NEWS
Dial Telecom
expands data
centre for critical
technologies
ial Telecom, a leading Czech
provider of telecommunications
services, has expanded its
technology premises in Prague’s CE Colo
data centre.
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Dial Telecom has expanded its dedicated
data centre space by more than 30 m2
and 40 kW, with the new high-tech and
secure dedicated space connected to Dial
Telecom’s own optical infrastructure.
The newly established data hall will
now be used primarily for critical
technologies and technologies of major
Dial Telecom customers.
In the CE Colo data centre, Dial Telecom
now has a separate enclosure of 70 m2
with sufficient power to accommodate
the backbone network and other Dial
Telecom technologies.
Pavel Kvíčala, Deputy Technical Director
and Manager of Construction and
Operation of Transport and Access
Network of Dial Telecom, said: “The
expansion of our dedicated technology
centres at DC CE Colo is another logical
step to ensure future growth for the
company and to meet the challenges of
locating new networking technologies
while increasing the availability and quality
of our services.
“We will use the extended premises of the
hall for our own critical technologies and
technologies of our important customers
for a long time.”
Sparkle opens new PoP in
Aqaba, Jordan
parkle, a leading
international service
provider in Italy and among
the top 10 global operators, has
announced the opening of a new
Point of Presence (PoP) in Aqaba,
Jordan, in cooperation with Naitel,
an integrated Jordan based operator
with proprietary data centres and a
nationwide network.
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Located close to the Red Sea,
Aqaba has the potential to become
a gravitational hub in the Middle
Eastern region, leveraging on
Naitel’s open data centre and on
Sparkle’s international state-of-
the-art network and Tier 1 global IP
backbone Seabone, to deliver top
performance connectivity and IP
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Transit to the Jordanian market as well
as to neighbouring countries.
Sparkle also announced the launch of
a new cross border optical fibre link
directly connecting Ljubljana with Milan,
alongside Telekom Slovenije, a leading
comprehensive communications service
provider in Slovenia.
The new link provides a short and
alternative route from the Balkans –
with access options from Ljubljana,
Sofia and Istanbul – to Milan and other
major hubs in Western Europe, catering
the needs of Balkan and Middle Eastern
operators as well as of international
OTTs, ISPs and Content Providers
looking for diversified and reliable
capacity solutions.
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