Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, has started laying the BlueMed submarine cable: the announcement was given this morning during a press conference in the presence of mayor of Genoa, Marco Bucci, president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti, Sparkle CEO Enrico Bagnasco, and Jayne Stowell, Strategic Negotiator, Global Infrastructure at Google.

BlueMed is Sparkle’s new cable that will connect Italy with France, Greece and Israel, with several other branches in the Mediterranean. It is part of the Blue Submarine Cable System project, built in partnership with Google and other operators with further extensions in the African and Asian continents.