Press Releases

IMEWE Submarine Cable Consortium awards contract for the project

A consortium of nine leading international telcos have signed the Construction and Maintenance Agreement (C&MA) and the Supply Contract for a high-capacity fiber-optic submarine cable system that stretches from Mumbai, India to Catania, Italy and Marseille France via Gulf and Middle East. IMEWE - India, Middle East, Western Europe - the three fibre pair, new generation submarine cable system shall have minimum design capacity of 3.84 terabits per second and cover a distance of approximately 13,000 kilometers. 

Sparkle provides prompt assistance during the TLC outage

During the recent telecommunications outage caused by breakdowns in major Mediterranean cables, clients of Telecom Italia Sparkle, the Telecom Italia Group's international carrier, were able to re-route traffic via Sparkle's network and thus quickly restore services. 

Tunisie Telecom selects Telecom Italia Sparkle for securing further IP growth

Tunisie Telecom recently announced an upgrade of its international IP transit connectivity with Seabone, Telecom Italia Sparkle Internet backbone, through the activation of a new 622 Mbit/s port in Palermo. 

Telecom Italia Sparkle Enhances VOIP Services with Acme Packet

TI Sparkle expands international VoIP services portfolio with Acme Packet Net-Net session border controllers and Acme Packet Connected Universe. 

Sparkle launches IP Backbone in Singapore

State-of-the-art network infrastructure puts Singapore in the heart of Telecom Italia Sparkle's global network. 22nd October, 2007 - Telecom Italia Sparkle, one of the world's top Global IP providers, strengthens its presence in Asia with the launch of a new network infrastructure in Singapore. Through its newly extended reach, the leading international service provider can now offer its entire portfolio of advanced telecom services to the Asian market. State-of-the-art network infrastructure puts Singapore in the heart of Telecom Italia Sparkle's global network 22nd October, 2007 - Telecom Italia Sparkle, one of the world's top Global IP providers, strengthens its presence in Asia with the launch of a new network infrastructure in Singapore. Through its newly extended reach, the leading international service provider can now offer its entire portfolio of advanced telecom services to the Asian market.