Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, and Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%) and one of the world’s biggest suppliers of satellite solutions and services, are marking a new chapter in their collaboration at the Fucino Space Centre (L'Aquila) with the expansion and upgrade of Sparkle's point of presence (PoP) already active at the teleport.
The Fucino Space Centre - active since 1963 and recognized as the world's first and most important teleport for civil use – is specialized in satellite orbit control, telecommunications, television and multimedia services. These services require resilient and stable connections with a high level of performance.
By expanding its PoP, Sparkle guarantees additional resilience and scalability with a connectivity capacity of over 400 Gbps, allowing Telespazio to enhance its portfolio – for space, government and industrial applications as well as for the media and telecommunications sectors – with integrated solutions that combine satellite services and advanced terrestrial infrastructure.
The collaboration between the two companies, based on the synergy between telecommunication networks and space services, is also operational at Telespazio’s Scanzano Space Centre, which is connected via a fiber optic ring to Sparkle’s Sicily Hub in Palermo, a state-of-the-art neutral data center. With the expansion of its long-standing presence in the Fucino teleport, Sparkle confirms its role as a leading technology partner and reference provider of high-speed connections and services.
