Telecom Italia subsidiary Sparkle and Unitirreno have signed an settlement to land the Unitirreno subsea cable at Sparkle’s Genoa touchdown station. Unitirreno is a partnership between Unidata, an Italian operator and ISP, the Infrastructure Fund for ESG Progress of Azimut Libera Impresa, and a workforce of senior telecom executives.
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Unitirreno Submarine Cable System
The Unitirreno Submarine Cable System, set to go reside by Q2 2025, will cross the Tyrrhenian Sea from Genoa to Mazara del Vallo (Sicily) with branches to Olbia (Sardinia), Rome, and extra branches sooner or later. The cable, designed with an “open cable system” structure and a complete capability of 480 Tbps, will span roughly 1,030 kilometres.
Sparkle’s Genoa Touchdown Station
Underneath the settlement, Unitirreno will use Sparkle’s Genoa touchdown station on the Western European shoreline. The station interconnects with the Genoa Digital Hub, a impartial colocation facility with hyperlinks to the Ge-DIX Web Alternate, different submarine cables, and European terrestrial networks. The ability is already utilized by the BlueMed and BlueRaman programs, the official launch stated.
“This settlement additional enriches the Ligurian digital ecosystem and confirms our Genoa Touchdown Platform as a reference various for extra submarine cables searching for diversified entry into Europe,” stated Sparkle.
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Unidata stated: “We’re very happy with the settlement with Sparkle, which represents not solely a assure by way of reliability and safety but additionally a possibility to discover additional collaborations sooner or later. We’re satisfied that this settlement will make a big contribution to the event of an more and more superior interconnection system, bettering the standard of companies and paving the way in which for brand new improvements.”
