Creation of Office d’Annonces (ODA), which sells advertising space in the written press on behalf of the Havas advertising agency
French Ministry of Post and Telecommunications appoints ODA as advertising representative for French directories
First experiments with Minitel. From 1985, the advertising sold by ODA in the electronic directory supports its free distribution to French homes
ODA explores new technologies such as laserdisc and CD-Rom
Creation of mappy.com
Advertisers take first steps onto the Internet thanks to ODA, which provides them with their first sites
Creation of pagesjaunes.fr, operating under the name of "Les Pages Zoom"
Havas sells its stake in ODA to France Télécom
Creation of the direct marketing subsidiary, Wanadoo Data, which will become PagesJaunes Marketing Services in 2006
First pagesjaunes.fr application on mobile phones
ODA is renamed PagesJaunes
QDQMedia, acquired in 1997 by the Group, creates the Internet site QDQ.com
PagesJaunes Groupe floated on the stock market
pagesjaunes.fr launches revolutionary aerial photograph service, which will cover the whole of France in 2006
A first in France: PagesJaunes launches the prototype of Paris and Rennes in 3D
France Télécom sells its 54% stake in PagesJaunes Groupe to KKR/Goldman Sachs
Launch of the online small ads service annoncesjaunes.fr
Creation of 118008, the first free directory enquiry service by SMS text message
PagesJaunes, now the biggest website developer in France, launches the Internet Visibility Pack for businesses
World first: pagesjaunes.fr launches the "vue du ciel" service, providing views of Paris and the surrounding area with unrivalled precision
PagesJaunes becomes the first French provider to exceed one million downloads for the iPhone
Installation of Decaux interactive terminals at French airports, providing access to pagesjaunes.fr and mappy.com
Pagesjaunes.fr opens its content to contributions from Internet users, who can give their opinions on the businesses on the site
Acquisition of Keltravo, one of the leaders in online quotations in the household jobs sector
Acquisition of 123people, the world leader in real-time people search on the Internet