Djibouti is a significant location for submarine cables running through the Asia, Africa and Europe corridor or connecting the East Africa.

Since the merger the Telecommunications Department of the Office of Posts and Telecommunications (OPT) and the International Telecommunication Company of Djibouti (STID) in 1999, Djibouti Telecom has become the incumbent and monopoly of national and international telecommunications throughout Djibouti. Djibouti Telecom is today a leading strategic center for international telecommunication services in East Africa with its underlying network infrastructure including international submarine cables and terrestrial cables (between Djibouti-Somali, and Djibouti-Ethiopia).

Djibouti Telecom has three cable landing stations, the YAC A Cable Landing Station (YAC A CLS), the Haramous Cable Landing Station (Haramous CLS) and the RAS DIKA CLS which is the newest CLS in Djibouti and has been operational since August, 2023.  

Subsea cables landing at the YAC A CLS:

• AAE1
• ADEN-DJIBOUTI
• SEACOM
• SMW3
• DARE1 

Subsea cables landing at the Haramous CLS:

• EIG
• EASSy
• SMW5
• DJIBOUTI-ETHIOPIA (terrestrial cable)
• DJIBOUTI-SOMALIA (terrestrial cable)

Subsea cables landing at the RAS DIKA CLS:

• PEACE,
• 2Africa,
• Africa-1,
• SMW6,
• IEX
• Blue-Raman 

Djibouti Data Center (DDC) also represents a key telecom infrastructure in Djibouti.

Launched commercial operations in 2013, the DDC is a carrier neutral data center in Djibouti. The DDC building is adjacent to the Haramous CLS, and connected by diverse dark fiber paths to the Haramous CLS and the YAC A CLS,  connecting all transoceanic and regional cable systems landing in Djibouti. Backhaul to any subsea cable head can be ordered directly from the DDC, although it is provided by Djibouti Telecom.