Iraq has a strategic location in providing regional and global connectivity for Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East.

There are now only two in-service international submarine cables landing in Iraq, i.e., FALCON and GBI cable systems. And 2Africa Pearl, Fibre in Gulf (FIG) and Khaleej North (an extension of SEA-ME-WE 6) has confirmed to land in Iraq.

The GBI cable system is the first subsea cable connecting Iraq, landing at the Al Faw Cable Landing Station in early 2012. The GBI cable system is privately owned and operated by Gulf Bridge International, which contracts with Iraq Telecommunications & Post Company (ITPC) as the landing party in Iraq.  The GBI cable network reaches Europe through Al Faw and terrestrial cables across Iraq and Turkey.

The FALCON cable system landed at the Al Faw Cable Landing Station in 2012, following the GBI cable system. The FALCON cable system is a private cable owned by Global Cloud Xchange (formerly FLAG Telecom), which contracts with Iraqi Telecommunications & Post Company (ITPC) as the landing party in Iraq.

In early 2024, the Iraqi Ministry of Communications signed a contract with the Saudi Telecom Company to land the 2Africa Pearl cable in Al-Faw, Iraq.

In March 2025, Ooredoo Group and ITPC signed a Landing Party Agreement to land the Fibre in Gulf (FIG) subsea cable in Iraq.

ITPC is the dominant fixed network and subsea cable operator in Iraq. 

iQ Group, a leading Iraqi fiber optic provider founded in 2005, operates the Silk Route Transit, a fibre-optic terrestrial cable across Iraq over 3500 kilometres,  with six cable landing stations across Iraq including Al-Faw Station.

Asiacell, Korek Telecom, and Zain Iraq are the three mobile operators in Iraq. Asiacell is a subsidiary of Ooredoo of Qatar, Korek Telecom is affiliated to Orange (France Telecom) and Zain Iraq is a subsidiary of Kuwait's Zain.