Algiers, Algeria

Algiers, Algeria is a submarine cable landing point in Algeria (coordinates 36.7653°, 3.0318°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Algeria's international connectivity infrastructure.

Algiers is the capital city of Algeria, located on the Mediterranean Sea in the north-central portion of the country. In 2025, an estimated 4.325 million people resided within the urban area. Algiers is the largest city in Algeria, the third-largest city on the Mediterranean, the sixth-largest city in the Arab world, and the 29th-largest city in Africa by population. Algiers is the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many communes without having its own separate governing body. It extends along the Bay of Algiers surrounded by the Mitidja Plain and major mountain ranges. Its favorable location made it the center of Ottoman and French influences for the region, shaping it to be a diverse metropolis. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Algiers, Algeria

Cables landing at Algiers, Algeria are operated by 3 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AFRIX Telecom, Algerie Telecom, Orascom Telecom Holding. 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 Algiers, Algeria, international traffic can reach 13 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Libya, Malta and 5 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Algiers, Algeria 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

• Medusa Submarine Cable System (2026) — Medusa is a 8,760 km submarine cable system that lights up in 2026 and links the Mediterranean rim. It lands in a remarkable eighteen stations across thirteen countries — from Carcavelos and Sesimbra on the Portuguese Atlantic, along the Spanish Mediterranean coast at Barcelona, through Marseille in France and Mazara del Vallo in Sicily, to Algeria, Tunisia, Libya (Bizerte, Benghazi, Misuratah, Tr Read more →
• Oran-Valencia (ORVAL) (2020) — Oran-Valencia (ORVAL) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Algeria and Spain. Landing at Algiers, Oran, Valencia, 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 →
• 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 →

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