Transpac,also written TRANSPAC, was a Frenchpublic data networkthat operated from the December 1978 to June 2012.
History
editIt was opened in December 1978 by the semi-public Transpac society.
It offered theX.25interface to its users, theCCITTstandard of 1976 for which computer scientists of theCentre 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 terminalsMinitelsto 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 theMinitel service,and the Transpac network via which it was available, in June 2012.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ab"X.25 Virtual Circuits - Transpac in France - Pre-Internet Data Networking".IEEE. November 2010.doi:10.1109/MCOM.2010.5621965.
- ^IDG Network World (1988-09-26).Network World.IDG Network World Inc.
- ^IDG Network World (1991-09-16).Network World.IDG Network World Inc.
- ^Chung, Seon Jong (1996).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.ISBN978-90-5199-240-3.
- ^"How France fell out of love with Minitel".INDEPENDENT. June 2012.