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 Development of Azimut Libera Impresa, and a crew of senior telecom executives.
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Unitirreno Submarine Cable System
The Unitirreno Submarine Cable System, set to go stay 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
Beneath 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 Trade, different submarine cables, and European terrestrial networks. The ability is already utilized by the BlueMed and BlueRaman techniques, the official launch mentioned.
“This settlement additional enriches the Ligurian digital ecosystem and confirms our Genoa Touchdown Platform as a reference different for extra submarine cables in search of diversified entry into Europe,” mentioned Sparkle.
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Unidata mentioned: “We’re very happy with the settlement with Sparkle, which represents not solely a assure when it comes to reliability and safety but in addition a chance 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 best way for brand spanking new improvements.”
