Telecoms: Italy

According to TeleGeography’s Global Internet Geography Research, Italy overtook the United Kingdom in 2008 as the top Internet hub for Africa.

Today, Italy is in fact the major International Internet route supporting the IP traffic generated by Africa’s users.
Sparkle, Telecom Italia Group’s International carrier, is a key driving force sustaining the Italian leadership in the region thanks to its network and IP service offer dedicated to the telecommunications players of the Mediterranean area.
“Between 2006 and 2008, international Internet capacity between Africa and Italy has increased nearly 6-fold,” said TeleGeography Research Director Alan Mauldin. “Internet bandwidth between Africa and Italy now exceeds capacity between Africa and the U. K., which was previously the top Internet hub for African Internet service providers.”