Transpac (data network)
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Transpac, also written TRANSPAC, is the French public packet switching network which was opened by the Transpac society in December 1978. It offered the X.25 interface to its users, the CCITT standard 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]
References
- ^ a b "X.25 Virtual Circuits - Transpac in France - Pre-Internet Data Networking". November 2010.
- ^ 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. ISBN 978-90-5199-240-3.
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