15 April 2009     

Sparkle moves Eastbound adding new IP POPs in Prague and Bratislava

Leveraging on its extensive proprietary fiber optic footprint, Sparkle adds two new IP Points of Presence in Prague and Bratislava to its worldwide top ranking Seabone Internet backbone.

“The Czech Republic and Slovakian growing and promising markets will now be able to locally enjoy Sparkle high performing IP connectivity service offer” said Giuseppe Valentino, Director Marketing IP/Data Services at Sparkle. ”The move is in line with Sparkle on-going expansion plans in Central and Eastern Europe and complements the current Seabone successful growth in the Southern Balkan region as well as its undisputed leadership in the whole Mediterranean basin. Its existing 1,2 Terabit/sec global IP network capabilities will more and more contribute to accommodate the increasing and sophisticated IP solution needs of the customers of this strategic and strongly developing geographic area”.