Transpac (data network)
Transpac, also written TRANSPAC, was a French public data network that operated from the December 1978 to June 2012.
History
It was opened in December 1978 by the semi-public Transpac society.
It offered the X.25 interface to its users, the CCITT standard of 1976 for which computer scientists of the Centre national d'études des télécommunications (CNET) had played a major role. This network has been part of the worldwide X.25 network which, before the Internet, permitted data exchanges around the planet.[1]
Initially created for professional customers, it was later used by millions of French terminals Minitels to access consumer applications, forerunners of those of the Internet.[1]
In 1987, Transpac was the world's largest public packet-switched network with revenues of nearly $400m.[2] Minitel videotex services accounted for 45% of its data and 20% of its $678m revenue in 1990.[3] By 1991, it was operating in fifteen European countries.[4]
France Télécom closed the Minitel service, and the Transpac network via which it was available, in June 2012.[5]
See also
- Internet in France
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "X.25 Virtual Circuits - Transpac in France - Pre-Internet Data Networking". IEEE. November 2010. doi:10.1109/MCOM.2010.5621965. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5621965.
- ↑ IDG Network World (1988-09-26) (in en). Network World. IDG Network World Inc. https://books.google.com/books?id=nRIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67.
- ↑ IDG Network World (1991-09-16) (in en). Network World. IDG Network World Inc. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ww0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA25.
- ↑ Chung, Seon Jong (1996) (in en). Information Highways for a Smaller World and Better Living: Proceedings of ICCC'95 (12th International Conference on Computer Communication) August 21-24, Seoul. IOS Press. ISBN 978-90-5199-240-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=N0WQ52T7WX4C&pg=PA119.
- ↑ "How France fell out of love with Minitel". INDEPENDENT. June 2012. https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/how-france-fell-out-of-love-with-minitel-7831816.html.
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