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Avenir Telecom

Telecommunication products distributor and related services provider

Field	Value
name	Avenir Telecom SA
logo	Avenir Telecom Logo.svg
logo_size	200px
type	Société anonyme
traded_as
CAC Small
genre
foundation
founder	Jean-Daniel Beurnier
defunct
location_city	Marseille
location_country	France
area_served	Worldwide
key_people	Jean-Daniel Beurnier
(Chairman and CEO)
industry	Communication products and services provider
revenue	€469.71 million (2011)Between 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2012.
operating_income	€12.59 million (2011)Between 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2012.
net_income	€5.97 million (2011)Between 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2012.
assets	€406.6 million (2011)As of 31 March 2012.
homepage	[www.avenir-telecom.com](http://www.avenir-telecom.com)

CAC Small (Chairman and CEO) Avenir Telecom is a telecommunication product distributor and services provider. It is one of the leading companies in the European market. The major shareholder is the holding company OXO.

The company has worldwide operations. They consist in the distribution and sale of a wide variety of communication products, especially mobile phones, activation of service, accessories, answering and fax machines, phone cases, phone chargers, phone soxs, plastic shelves, 3D phone stickers for mobiles and laptops, earkits, hands-free kits, portable headsets, and USB Bluetooth dongles under the OXO name.

History

Avenir Telecom was founded in 1989 in Marseille, France, by Jean-Daniel Beurnier. At first, it was centered on selling analog mobile phones regionally, before it gained ground in the French national market. In 1992, it signed its first distribution agreement with SFR, and extended it to GSM2 services in 1992. In 1994, the company also sealed an agreement with Itineris and accelerated its growth.

In 1995, the company created its own line of telephone accessories (branded as Top Suxess) and diversified its operations by creating the after sale services' provider Setelec (1995), the logistic management company Logistis (1998) and the internet services' company Net-Up (1998).

In 1997, it also started expanding its retail network, creating Phone Shop and Mobile Hut and purchasing the retail chain Interdiscount. In 1999, it sold Phone Shop to the Cegetel Group. At the same time, Avenir Telecom was developing its international business, gaining ground in Europe and Asia.

Avenir Telecom has sold mobile phones and accessories under the Energizer brand name since the 2010s, having licensed the name in 2010.

Operations

The company has more than 671 retail locations for the Internity brand. It also distributes through hypermarkets, supermarkets, specialist chains, and independent retailers, as well as operates a network of independent multi-operator retailers in France, with 100 points of sale franchised under the Mobile Hut brand.

Shareholders' structure

Public: 48.2%
Oxo: 29.9%
Jean-Daniel Beurnier: 20.5%
Managers: 0.5%

Notes

References

"Company Description: Avenir Telecom". [[BusinessWeek]].
(October 2016). "2012 Reference Document". Avenir Telecom.
"Avenir Telecom". Hoovers.com.
"Avenir Telecom S.A.". Listofcompanies.co.in.
"Corporate: The group".
(5 July 2017). "Avenir Telecom enters India with Energizer smartphone accessories". The Indian Express.
(30 April 2018). "Energizer launches long-life mobile phones in UK market". Jersey Evening Post.
"Investors Home Page". Avenir Telecom.

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