Axia's Covage adds to fibre network in northern France

CALGARY - Axia NetMedia Corporation’s French-based company Covage has been chosen by the Communities of Agglomeration Havraise and Communes of Saint-Romain Colbosc to sell next generation network (NGN) services for a period of seven years to Retail Service Providers (RSPs), enterprise and public customers. The NGN will be comprised of 181 kilometres of fibre infrastructure. The communities will fund the construction of the network. Covage's total investment is projected to be €1.3 million for electronic equipment and customers' connections. Construction will take 12 to 24 months and marketing of services is expected to begin next September. "The Seine Estuary Network,...