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Open Hub Med and Telecom Italia Sparkle collaborate on new subsea cable system

Collaboration Subsea Cable announced Italy Jun 20, 2025
construction
Stage
GreenMed
Project

Open Hub Med and Telecom Italia Sparkle are collaborating on a new subsea cable system to enhance connectivity and data transmission capabilities. The project aims to improve network infrastructure and support growing bandwidth demands.

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KEY DETAILS

GreenMed East will cross the Adriatic Sea, providing diverse optical fiber connectivity between Levant countries and the rich digital ecosystem of the Milan area; the route will touch the strategic gateways of Crete and Sicily and connect, along its path, the Balkan countries, thus supporting the growing demand driven by cloud adoption, content delivery, enterprise digitalization and emerging AI-era traffic patterns.

Location
the New Subsea Cable System in the Mediterranean
Announcement
11 February 2026
Signing
The contract between Sparkle, ASN and Elettra Tlc, executed today during Capacity Middle East 2026 in Dubai, will be in force by end of February 2026
COD
with the first segments of the system expected to be in service by late 2028
PARTIES MENTIONED IN SOURCE
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Sparkle developer

"Sparkle , the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the construction of GreenMed, a next-generation subsea cable system"

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Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) developer

"The system will be engineered and manufactured by Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) , a major player in the submarine cable industry"

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Elettra Tlc developer

"and installed by Elettra Tlc , a company dedicated to the marine survey, installation and repairs of telecommunication cables."

high quality Enriched Feb 19, 2026

Timeline

Announced
Jun 20, 2025
Signed
Closed
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