Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten global operators, has been selected by Vero Internet, emerging player in the Brazilian market, to provide high-speed international connectivity.
Vero Internet is an alternative, fast growing Internet Service Provider with approximately 350,000 subscribers and market presence in 96 cities in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná and Minas Gerais. By 2023 the operator plans to serve 200 municipalities by investing over R$ 750 million on network expansion, acquisitions and digital transformation.
By connecting with Sparkle’s global IP Transit backbone Seabone, the first Tier-1 backbone in Latam, Vero Internet gains low latency and high-speed access to the Global Internet. “Partnering with Sparkle enables us to get high-speed access to global contents and thus improve the navigation experience of our customers. This is a great competitive advantage for us”, commented José Felipe Ruppenthal, Engineering Director at Vero Internet.
With twelve PoPs in Brazil - in Sao Paulo, Rio De Janeiro, Fortaleza, Salvador and Porto Alegre – and an extensive coverage in Central and South America, Sparkle sets itself as the reference partner for Brazilian network providers, ISPs, OTT’s, Content and Application Providers seeking for low latency and top performing connectivity within Brazil and across the Americas. In addition, thanks to its terrestrial and submarine networks - including the two “digital highways” Seabras-1 cable in the Atlantic and Curie in the Pacific - Sparkle provides four diversified routes for connectivity from South to North America ensuring complete redundancy and a top quality data experience.
About Sparkle
Sparkle is TIM Group’s fully owned Global Operator, first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten worldwide, with a proprietary backbone of more than 540,000 km of fiber spanning from Europe to Africa, the Americas and Asia. Leveraging its global IP, Data, Cloud, Data Center, Mobile Data and Voice Platforms, Sparkle offers a full range of ICT solutions to Internet Service Providers, OTTs, Media and Content Players, Application Service Providers, Fixed and Mobile operators as well as Multinational Enterprises. Its sales force is active worldwide and distributed over 34 countries.
Find out more about Sparkle following its Twitter and Linkedin profiles or visiting the website tisparkle.com.
About Vero
Vero is a Brazilian telecom company focused in FTTH and formed by the merger of internet service providers led by Vinci Partners. Currently, the company serves 96 cities in the interior of Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná, with a plan to reach more than 200 municipalities by 2023, with a customer oriented culture, ensuring best in class service, with agile and uncomplicated mindset.
Rome / São Paulo, 9 February 2021
