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Altitude Infrastructure, one of the major French operator deploying fibre across France, has announced the acquisition of Kosc Telecom. Kosc Telecom is the French wholesale-only CaaS – Connectivity as a Service – provider: since 2017, the carrier provides local access to any operator serving the enterprise market in France, through a fully integrated and automated CaaS e-Portal. The 14 million euros takeover bid was validated on Monday June 29th and a further investment of 100 million euros is planned over the next 5 years to accelerate Kosc Telecom development to better serve its carrier customers' growth.

Kosc Telecom is the French wholesale-only CaaS provider. Three years after its inception, the carrier is now offering nationwide coverage for its high and very high-speed connectivity portfolio. CaaS – Connectivity as a Service – is a whole new way of increasing global carrier business opportunities in France.  

More than 40 referenced wholesale customers; a nationwide network reach of 7 million E-Access Fibre lines, 8 million Best-Effort lines and 15 million DSL lines; two product lines covering all business customers’ needs in France; a unique platform to orchestrate connectivity services from A to Z… Over the past three years, Kosc Telecom has succeeded in launching its business activity while deploying the most comprehensive and unprecedented wholesale-only network in France. 

Based in Paris, France, Nicolas de Vanssay has been Head of the Customer Success Division since September 2018. He has more than 15 years of international experience including several key positions for a global carrier. He will take full advantage of his strong skills and commitment to Customer Success to support Kosc Telecom’s wholesale clients in growing their businesses. Together with the Customer Success teams, he will keep ensuring high standards focused on delivering customer benefits, especially through Kosc Telecom’s Connectivity as a Service (CaaS) solution.

The wholesale-operator continues fostering of the alternative operator ecosystem dynamic with its first offer on Best-Effort Fibre.

BtoB operators can now access Kosc's bitstream DSL and Ethernet First Mile (EFM), with Point-to-point fibre coming soon. 

Denis Basque is an expert in telecommunications economics with extensive knowledge in asset valuation and cost modelling analysis. His previous experience was acquired during the 11 years spent with TERA Consultants, the international economic consulting firm. He was responsible for over 200 projects that were carried out on behalf of operators, regulators, financial institutions, governments and local authorities in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Oceania.

Rodrigue Esteve spent 11 years working with Mobius; the dedicated B2B operator on Reunion Island (France) and one of his main responsibilities was to supply businesses with automated fibre optic links. The first assignment Kosc will be giving 36-year-old Rodrigue, is to pilot the integration of Completel’s infrastructure into Kosc’s network and to make sure that Kosc’s back-bone is fully rolled out and operational across mainland France.

Kosc Telecom, the newly established alternative operator for the wholesale connectivity market and its consortium formed by Yann de Prince, has started to constitute its management team. Antoine Fournier is the first to be appointed as Chief Executive Officer. At 37 years old, Antoine is widely known in the telecommunications world. His previous experience includes; Director in Regulatory Affairs for Strategy and Economics at Colt Technology Services Group and Partner at Tera Consultants where he began his career. Antoine climbed the ranks within the international economic consulting firm while completing on average 20 missions a year, both in France and abroad. His telecommunication expertise was called upon to handle deployment or regulatory issues.