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The current economic system is such that entrepreneurship is not easy. The first few times I ventured to talk about my plan to create a brand of phones, some people smiled at the idea that I was seriously considering challenging the multinationals that were already fighting for monopoly. Furthermore, convincing phone manufacturers and users that having more durable and resistant products makes a real difference in everyday life did not happen overnight. But where there's a will, there's a way.
Over the years, women and men from diverse backgrounds and educational backgrounds have joined our project. Gradually, a close-knit team with the skills to meet the challenge has formed around Crosscall. We began by creating our own industrial model and laying the foundations for an original technology. Step by step, year after year, we have established ourselves as a credible alternative to the major operators and distributors.
While this wasn't the case when we started out, in today's world, designing more sustainable and responsible products has become a matter of course and will likely be a requirement in the future. Times are changing, and we can only welcome that. But let's not fool ourselves: this necessarily requires a new vision of telephony.
It is a question of definitively rejecting a model based on technological one-upmanship in order to prioritize the needs of our users and take into account all stakeholders in our value chain. This is not only what sets us apart, but also what drives our commitment.
Thinking differently has been the key to our success and led to rapid growth. So much so that we have had to move our headquarters four times to accommodate new employees. Since the launch of our first devices, we have sold more than 3 million units and now operate in 16 countries. Although Crosscall's initial mission was to make sustainability accessible to the general public, we are also very proud to have been chosen by the SNCF, the police, the gendarmerie, and hospitals to equip their staff in conditions that place heavy demands on equipment.
Crosscall has now become a medium-sized company (ETI) with almost 200 employees. It has raised several rounds of funding while ensuring that its capital remains 100% French and that its employees are stakeholders. True to our DNA, we recently decided to offer a 5-year hardware warranty on Generation 5 products, a unique warranty in the telephony sector. In line with new regulations that require manufacturers to display the repairability level of their products, not only have our latest models obtained the highest ratings on the market, but we are also committed to ensuring that their components remain available for 10 years.
We have also developed a prototyping laboratory at our headquarters in Aix-en-Provence, which will enable us to further improve the sustainability of our smartphones and make progress in their eco-design. Finally, the next step we have set ourselves is to establish a dedicated local reconditioning facility that will give our products a second life. Even though social and environmental performance has now become a major issue across all sectors, Crosscall remains an exception and one of the few human-scale companies in the global telecommunications landscape. We have come a long way since that stormy day, but there is still much to be done. With the legitimacy you give us every day by using and praising our products in ever-increasing numbers, we will continue on this path. I hope you enjoy visiting our website.
Cyril VIDAL
President and Founder