Moscow. Sparkle, the world’s top 10 global TIM Group telecommunications service companies, announces the expansion of its Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Carrier Ethernet Backbone with the opening of a new location of the Network in Moscow, Russia. Installed at a Data Center open to all operators, the new POP will provide a direct link between Moscow and other Sparkle Data Centres in Greece, Turkey and the Sicily Hub in Palermo, providing a secure network between the Balkans and Western Europe. Sparkle will improve its offer for the Italian corporate market that sees as Russia as one of its main reference points. At the same time, given the important presence of Russian companies in the Mediterranean basin, the MPLS and Carrier Ethernet solutions offered by Sparkle will meet the needs of Russian companies that need to connect their international locations through highly quick performing and costly networks. The opening of the new POP in Russia represents a further step towards growth and improvement of the global Sparkle network in this geographical area, where it is already operational thanks its spots in Sofia, Bucharest, Tblisi, Athens, Istanbul, as well as recently in Tirana, Albania. (9Colonne)
