Sparkle has kicked off the development of GreenMed, a new submarine cable system that will cross the Adriatic Sea connecting Italy to Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, to Greece and Turkey, before extending further into the Mediterranean.
The GreenMed project will create a fiber optic infrastructure corridor to connect, through a diversified and low-latency route, Central Europe, the Balkans, and the Central-Eastern Mediterranean countries.
From Italy’s Adriatic coast, the system will connect by land to Milan and, from there, to the other major European internet and cloud nodes.
The project also aims to support the strong development of the Balkan digital market – with a growth forecast of 25% (CAGR 22-29) – by offering a secure and diversified route in addition to the already existing terrestrial backbones.
Enrico Bagnasco, CEO of Sparkle, comments: “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.”
