28 July 2020     

Sparkle's Daniele Mancuso Confirmed as Member of MEF Board of Directors

Member and MEF certified company since 2011, Sparkle has been a pioneer and promoter in adopting MEF guidelines


Sparkle is pleased to announce that Daniele Mancuso, Chief Marketing Solutions & Business Development Officer, has been confirmed Board Director Member of the prestigious MEF (formerly Metro Ethernet Forum), the global industry alliance that gathers more than 220 service providers and vendors operating in the Telco and IT sectors.

 

Sparkle MEF

 

TIM Group has been long-lasting contributor of MEF since the early years of Carrier Ethernet standardization and certification, with Sparkle operating as strong front-end influencer and active participant in the most challenging and innovative projects.

Member and MEF certified company since 2011, Sparkle has been a pioneer and promoter in adopting MEF guidelines and, on June 2020, has been listed by MEF in a group of 8 Service Providers to be production-ready for deploying MEF 3.0 LSO Sonata APIs to automate ordering of MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet Access E-Line services.

In 2019 Sparkle has been awarded with the Proof of Concept Award for Service Assurance Implementation for the “Dynamic Connectivity and Commerce Enabled by MEF 3.0 and Blockchain” and, in 2018, with Best MEF 3.0 Implementation Project and with the Silver Proof of Concept Award for Federated Inter-carrier Data-on-demand Services through Automated Discovery and Blockchain Settlement.

These wins follow the recognitions achieved by Sparkle in 2017 for Enterprise Application of the year for Media, in 2016 for LSO Leadership Worldwide and Third Network Proof of Concept Innovation, and in 2015 for Best Service Innovation-EMEA and Best Enterprise Application.