Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

Yanbu, Saudi Arabia is a submarine cable landing point in Saudi Arabia (coordinates 24.0706°, 38.1070°). It serves 5 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Saudi Arabia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Yanbu, colloquially sometimes referred to as Yambu, is a city and governorate in the Medina Province of western Saudi Arabia, located on the Red Sea coast. It is a major port and industrial center, known for its oil refineries and the Yanbu Industrial City. Yanbu is home to the province's only two ports, the Yanbu Commercial Port and the King Fahd Industrial Port, and is the second most populated city in the province after Medina. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

Cables landing at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia are operated by 30 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bayobab, Bharti Airtel, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Dhiraagu, Djibouti Telecom, Meta, and 20 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 Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, international traffic can reach 43 countries through 5 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep., Djibouti, Egypt and 35 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 Yanbu, Saudi Arabia in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• India Europe Xpress (IEX) (2026) — India Europe Xpress (IEX) is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 8 countries across East Africa, Middle East, Europe. With 11 landing points — including Djibouti City, Jeddah, Marseille, Mumbai, Neom, and 6 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• SeaMeWe-6 (2026) — SeaMeWe-6 is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 15 countries across Middle East, South Asia, East Africa. With 17 landing points — including Abu Dhabi, Chennai, Cox’s Bazar, Djibouti City, Doha, and 12 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• 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 Vision (2023) — Saudi Vision is a domestic submarine cable network within Saudi Arabia, connecting 4 coastal and island locations including Duba, Haql, Jeddah, Yanbu. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →
• SeaMeWe-5 (2016) — SeaMeWe-5 is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 16 countries across North Africa, Middle East, Europe. With 18 landing points — including Abu Talat, Al Hudaydah, Catania, Dumai, Fujairah, and 13 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.