Sparkle, Italy’s first international service provider and one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, is launching GreenMed, a new submarine cable system that will connect Italy to Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece and Turkey across the Adriatic Sea. Start a development project. before spreading further into the Mediterranean.
GreenMed will build an innovative fiber optic infrastructure corridor to connect Central Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East and Mediterranean countries through diverse, low-latency routes. The system will connect overland from Italy’s Adriatic coast to Milan’s rich digital hub, and from there to other major European internet and cloud nodes.
The project also aims to support the strong development of the Balkan digital market, which has an expected growth of 25% (CAGR 22-29), by providing a secure and diverse route in addition to the existing terrestrial backbone. is.
Italy also connects the Greek island of Crete with the GreenMed system, confirming its role as a major hub in the Greater Mediterranean. In recent years, it has become an important digital gateway for the region and is the landing point for Sparkle’s BlueMed cable, which connects Italy. They arrive in Aqaba, Jordan from France, Greece, and various countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
Enrico Bagnasco, CEO of Sparkle, said:
Sparkle, in collaboration with GreenMed, will expand its network by creating a route with highly innovative features across the Mediterranean Basin, supporting the demand for intercontinental connectivity and the growing digitalization of the Balkans region. continues to expand.