Fujairah · United Arab Emirates
PeeringDB records two exchanges in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates: SMARTHUB Internet Exchange with 43 participants and MX-IX Fujairah with 1. A single facility, SmartHub Fujairah, holds 51 networks. No UAE mobile carrier ASN appears on either exchange, so a Fujairah geolocation reflects an operator's registry entry rather than a device's position.
Internet exchanges in Fujairah
An exchange is a shared switch where networks hand traffic to each other directly. Participant counts come from PeeringDB, where each network maintains its own record.
| Exchange | Participants | Registry carriers peering |
|---|---|---|
SH-IX SMARTHUB Internet Exchange | 43 | none in the registry |
MX-IX Fujairah | 1 | none in the registry |
Exchange records: PeeringDB.
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there, which shows where capacity in the city sits.
| Facility | Networks present | Address |
|---|---|---|
| SmartHub Fujairah | 51 | not listed |
What a Fujairah IP address tells you
SMARTHUB Internet Exchange holds 43 of the 44 exchange participants the registry counts in Fujairah, and MX-IX Fujairah has 1. Capacity here sits in one building rather than across a campus: SmartHub Fujairah lists 51 networks, more than the exchange participant count, so some networks take colocation in the city without joining either exchange. Neither exchange records a carrier ASN. The Emirati mobile operators du, at AS15802, and e&, at AS5384 and AS8966, have no public peering presence in Fujairah in this data.
An address that geolocates to Fujairah need not sit in Fujairah. Operators announce prefixes from registry records that carry one address for an entire allocation, and geolocation databases copy that published location onto every address in the range. Mobile networks concentrate subscriber traffic through a handful of gateways, so a single exit can represent users spread across the country. With no carrier peering recorded in the city, a mobile address labeled Fujairah is more likely a registry artifact than a local device.
Check the origin ASN on the prefix first, since it names the network responsible for the announcement and tells you whether the address belongs to a mobile operator such as du or e& or to a network colocated at SmartHub Fujairah. The netname and registered address on the specific prefix, not on the parent block, show what the operator declares for that range. Treat a city label from a geolocation database as the operator's claim, since that is what it repeats.
Mobile carriers in the United Arab Emirates
A mobile address in Fujairah is routed by one of the country's operators. Each entry lists the operator's ASNs, so you can check which network an address belongs to.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Fujairah?
PeeringDB lists SMARTHUB Internet Exchange, known as SH-IX, with 43 participants, and MX-IX Fujairah with 1. Together they account for the 44 exchange participants the registry records in the city.
Do UAE mobile carriers peer in Fujairah?
Not in this data. Neither SH-IX nor MX-IX Fujairah lists a carrier ASN among its participants, so du (AS15802) and e& (AS5384, AS8966) have no recorded public peering in the city. They may still reach Fujairah networks over transit or private links the registry does not describe.
Does an IP that geolocates to Fujairah mean the device is there?
No. The label comes from the location an operator published for the address block, and one record covers every address in the allocation. With 51 networks in a single facility and no carrier peering recorded, a Fujairah result identifies paperwork rather than a device.
Sources
- PeeringDB - exchanges, participant counts, facilities and network presence, snapshot 2026-09-07
- PROXIES.SX carrier and ASN registry - operator ASNs used to match peering participants