Casablanca, Morocco

Casablanca, Morocco is a submarine cable landing point in Morocco (coordinates 33.6054°, -7.6319°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Morocco's international connectivity infrastructure.

Casablanca is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic coast of the Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a population of about 3.22 million in the urban area, and over 4.27 million in Greater Casablanca, making it the most populous city in the Maghreb region, and the ninth-largest in the Arab world. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Casablanca, Morocco

Cables landing at Casablanca, Morocco are operated by 2 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including EllaLink, Maroc Telecom. 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 Casablanca, Morocco, international traffic can reach 10 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Benin, Brazil, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, French Guiana, Gabon, Mauritania, Morocco and 2 more.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Casablanca, Morocco 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

• EllaLink (2021) — On June 1, 2021, a signal left Sines, Portugal — a quiet fishing port on the Alentejo coast — and arrived in Fortaleza, Brazil, sixty-two milliseconds later. For the first time in the history of the internet, a European packet reached South America without touching North American soil. Read more →
• Maroc Telecom West Africa (2021) — Maroc Telecom West Africa (MTWA) is an 8,600 km submarine cable ready for service in 2021. It connects six cable stations across six countries along Africa's Atlantic coast: Casablanca and Dakhla in Morocco, Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, Lomé in Togo, Cotonou in Benin, and Libreville in Gabon. Read more →

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