Karachi, Pakistan

Karachi, Pakistan is a submarine cable landing point in Pakistan (coordinates 24.8894°, 67.0285°). It serves 9 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Pakistan's international connectivity infrastructure.

Karachi is the capital city of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the largest city in Pakistan and 12th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast and formerly served as the country's capital from 1947 to 1959. Ranked as a beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion (PPP) as of 2021. Karachi is a major metropolitan area and is considered Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, and among the country's most linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse regions, as well as one of the country's most progressive and socially liberal cities. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Karachi, Pakistan

Cables landing at Karachi, Pakistan are operated by 48 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Algerie Telecom, Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bayobab, Bharti Airtel, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Dhiraagu, Djibouti Telecom, and 38 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 Karachi, Pakistan, international traffic can reach 51 countries through 9 cable systems. Destinations include Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Comoros, Cyprus and 43 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 3 monitoring events on cables serving Karachi, Pakistan in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Africa-1 (2026) — Africa-1 is a 10,000 km submarine cable ready for service in 2026, running from France through Africa to the Middle East. It lands in ten stations across nine countries: Marseille in France, Bejaia in Algeria, Sidi Kerir in Egypt, Duba in Saudi Arabia, Al Hudaydah in Yemen, Djibouti City in Djibouti, Berbera in Somalia, Mombasa in Kenya, Kalba in the UAE, and Karachi in Pakistan. Read more →
• SeaMeWe-6 (2026) — SEA-ME-WE 6 is the sixth submarine cable in a series that has been laying fibre between Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Western Europe since 1985. The original SEA-ME-WE (just SEA-ME-WE, no number) was commissioned in 1985 as one of the earliest long-haul submarine cables in the modern sense. SEA-ME-WE 2 followed in 1994, SEA-ME-WE 3 in 1999, SEA-ME-WE 4 in 2005, SEA-ME-WE 5 in 2016. 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 →
• 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 →
• Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) (2017) — Based on 47 RIPE Atlas measurements from GeoCables monitoring infrastructure, March–April 2026. AAE-1 — Asia-Africa-Europe-1 — is one of the largest single submarine cable systems in operation. It was brought into service in 2017 by a consortium of 19 telecommunications operators, ranging from China Unicom and Reliance Jio to Telecom Egypt and Pakistan Telecommunications Company. 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 →
• IMEWE (2010) — IMEWE is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 8 countries across North Africa, Europe, Middle East. With 9 landing points — including Alexandria, Catania, Fujairah, Jeddah, Karachi, and 4 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Transworld (TW1) (2006) — Transworld (TW1) is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting Middle East and South Asia, with 3 landing points across 3 countries including Al Seeb, Oman, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Karachi, Pakistan. The cable provides cross-continental connectivity, offering an important route for data traffic between Middle East and South Asia. 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.