Axia has been involved in France since October 2004 and has a strong French partner with VINCI Networks. The two companies have formed Covage, a 50%-50% partnership, to pursue network opportunities there. Covage currently has direct and indirect interests in 12 long-term network concessions in France.
For each project, VINCI Networks provides the construction, project management, infrastructure and knowledge of the France marketplace to the joint venture. Leveraging its experience as the designer and operator of the Alberta SuperNet, Axia provides network design, equipment selection and installation, operation and sales of IP services expertise.
Covage enables and supports local access operators and Internet service providers as they deliver their IP services to government, business and retail customers.