founded 1969 headquarters heverlee belgium key people michel de coster ceo products ict products and services revenue 618 million in 2005 website www.telindus.com telindus was a legal entity based in belgium that offered ict services and solutions to the corporate and public sector both in belgium and internationally . these solutions also contained management and support services in relation to their ict contracts . telindus was founded by john cordier in 1969 . based in heverlee which is a part of leuven it was listed on the stock market in 1985 and grew in europe by taking over various companies . in 2005 it achieved a turnover of 618 million had 2 750 employees and was present in 6 western european countries . in january 2006 belgium s largest telecommunications provider belgacom group today named proximus group acquired telindus for it to become its it services subsidiary . 1 telindus continued to operate under the brand name telindus proximus ict . on january 4 2010 the existence of telindus as a legal entity ended as it was then fully absorbed into the proximus group . the group retains telindus as a brand name . company history edit 1969 start of the group s activities . john cordier is appointed director . 1979 the first foreign subsidiary is opened in luxembourg . new subsidiaries are soon established in france italy germany the netherlands spain switzerland and the united kingdom . 1985 telindus is listed on the stock exchange . 1996 infrastructure and security service capabilities for various operators are further developed in the late 1990s . 2001 telindus begins to acquire companies across europe . 2006 telindus is taken over by the belgacom group today named proximus group but retains its brand corporate identity and autonomy . belgacom s network & system integration department is incorporated into telindus . 2008 belgacom today named proximus narrows telindus country focus belgacom is reducing the number of country offices at its ict services unit telindus . the company will maintain offices in belgium the netherlands luxembourg france the uk ireland and spain but eight other country organisations germany italy portugal switzerland sweden thailand china where the units are too small or making losses . 2010 on january 4 2010 belgacom today named proximus ends the existence of telindus as a legal entity and absorbs all of its operations into those of the group . 2011 belgacom today named proximus divests telindus ireland and telindus spain to agile networks and acuntia respectively leaving 5 country organisations . 2014 belgacom today named proximus enters negotiations with vivendi to sell its stake in telindus france . 2 2015 proximus signed an agreement on the 3rd december 2015 to purchase the all other shares in telindus luxembourg . as a result proximus will own 100 % of the share capital of telindus luxembourg . a press statement announced that from its leading position in the luxembourg ict market telindus will continue to pursue growth opportunities in the market by providing innovative solutions to its corporate and institutional customers . telindus luxembourg has more than 400 employees and expects to generate revenues of approximately 117 million in 2015 . proximus is also present in luxembourg through its subsidiary tango offering tv fixed telephony mobile and internet services . references edit belgacom public offer on telindus successful 90.86 % of shares contributed to the offer euronext http in.reuters.com article 2014 02 13 belgacom results idinweb00ifj20140213 external links edit official website official website of proximus official telindus luxemburg website official telindus website of netherland retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title telindus & oldid 731724409 categories ict service providerstelecommunications companies of belgiumtelecommunications companies established in 1969belgian brandsproximus group navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 27 july 2016 at 03 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view