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# Sparkle and Turkcell sign MoU for Izmir to Milan subsea cable via Crete
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-06-sparkle-turkcell-izmir-crete-milan-cable-mou/
- Published: 2025-03-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:00:36.000Z
- Description: Italy's Sparkle (TIM) and Turkey's Turkcell signed a memorandum of understanding at MWC Barcelona for a roughly 4,000 km subsea cable linking Izmir to Chania, Crete, feeding into Sparkle's BlueMed system toward Milan.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [GSMA members resource (Sparkle and Turkcell press release), 6 March 2025](https://www.gsma.com/get-involved/gsma-membership/gsma%5Fresources/sparkle-and-turkcell-sign-a-memorandum-of-understanding-on-a-subsea-cable-solution-connecting-izmir-to-milan/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not commit construction funding or set a completion date; Turkcell gave no firm timeline.

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