Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the Top five global operators, has been selected by Ciudad, one of Africa’s fastest-growing Telecommunications companies to raise internet speed and set the record of the highest super blazing experience in Nigeria with a 10Gbps port connection.
Operating as OneData Nigeria, Ciudad is an alternative, fast growing Internet Service Provider with approximately 300 subscribers and market presence in 6 cities in Nigeria. By 2025 Ciudad plans to enter in the top 10 broadband service providers in the country.
By connecting through the local PoP in Lagos with Sparkle’s global IP Transit backbone Seabone, the first Tier-1 International backbone in Africa, Ciudad gains low latency and high-speed access to the Global Internet.
Commenting on the deal, Kehinde Alphonso, Divisional Head wholesale and Enterprise business of Ciudad Infrastructure Limited said: “Partnering with Sparkle enables us to get in country high-speed access to global and regional contents, and thus improve the navigation experience of our customers and raising the current speed of 1Gbps known in the country by a whopping 900%. The new partnership with Sparkle Tier1 operator is a consistently positive signal to our customers and communities.
“Thanks to our years of experience as an internet service provider, existing networks and capacity are being expanded and consolidated, more internet speed and capacity are being made available, and new households are being opened up.
“It is our declared goal to provide stable and high-speed internet connectivity to the residential Nigerian customers through our FTTH infrastructure and enterprise customers in order to further expand our role as one of the leading broadband providers.”
He further noted that for the customers of OneData Nigeria, this means that they can rely on a very fast, stable fibre-optic cable internet and have access to internet contents at very competitive rates in the industry.
With a local presence in Lagos and a plan to extend coverage in Nigeria and in the Africa continent, Sparkle sets itself as the reference partner for Nigerian and African network providers, ISPs, OTT’s, Content and Application Providers seeking for low latency and top performing connectivity.
About Ciudad Infrastructure Limited
Ciudad Infrastructure Limited provides internet broadband services and ICT solutions to organizations, businesses and individuals. Ciudad enables them to have seamless integration with cutting-edge infrastructure and devices for all strata of the society or community.
Ciudad provides completely bundled solutions designed to our customers’ requirements. Its strategic partnership with top Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) ensures that its customers get the best value on their investments. We understand customers’ connectivity needs and we are ready to go the last mile to meet those needs.
Ciudad is managed by an experienced team of professionals with ample years of experience in the IT sector. Putting the customer at the centre, the company is on track to becoming a top 10 broadband service provider in Nigeria by 2025.
About Sparkle
Sparkle is a leading global service provider offering a full range of ICT solutions, global connectivity, services and capabilities designed to meet the fast-changing needs of Enterprises, Internet Service Providers, OTTs, Media and Content Players, Application Service Providers as well as of Fixed and Mobile operators.
As TIM Group’s fully owned Global Operator, and inheriting the great tradition of Italcable – the first company to lay a Transoceanic cable connecting Argentina to Europe back in 1923 – Sparkle was established on January 1, 2003 with the objective of developing and consolidating the Group’s global solutions business.
With a history of experience and know-how in a multitude of markets, Sparkle owns and manages a global and technologically advanced proprietary network of over 600,000 km of fibre which include three major regional systems in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Americas as well as an extensive ownership in major international submarine cables.
With a direct presence in 32 countries and commercial coverage on a global scale, Sparkle can count on an international workforce distributed worldwide.
Through a global portfolio of services, a state-of-the-art global network, advanced OSS, BSS and customer care capabilities, Sparkle is able to fulfil its mission of providing customers with the best cost and top performance customized solutions in the international telecommunications market for a constant delivery of value through credibility.
