Sparkle
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Sparkle has expanded its network in Mexico with the launch of a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Querétaro. -
Liberty Networks, Gold Data, Sparkle, have confirmed that SubCom will build the MANTA subsea cable system. The contract, officially entered into force today.
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The Italian state will retain a 70% stake in subsea firm Sparkle after Telecom Italia signed off on the €700 million (USD$733 million) acquisition bid from Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance and Asterion subsidiary Retelit.
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Sparkle has signed an agreement with Cypriot integrated electronic communication provider Cyta to launch a cable landing in the country for the BlueMed subsea cable.
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Sparkle has signed an agreement with Oceanic Environmental Cables (OEC) to recover and recycle unused subsea cables.
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Sparkle has partnered with shipbuilding giant Fincantieri to develop advanced solutions for detecting and monitoring subsea cables.
Forthcoming events
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Sparkle confirms the expansion of its network footprint to South Africa with the opening of two new points of presence (PoPs) in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
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Telecom Italia (TIM) has approved an €18.8 billion offer for its fixed-line network to US private equity firm KKR.
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Enrico Maria Bagnasco tells Natalie Bannerman about the company's latest global infrastructure projects.
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Earlier this week Sparkle signed an agreement with the UAE-based Kush Investments firm for the provision of virtual fibres on the Equiano subsea cable.
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Sparkle confirms the activation of the terrestrial section of the BlueMed cable connecting Aqaba in Jordan to Sparkle’s Mediterranean backbone.
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Sparkle has signed an agreement with Genoa Data Internet eXchange (Ge-DIX), a non-profit consortium of interconnection services, to establish an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) at Sparkle's Genoa Digital Hub data centre.
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Sparkle in joint collaboration with Trans Ocean Network (TON), a Panamanian telecoms company, have launched the Panama Digital Gateway (PDG).
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Sparkle's chief revenue officer, Mario Pastore, speaks to Capacity editor, Nadine Hawkins, about the BlueMed/BlueRaman project in Palermo, the Panama Digital Gateway data centre project and focus areas for the next 12 months.
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Sparkle has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Libya Postal Telecommunication and Technology Holding Company (LPTIC), the Libyan state-owned telecom company.
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Sparkle will shortly open its Panama Digital Gateway, a state-of-the-art data centre offering a new strategic bridge between North and South America. Mauricio Traverso, executive vice president for the Americas at Sparkle, outlines how there are opportunities across the whole of the Americas as the region’s digital potential expands.
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Sparkle confirms the deployment of next-gen technologies from Infinera and Nokia on its global optical terrestrial and subsea networks.
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Italian service provider Sparkle took home a 2022 Global Carrier Award (GCA) in the Best Subsea Innovation category, for its Genoa Landing Platform (GLP) submarine cable landing infrastructure in northern Italy.
