Bizerte, Tunisia

Bizerte, Tunisia is a submarine cable landing point in Tunisia (coordinates 37.2764°, 9.8674°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Tunisia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Bizerte is the capital and largest city of Bizerte Governorate in northern Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40 mi) north of the capital Tunis. It is also known as the last town to remain under French control after the rest of the country won its independence from France. The city had 162,053 inhabitants in 2014. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Bizerte, Tunisia

Cables landing at Bizerte, Tunisia are operated by 18 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AFRIX Telecom, Algerie Telecom, Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bharti Airtel, National Telecom, Orange, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd., Peace Cable International Network Co. Ltd., Singtel, Sparkle, and 8 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 Bizerte, Tunisia, international traffic can reach 25 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Algeria, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Italy and 17 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Bizerte, Tunisia 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 →
• PEACE Cable (2022) — PEACE Cable is a 15,000 km submarine system that entered full service in December 2022, connecting Europe to Asia via Africa. Its acronym stands for "Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe" — a literal description of its route. 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.