Cable & Wireless and Telecom Italia Sparkle team up to offer enhanced international MPLS Services

Cable & Wireless, the international telecommunications company, and Telecom Italia Sparkle, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom Italia focused on international services, today announced that they are to interconnect their multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) networks to offer enhanced services to their carrier customers.

The deal reinforces the capabilities of the Italian carrier in the UK and of Cable & Wireless in Italy. Furthermore, the carriers may leverage each other’s strengths, such as the Far East and Central America for Cable & Wireless and the Mediterranean Basin and South America for Telecom Italia Sparkle, in order to enhance their competitiveness in key areas.

Both Cable & Wireless and Telecom Italia Sparkle have developed advanced carrier grade MPLS services to meet the demanding needs of the carrier wishing to deliver time-sensitive or business critical IP services, such as voice and video, to its end customers worldwide.

Stefano Mazzitelli, CEO, Telecom Italia Sparkle, said: “We have chosen to collaborate with Cable & Wireless in order to support our businesses, primarily in two key countries like the UK and Italy. This agreement is in line with Telecom Italia Sparkle’s strategy to partner to enrich our proposition with capillary and effective access solutions and to gain competitiveness in selected areas.”

David Shaw, managing director, Carrier Services, Cable & Wireless, said: “We are pleased to be working with Telecom Italia Sparkle to support customers across the globe in their migration towards an IP-powered future. oday’s announcement signals not only a world class network and support for carriers, but also compelling cost base on which to build competitive and innovative IP and voice products.”