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Press release

                                AVENIR TELECOM

       Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting on June 18, 2010

Marseille, 14 May 2010 - The shareholders of AVENIR TELECOM are hereby informed
that the Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual General Meeting will be held on:

                        Friday June 18, 2010 at 08:30 am
                         at the company's headquarter :
         208 Boulevard de Plombières, 13581 Marseille Cedex 20, France

The meeting notice, serving as the formal convening notice, has been published
in the public register (BALO - Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires) on
Friday May 14, 2010 as well as in a legal notices journal (Les Nouvelles
Publications) in respect of the legal requirements. This notice can be accessed
on the Company's website www.avenirtelecom.com.

The documents and information relating to this meeting will be communicated
according to French regulations and notably available at the Company's
headquarters in due course.

About Avenir Telecom
Avenir Telecom is one of the leading European distributors of telecoms products
and services.
The Group distributes mobile phones, subscriptions and accessories directly
through its network of more than 650 own-branded Internity stores (retail
distribution) and to a client base of hypermarkets and independent dealers
(wholesale distribution).
Avenir Telecom employs nearly 3,000 individuals in 6 countries: France, United
Kingdom, Spain, Romania, Portugal, and Bulgaria.
Avenir Telecom is listed on NYSE EURONEXT - compartment C (Euronext Paris).
The Avenir Telecom share is a constituent of the Gaia, CAC all shares, CAC Mid &
Small 190, CAC Small 90, IT CAC, Next 150, and SBF 250 indices.
ISIN: FR0000066052 / Reuters: AVOM.LN / Bloomberg: A VT:FP

Contacts
Agnès Tixier                       Carole Alexandre
Financial Director                 Financial Communications manager
Tel.: +33 4 88 00 61 32            Fax: +33 4 88 00 61 00
e-mail: atixier@avenir-telecom.fr  e-mail: calexandre@avenir-telecom.fr

                   Website: www.avenir-telecom.com
                      
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