Barka, Oman

Barka, Oman is a submarine cable landing point in Oman (coordinates 23.6787°, 57.8861°). It serves 8 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Oman's international connectivity infrastructure.

Barka is a coastal city and Wilayah (Province) in the Al Batinah South Governorate in northern Oman. Bordered by the Sea of Oman and the Hajar Mountains in southern Batinah, Barka is about a half-hour drive from As-Seeb and roughly an hour's drive from Al-Khuwair and Ruwi. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Barka, Oman

Cables landing at Barka, Oman are operated by 32 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, Altice Portugal, BT, Bayobab, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), Bharti Airtel, China Mobile, China Telecom, Dialog Axiata, Djibouti Telecom, and 22 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 Barka, Oman, international traffic can reach 44 countries through 8 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Australia, Bahrain, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. and 36 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 Barka, Oman in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Fibre in Gulf (FIG) (2027) — Fibre in Gulf (FIG) is a regional submarine cable connecting 7 countries — United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and others — with 7 landing points including Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Al Faw, Iraq, Al Ghariya, Qatar, Al Hidd, Bahrain and others. Read more →
• Raman (2026) — Raman is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting Middle East and East Africa and South Asia, with 6 landing points across 5 countries including Aqaba, Jordan, Barka, Oman, Djibouti City, Djibouti, Duba, Saudi Arabia and others. The cable provides cross-continental connectivity, offering an important route for data traffic between Middle East and East Africa and South Asia. Read more →
• 2Africa (2024) — 2Africa is a 45,000-kilometre submarine cable system that encircles the African continent and extends into the Middle East and Europe. At the time of its completion in 2024, it became the longest submarine cable ever built — by a margin of several thousand kilometres — and it remains the largest single system by landing count, with 46 landings across 33 countries. Read more →
• Oman Australia Cable (OAC) (2022) — Oman Australia Cable (OAC) is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting Middle East and Oceania, with 5 landing points across 4 countries including Barka, Oman, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Perth, WA, Australia, Salalah, Oman and others. The cable provides cross-continental connectivity, offering an important route for data traffic between Middle East and Oceania. Read more →
• Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) (2016) — Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) is an 8,100-kilometre submarine cable that links the Middle East to Southeast Asia by way of the Indian subcontinent — and it does so without touching the Red Sea. Read more →
• OMRAN/EPEG (2013) — OMRAN/EPEG is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Oman and Iran. Landing at Barka, Chabahar, Diba, Jask, Khasab, 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 →
• Pishgaman Oman Iran (POI) Network (2012) — Pishgaman Oman Iran (POI) Network is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Oman and Iran. Landing at Barka, Chabahar, Jask, 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 →
• Europe India Gateway (EIG) (2011) — Europe India Gateway (EIG) is a 15,000 km submarine cable that connects twelve countries on three continents — the United Kingdom and Portugal at the European end, then Spain, France, Gibraltar, Monaco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and finally Mumbai, India. Ready for service in 2011, EIG has been in the ground for over a decade. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.