Tripoli, Lebanon

Tripoli, Lebanon is a submarine cable landing point in Lebanon (coordinates 34.4394°, 35.8591°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Lebanon's international connectivity infrastructure.

Tripoli is the largest city in northern Lebanon and the second-largest city in the country. Situated 81 km (50 mi) north of the capital Beirut, it is the capital of the North Governorate and the Tripoli District. Tripoli overlooks the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and it is the northernmost seaport in Lebanon. The city is predominantly inhabited by Sunni Muslims, with smaller populations of Alawites and Christians, including Maronites and Armenians among others. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Tripoli, Lebanon

Cables landing at Tripoli, Lebanon are operated by 11 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bharti Airtel, Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications, Ogero, Orange, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd., Sparkle, Syrian Telecommunications Establishment, Tata Communications, Telecom Egypt, center3, and 1 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 Tripoli, Lebanon, international traffic can reach 9 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Egypt, France, India, Italy, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and 1 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Tripoli, Lebanon 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

• IMEWE (2010) — IMEWE is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 8 countries across North Africa, Europe, Middle East. With 9 landing points — including Alexandria, Catania, Fujairah, Jeddah, Karachi, and 4 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• BERYTAR (1997) — BERYTAR is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Lebanon and Syria. Landing at Beirut, Saida, Tartous, 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.