Axia's Covage Adds Communities Le Havre and Saint-Romain de Colbosc to its National Network

CALGARY, Sept. 12, 2012 /CNW/ - Axia NetMedia Corporation (Axia) today announced that its 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.

Jean-Michel Soulier, President of Covage commented, "The Seine Estuary Network, as it will be branded, is located in Northern France and close to our Caen Network. The potential market is estimated at over 1,900 companies and public sites. Many of our 100 RSP customers have already indicated their interest in providing services in the area."

With the addition of Seine Estuary, Covage's nationwide fibre infrastructure network will now include 19 regional network segments and a 3,700 km national fibre network backbone.

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Axia sells services over fibre optic communications infrastructure in jurisdictions that have implemented the Axia NGN Solution. Axia has networks in Alberta, France, Singapore, Spain and Massachusetts. Axia trades on the TSX under the symbol "AXX".

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