Sparkle announces a strategic partnership on IP and Virtual NAP Services with France-IX, the premier Internet Peering Service Provider in France

Sparkle, the international service arm of TIM Group and among top 10 global operators, has entered into a partnership with France-IX to offer its Tier-1 IP Transit service Seabone to France-IX’s members.

Through this strategic agreement Sparkle offers Seabone in France-IX hubs in Paris and Marseille, and France-IX customers will benefit from Sparkle’s state-of-the-art Tier-1 IP backbone’s global presence.
In addition, customers around the world will be able to connect from any Sparkle PoP to France-IX through an enriched VNAP solution that includes - in one single package- access to a virtual router, an Ethernet port and the immediate inclusion in the “peering club”.
At the same time, customers demanding connectivity to global cloud players, tele-houses, datacenters or customer premises worldwide, can benefit from Sparkle’s cost-effective, flexible and transparent Ethernet Suite solution.

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