Telecom Italia Sparkle

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Telecom Italia Sparkle S.p.A.
FormerlyTelemedia International Italia Ltd. (1987-2003)
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Telecommunications
Founded1987;37 years ago (1987), in London, England, UK
Founder Italcable
Headquarters,
Italy
Area served
Worldwide
Products Tier 1 network
Parent Telecom Italia
ASN
Traffic Levels10-20 Tbps [1]
Website www.tisparkle.com

Telecom Italia Sparkle S.p.A. (formerly Telemedia International Italia Ltd.), is an Italian telecommunications company controlled by Telecom Italia S.p.A. of which it manages the Tier 1 network. [2]

Through Seabone (South East Access backBONE), the fiber-optic backbone based on DWDM technology, present in Europe, America, Asia and the rest of the world, Telecom Italia Sparkle provides international routing for most of the telephone traffic and data generated by Telecom Italia users, as well as reselling services to third parties.

As of June 2024 it was the fifth worldwide operator in the sector and second in Europe, behind Arelion. [3]

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References

  1. "PeeringDB".
  2. "Company | Sparkle". www.tisparkle.com. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  3. "AS Rank: A ranking of the largest Autonomous Systems (AS) in the Internet". asrank.caida.org. Retrieved 2024-06-26.