By Telecompaper
TI Sparkle, Telecom Italia Group's international operator, has announced that its Palermo data centre has expanded its reach by adding Mena Cable’s landing station in Mazara, Sicily. Mena, a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom Media and Technology, owns and operates a submarine telecommunications system connecting Europe to the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The cable also includes branching units in the Mediterranean and Red Seas for potential expansions of cable reach to more markets in Southern Europe and East Africa. TI Sparkle’s Sicily hub supports carriers and ISPs that want to enhance the redundancy of their networks and is served by its Seabone Global Tier-1 IP transit backbone.