Sparkle has signed an agreement with Tunisie Telecom, the incumbent telecom operator in Tunisia, to provide International IP Transit service leveraging 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 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.
