tarrafal de São Nicolau in the northern Cape Verde islands, plus Praia (the national capital) and São Pedro on Santiago and São Vicente islands. Phase 1 was the first major fibre infrastructure connecting the Cape Verde archipelago, replacing earlier microwave and satellite links between islands.
Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 3 is a submarine cable in service since 2011, owned by Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT). From Sal Rei it reaches Nova Sintra, Porto Novo, Praia, São Filipe, São Pedro, Tarrafal de Santiago, and Vila do Maio — extending the domestic network to additional inhabited islands and providing redundancy for inter-island connectivity. Length and exact technical specifications are not catalogued in the GeoCables dataset for either phase.
The two CVT phases provide redundant inter-island fibre paths through Sal Rei. Some destination islands (Praia, São Pedro) are reached by both cables — meaning a fault on either cable still leaves Cape Verde domestic inter-island connectivity intact for those islands. For islands reached by only one cable, the redundancy is at the network-routing level rather than physical-cable level (alternative paths through neighbouring islands).
International connectivity for Cape Verde is provided by other cables landing at Praia (the national capital), notably WACS, EllaLink, and other transatlantic systems. Sal Rei's role is exclusively domestic — international traffic from Sal Rei reaches Praia via the domestic cables and then onward to the international cables.
The Sal Rei submarine cable landing sits at 16.177172°N, 22.919038°W (16°10'37"N, 22°55'08"W), on Boa Vista island in the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa. The protected harbour of Sal Rei provides natural cable approach conditions for the inter-island fibre infrastructure.
Two CVT domestic submarine cables land at Sal Rei: Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 1 (RFS 1997) and Phase 3 (RFS 2011), both providing inter-island connectivity within the Cape Verde archipelago.
The Sal Rei cable landing is at 16.177172°N, 22.919038°W (16°10'37"N, 22°55'08"W), on Boa Vista island in Cape Verde.
Through CVT Phase 1, Sal Rei reaches Murdeira (Sal), Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Praia (Santiago), and São Pedro (São Vicente). Through CVT Phase 3, Sal Rei additionally reaches Nova Sintra (Brava), Porto Novo (Santo Antão), São Filipe (Fogo), Tarrafal de Santiago, and Vila do Maio.
The earliest documented Sal Rei landing in the GeoCables dataset is CVT Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 1, in service since 1997.
Both cables are operated by Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT), the national incumbent telecommunications operator of Cape Verde.
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