anonyme traded as euronext avt industry communication products and services provider founded 1989 1989 founder jean daniel beurnier headquarters marseille france 1 area served worldwide key people jean daniel beurnier chairman and ceo revenue 469.71 million 2011 2 note 1 operating income 12.59 million 2011 2 note 2 profit 5.97 million 2011 2 note 3 total assets 406.6 million 2011 2 note 4 website www.avenir telecom.com avenir telecom is a telecommunication products distributor and related services provider . 1 it is one of the leading companies in the european market . 1 3 the major shareholder is the holding company oxo . 3 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 . 1 3 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 shareholders structure 4 notes 5 references history edit avenir telecom was founded in 1989 in marseille france 1 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 . 4 operations edit 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 . 1 shareholders structure edit public 48.2 % oxo 29.9 % jean daniel beurnier 20.5 % managers 0.5 % 5 notes edit between 31 march 2011 and 31 march 2012 . between 31 march 2011 and 31 march 2012 . between 31 march 2011 and 31 march 2012 . as of 31 march 2012 . references edit a b c d e f company description avenir telecom . businessweek.com . businessweek . retrieved 26 september 2012 . a b c d 2012 reference document pdf . avenir telecom . retrieved 26 september 2012 . a b c avenir telecom . hoovers.com . retrieved 26 september 2012 . avenir telecom s.a. . listofcompanies.co.in . retrieved 26 september 2012 . investors home page . avenir telecom . retrieved 26 september 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title avenir telecom & oldid 629777637 categories companies based in marseillemobile phone companies of franceretail companies of france 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 aisrom n edit links this page was last modified on 15 october 2014 at 23 06 . 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