Sparkle is planning a new subsea cable in the Adriatic Sea.
The Telecom Italia subsidiary recently announced GreenMed, a new submarine cable system connecting Italy to Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, to Greece (including Crete), and Turkey/ Türkiye, before extending further into the Mediterranean.
Timelines for development or landing points weren’t shared.
Enrico Bagnasco, CEO of Sparkle, said: "With GreenMed, Sparkle continues the expansion of its network by creating a route with highly innovative features that crosses the Mediterranean basin to support the demand for intercontinental connectivity and the growing digitalization of the Balkan area."
Sparkle operates data centers in Greece, Sicily, and Turkey, and is part of the BlueRamen cable consortium, with the Mediterranean section known as BlueMed.
The company is also an investor in the Italy-Monaco, Italy-Albania, Italy-Croatia, Italy-Malta, Trapani-Kelibia, MedNautilus, IMEWE, SeaMeWe-3, and SeaMeWe-5 cables.
Investment firm KKR is looking to acquire Sparkle amid a sell-off of TIM’s assets.
