Sparkle, the international operator of Telecom Italia (TIM) specialized in infrastructure and connectivity services, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bolivian subsidiary of the Chilean 'teleco' Entel with the aim of deploying a low-latency terrestrial connection that links Peru and Brazil through Bolivian territory.
The so-called Bio-Oceanic Digital Corridor relies on Bolivia's strategic position to configure a direct terrestrial route of 4,370 kilometers that continuously connects the three countries involved. Thanks to this route, communication between Lima and São Paulo is enabled with a latency of less than 60 milliseconds, compared to the more than 120 ms registered by conventional submarine routes that exceed 12,000 km.
Faced with dependence on fragmented routings, the project proposes an integrated terrestrial backbone network, designed to optimize performance, diversify available paths, and reinforce service resilience for both regional and international traffic.
Both companies will jointly coordinate sales, operations, and maintenance tasks in order to ensure high levels of availability, security, quality of service, and route diversity throughout the continental scope.