Sparkle
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Sparkle has joined the European research initiative ECSTATIC, which aims to develop new methods for detecting seismic events using submarine fibre-optic cable infrastructure. -
Sparkle has expanded its network in Mexico with the launch of a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Querétaro.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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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.
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Sparkle confirms that it has started laying the BlueMed subsea cable in Genoa, Italy.
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Sparkle has launched its enterprise voice suite, described as a comprehensive set of global telephony services for business customers with multinational needs.
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Sparkle, the international wholesale arm of TIM, has a new CEO. Enrico Maria Bagnasco takes over from Elisabetta Romano, though Romano “maintains her role as board director”, said Sparkle last night.
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The ITW Global Leaders Forum (GLF) has published a thought-leadership piece that outlines the network requirements and capabilities of the future.
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TIM, the former Telecom Italia, has given Elisabetta Romano, CEO of its international arm, Sparkle, an extra job.
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Sparkle confirms the activation of its spectrum capacity on the Monet subsea cable system which connect Brazil to the US.
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Sparkle has signed an MoU with the Italian Navy to improve and protect and improve subsea infrastructure.
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Elisabetta Romano, CEO of Sparkle and chair of the ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) and Annabel Helm, director of the GLF about Romano's new role and plans for the organisation over the next 12 months.
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Work has officially begun on BlueMed, Sparkle's new subsea cable that will transform Genoa, Italy into a new data hub in Europe.
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Elisabetta Romano, the newly elected chair of the ITW Global Leaders’ Forum, speaks to Natalie Bannerman on the change she plans to drive in the highly coveted role.
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More than 30 carriers have collectively witnessed a seven-fold increase in inbound international voice calls to Ukraine in a single month.
