Intelligent Data Centres Issue 05 | Page 6

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. D 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. S 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 6 Issue 05 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. www.intelligentdatacentres.com