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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Global internet exchange operator DE-CIX has extended its GlobePEER remote service to DE-CIX Palermo, increasing its multiple-interconnection reach.
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Epsilon has partnered with ORIS Telekom to deploy its Infiny software-defined networking (SDN) platform in Turkey.
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TIM’s international arm, Sparkle, has expanded its Latin American reach with a new point of presence (PoP) in Huechuraba, in the northern suburbs of Santiago.
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Etisalat Carrier & Wholesale (C&WS) and Sparkle have teamed up to establish a 5G data roaming interconnection between Etisalat and TIM.
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Sparkle confirms the availability of Genome, its new integrated set of platforms and tools for network automation, programmability and virtualisation.
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Sparkle is transforming into a global connectivity and digital services provider so Jason McGee-Abe spoke to new CEO Mario Di Mauro about the bold plans ahead for the carrier.
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Sparkle has moved its Djibouti point of presence (PoP) into the Djibouti Data Center (DDC) and using it as Sparkle’s IP hub for expansion to East and South Africa.
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Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and a global operator, has announced the construction of Nibble, its new ultra-long-haul photonic backbone which will digitally connect Sicily with the major points of presence (PoPs) and data centres in Europe.
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A merger between TIM’s wholesale fibre network in Italy with that of Open Fiber has come a step closer after yesterday’s board meeting of the former Telecom Italia group.
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The board of Telecom Italia is expected tommorow to consider merging its fibre-to-the home (FTTH) operation with that of rival company Open Fiber, according to reports.
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Former Sparkle CEO Alessandra Talotta has joined the board of EllaLink, a subsea cable project designed to connect Latin America and Europe.
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Sparkle has opened a new point of presence (PoP) in Aqaba, Jordan, in collaboration with Naitel, a Jordan-based operator with proprietary data centres and a nationwide network.
