Sparkle

AS6762

Tier 1 Carrier/ISPTransit-Freewww.sparkle.eu →

Telecom Italia Sparkle (formerly Seabone) operates a Tier 1 global backbone ranked #7 for AS cone worldwide, making it one of the largest transit networks globally. Founded in 1994 as one of the first commercial IP backbones in the Mediterranean, Sparkle owns and operates subsea cable systems connecting Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The network is transit-free with 624 downstream networks and direct peering with all major global content providers.

Data verified: 04/04/2026

Routing & Connectivity

AS Cone Rank#7

Known Peers710

Prefixes v4270

Prefixes v63

IX Presence—

RPKI ROVdisabled

Avg Path Length—

Downstream Peers624+

Source: bgp.toolsAvg path length derived from RouteViews (CC-BY 4.0)Verified 04/05/2026View live data on bgp.tools →

Operational Capabilities

BGP Communities

Granular

local preference, prepend

Flowspec

Not supported

RTBH

Supported

IPv6

Native dual-stack

Port Sizes

1G – 100G

Commit Model

Flat-rate and burstable (95th percentile)

Source: Carrier documentationCarrier-sourcedVerified 04/04/2026View BGP communities on bgp.tools →

Content Provider Reach

10 providers tracked

Google

AS15169

Direct peer

Amazon/AWS

AS16509

Direct peer

Microsoft/Azure

AS8075

Direct peer