Palermo, Italy

Palermo, Italy is a submarine cable landing point in Italy (coordinates 38.1215°, 13.3584°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Italy's international connectivity infrastructure.

Palermo is a city in northwestern Sicily, southern Italy, located on the eponymous gulf facing the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo – the city's surrounding metropolitan province. With over 2,700 years of age, the city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Palermo, Italy

Cables landing at Palermo, Italy are operated by 18 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Algerie Telecom, Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bharti Airtel, Google, National Telecom, Orange, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd., Singtel, Sparkle, Sri Lanka Telecom, 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 Palermo, Italy, international traffic can reach 18 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Algeria, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Israel and 10 more.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 2 monitoring events on cables serving Palermo, Italy in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Blue (2023) — Blue is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 6 countries across Middle East, Europe. With 10 landing points — including Aqaba, Bastia, Chania, Genoa, Golfo Aranci, and 5 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. 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.