Here’s how Sparkle and Navy will protect submarine cables
Signed the memorandum of understanding between the Navy and Sparkle for the protection of submarine telecommunication cables
Put in submarine tlc cables safely.
This is the objective of the memorandum of understanding between the Navy and Sparkle, the subsidiary of the Tim group which operates in the strategic sector of submarine cables for telecommunications.
The agreement was signed by the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Admiral Enrico Credendino, and the CEO of Sparkle, Elisabetta Romano in the presence of the President of Sparkle, Alessandro Pansa.
Over 97% of the amount of data that constitutes the internet flow on which our company is based – explains the Telecom Sparkle note – is transmitted thanks to a dense network of submarine cables. Such critical infrastructures enjoy largely the only protection afforded by the depth of the sea in which they lie. But this protection is becoming evanescent as technological progress makes the deep sea more and more accessible, and at decreasing cost.
This collaboration with the Navy "confirms the strategic role of digital infrastructures for the development of the country, recognizing the significant contribution of Sparkle" commented the CEO Elisabetta Romano.
In particular, the agreement provides for the development of research activities and shared operating procedures to improve the protection of the underwater communication infrastructures owned by Sparkle and the surrounding areas. The company of the Tim group – one of the main global operators in the strategic sector of submarine cables – is in fact headed by an articulated set of networks and systems that constitute a critical infrastructure fundamental for the regular socio-economic development of the country. While the Navy is the only institutional entity capable of guaranteeing the monitoring and protection of the underwater dimension in which vital interests for the country insist.
On the other hand, just last year the Italian Defense gave the green light to the construction of the BlueMed fiber optic backbone, a mega internet cable that will connect Genoa with Palermo and the Far East. The works have started
All the details.
WHAT IS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN SPARKLE AND THE NAVY
The agreement provides for the creation of shared operating procedures and the possibility of carrying out joint reconnaissance and monitoring activities of submarine cables. Cartographic support by the Navy is also provided for the seabed of interest as well as assistance in emergency operational situations. The agreement will also allow for the development of study and research activities deemed to be of common interest between the parties for the pursuit of their respective institute tasks.
THE ROLE OF THE NAVY
“The Navy is one of the fundamental ribs of the national maritime cluster and works daily to defend and support it. We have the skills and professionalism to operate underwater and today, thanks also to Sparkle, an important journey begins that gives the right attention to the underwater world of a maritime country like Italy, in the center of the Mediterranean and with 8,000 kilometers of coastline. ”Underlined Admiral Credendino.
PROTECT INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE BLUEMED
Among the infrastructures that fall within the protection provided for by the recent agreement, there can only be BlueMed.
The infrastructure, which will be operational starting from the second half of 2023, is part of the strengthening and modernization measures of the broader strategic infrastructure Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) and is aimed at increasing the resilience level of the National Fiber Optic Network ( RIFON). It is a 10 thousand km long submarine cable that from Mumbai (India), through Jordan, Israel and Palermo, will arrive at a speed of about 18 Terabytes per second, for each pair of fibers, for a total of about 360 Tera, to the Genoa final station which becomes the new gateway for data in Europe.
A cable that will carry data, internet traffic, VoIP phone calls, and which will have the Ligurian capital as its final destination.
And just last week work began on the installation of the new submarine cable. "BlueMed and BlueRaman are the two new submarine cable systems that will unite India to Italy and Europe – explained Elisabetta Romano, CEO of Sparkle – for the start of this project we chose Genoa because it has a very important to Europe. Historically all cables from Asia arrived in Marseille, but we believe that Genoa is much better positioned to unite Europe. So we have created an alternative. In this way Italy, over the years, will be able to have an important position in the world internet hubs ".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/ecco-come-sparkle-e-marina-militare-proteggeranno-i-cavi-sottomarini/ on Tue, 12 Jul 2022 14:38:10 +0000.