Sparkle Greece


About Us


TI Sparkle Greece S.A. is part of Sparkle Group, a leading global telecommunication provider offering a full range of ICT solutions, global connectivity, services and capabilities through a state-of-the-art- backbone of over 600,000 kilometers worldwide. 

Sparkle’s Mediterranean submarine network spans over a distance of approximately 11,000 km linking Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and Israel. Throughout these countries and specifically in the cities of Catania, Athens (Metamorfosis and Koropi), Chania, and Istanbul, our company has privately owned Data Centers.

Sparkle Greece manages and operates the whole infrastructure within Greece, that is the backbone as well as the four Data Centers of Metamorfosis, Metamorfosis II and Koropi in Athens and Chania in Crete. 

Download PDF - Greece Data Centers Leaflet

Download PDF - Metamorfosis II Leaflet

 

Our Platform


Research & Education

Description

Since 2016 Sparkle works with major organizations that have set up framework agreements and collaborates with cloud service providers enabling research and education organizations to provision services without the need for time-consuming and costly procurement processes.

In this context, Sparkle is unique Google cloud reseller within the OPEN CLOUD FOR RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT (OCRE) Framework promoted by a consortium incorporating CERN, RHEA, Trust-IT and led by GÉANT, Europe's leading organization supporting the uptake of advanced digital services for the benefit of universities and research entities.

OCRE Cloud Framework’s objective is to promote and accelerate cloud adoption by the R&E community through a simplified contractual vehicle and procurement process.

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Our Network


The Sparkle Greece network is identified as Aegean Network and comprises a portion of Sparkle’s Mediterranean Submarine Network. 

Specifically, the Aegean network has three landing points - Aghia Marina, Vravrona and Chania - and two landing stations in Koropi and Chania, Crete. In a ring configuration, the backbone is fully protected and with a guaranteed availability of 99,99%.

In the area of Attica, the Koropi landing station is interconnected with the Metamorfosis Data Center through a double routing fiber-optic connection. Our Metamorfosis, Koropi and Chania Data Centers comprise the perfectly monitored facilities where our clients can co-locate their IT and telecommunications equipment.

Aegean network
03 April 2019     

Sparkle Greece Financial Statement 2018