Sparkle
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Sparkle is accelerating its enterprise strategy, with a central focus on multi-vendor end-to-end services -
Telecom Italia (TIM) confirmed it has received a €700 million bid from Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance and Asterion subsidiary Retelit to purchase Sparkle.
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Sparkle, the University of Genoa, and the SubOptic Foundation have teamed to establish the world’s first post-graduate degree dedicated to submarine fibre optic cables.
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The partnership will see Airtel Business benefit from additional capacity on the Blue and Raman submarine cable systems
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Sparkle has announced the successful completion of a Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) proof of concept (PoC) centred around quantum-safe Internet use with the commercial launch planned for later in the year.
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The new submarine cable system will utilise Sparkle's infrastructure to access to key Internet Exchange points in Europe
Forthcoming events
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Sparkle has formed a joint strategic venture with Panamanian telecoms provider Trans Ocean Network for the construction of a landing and connectivity centre to act as a digital hub for Central America, the Andean region and the Caribbean.
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TIM and its international operation, Sparkle, have demonstrated quantum cryptography across national boundaries at an international political conference.
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Sparkle has selected Infinera’s ICE6 800G-capable coherent technology to enhance its new Mediterranean and European optical backbone, Nibble.
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Google has confirmed two subsea cable projects linking the Middle East with southern Europe and Asia, are to be built and delivered in collaboration with Sparkle.
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Sparkle has enhanced its SD-WAN solutions using a multi-vendor approach.
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A double winner back in 2020, it was Sparkle’s projects across the Middle East and Africa, as well as the Americas, that saw it take home the trophies.
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In a survey of top companies in our industry, Alan Burkitt-Gray finds only one – Colt – with a majority of women in the management team. Some are all men
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Sparkle confirms the launch of Albania Crossing, a new direct route connecting Athens to Milan.
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Sparkle has announced the expansion of its Nibble network to northern Europe.
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Former Sparkle chairman and CEO Alessandro Talotta has become executive president and chairman of Milan’s internet exchange, with the strategy of expanding, especially to the edge.
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United Group, the telecoms and cloud company operating in south-eastern Europe, has hired Paolo Ficini from Sparkle to lead its new wholesale division.
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Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten global operators, has launched a managed cyber security training platform to protect businesses against cyber attacks.
