Annaba, Algeria

Annaba, Algeria is a submarine cable landing point in Algeria (coordinates 36.9023°, 7.7554°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Algeria's international connectivity infrastructure.

Annaba, formerly known as Hippone, Bona and Bône, is a seaport city in the northeastern corner of Algeria, close to the border with Tunisia. Annaba is near the small Seybouse River and is in Annaba Province. With a population of about 263,650 (2019) and 1,000,000 for the metropolitan area, Annaba is the third-largest city and the leading industrial center in Algeria. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Annaba, Algeria

Cables landing at Annaba, Algeria are operated by 20 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Algerie Telecom, Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bharti Airtel, Cyta, National Telecom, Orange, Orascom Telecom Holding, PCCW, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd., SEACOM, and 10 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 Annaba, Algeria, international traffic can reach 15 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Algeria, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Egypt, France, India, Italy, Malaysia and 7 more.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 1 monitoring event on cables serving Annaba, Algeria in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/Alexandros/Medex (2011) — TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/Alexandros/Medex is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting North Africa and Europe, with 4 landing points across 4 countries including Abu Talat, Egypt, Annaba, Algeria, Marseille, France, Pentaskhinos, Cyprus. The cable provides cross-continental connectivity, offering an important route for data traffic between North Africa and Europe. Read more →
• Med Cable Network (2005) — Med Cable Network is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Algeria and France. Landing at Algiers, Annaba, Marseille, Oran, 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 →
• SeaMeWe-4 (2005) — SeaMeWe-4 is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 14 countries across North Africa, South Asia, Middle East. With 16 landing points — including Alexandria, Annaba, Bizerte, Chennai, Colombo, and 11 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.