AAE-1 (Asia Africa Europe 1)
CRITICALHORMUZ + RED SEA — AAE-1 traverses the Gulf of Oman directly adjacent to Iranian territorial waters. An Iranian infrastructure targeting event would affect this cable with no Cape of Good Hope rerouting option. Also exposed to Red Sea disruption.
AAE-1 (Asia Africa Europe 1) is a 25,000km submarine cable system connecting Marseille to Hong Kong via the Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India and Singapore. Jointly owned by Etisalat (AS5384), Saudi Telecom STC (AS25019) and PCCW (AS3491), AAE-1 is one of the cables most exposed to the Strait of Hormuz risk vector. Unlike Red Sea cable incidents — where vessels can reroute around the Cape of Good Hope at the cost of 3-4 weeks — a cable severance in the Gulf of Oman has no alternative routing. AAE-1 also serves the London-Hong Kong corridor critical for Asian equity market access. CableAlert treats AAE-1 as the highest-priority cable in the Hormuz risk zone.
Consortium Members & Monitored ASNs
Landing Stations
Monitoring Notes
Routes through Gulf of Oman / Strait of Hormuz approach. Primary Hormuz-corridor cable. Also serves London-Hong Kong route.
Other Cables on London ↔ Singapore
Telegram push alerts when AAE-1 (Asia Africa Europe 1) shows BGP anomalies or latency spikes on the London ↔ Singapore corridor.