Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, has signed an agreement with Tunisie Telecom, the incumbent telecom operator in Tunisia, to provide International IP Transit service leveraging on a new route from Sicily to Milan.
A pioneer in the telecommunications sector in Tunisia, the global and convergent national operator Tunisie Telecom offers a wide range of services in the field of fixed and mobile telecommunications, data center, cloud, IoT and managed security to more than 6 million subscribers which include enterprises and individuals.
Under the agreement, Sparkle will provide high-speed international Internet connectivity at its Point of Presence (PoP) in Milan as well as dedicated capacity on Sparkle's new state-of-the-art submarine cable in the Tyrrhenian Sea from Palermo to Milan.
Tunisie Telecom is thus the first Tunisian operator to have a completely new, high-performance active route to Europe guaranteeing to the country full diversification, with better performance and the lowest latency compared to the existing infrastructures. The new route also responds to the fast-growing demand of advanced internet services and digital content in Tunisia, providing a best-in-class data experience to Tunisie Telecom’s consumers and businesses.
The deal strengthens the historical partnership between the two operators and provides the Tunisian market with top quality and fully diversified Internet solutions with the lowest latency.
About Sparkle
Sparkle is TIM Group’s Global Operator, first international service provider in Italy and among the top worldwide, offering a full range of infrastructure and global connectivity services – capacity, IP, SD-WAN, colocation, IoT connectivity, roaming and voice - to national and international Carriers, OTTs, ISPs, Media/Content Providers, and multinational enterprises. A major player in the submarine cable industry, Sparkle owns and manages a network of more than 600,000 km of fiber spanning from Europe to Africa and the Middle East, the Americas and Asia. Its sales force is active worldwide and distributed over 33 countries.
Find out more about Sparkle following its X and LinkedIn profiles or visiting the website tisparkle.com
About Tunisie Telecom
Tunisie Telecom is the fully integrated telecom services operator in Tunisia, with leading market positions across all segments with over 6 million customers and an employee base of c. 5,800. Tunisie Telecom offers the largest mobile coverage in the country, owns and operates a nationwide fixed and fiber network infrastructure. This is complemented by an extensive submarine cable network allowing for direct and fully redundant connectivity with Europe, Africa and Asia. Tunisie Telecom’s service offering ranges from 4G mobile broadband to Fiber-To-The-Home and Fiber-To-The-Building as well as cloud and IP-MPLS solutions for enterprises.
For more information, please visit tunisietelecom.tn.
Rome/Tunis, 28 May 2024
