Trapani, Italy

Trapani, Italy is a submarine cable landing point in Italy (coordinates 38.0183°, 12.5136°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Italy's international connectivity infrastructure.

Trapani is a coastal city and comune in western Sicily, Italy, located on a crescent-shaped peninsula between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the Province of Trapani, it has long been associated with the historic salt trade and has increasingly developed as a destination for tourism. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Trapani, Italy

Cables landing at Trapani, Italy are operated by 3 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Infratel Italia, Sparkle, Tunisia Telecom. 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 Trapani, Italy, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Italy, Tunisia.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Trapani, Italy in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Piano Isole Minori (2024) — Piano Isole Minori is a domestic submarine cable network within Italy, connecting 31 coastal and island locations including Alicudi Porto, Cala d'Oliva, Canneto, Capraia Isola, Carloforte, and 26 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →
• Trapani-Kelibia 2 (KELTRA-2) (2007) — Trapani-Kelibia 2 (KELTRA-2) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Tunisia and Italy. Landing at Kelibia, Trapani, 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.