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France's Minitel shutting down after 30 years After 30 years of service, France’s Minitel information service is shutting down for good. Launched in 1982 by the French state telephone company Poste, Téléphone et Télécommunications (PTT), which later became France Télécom, it was France’s answer to the World Wide Web before the Web was even created. However, despite remarkable initial success, it proved unable to compete with the modern internet and on June 30, 2012 it will be switched off... Continue Reading France's Minitel shutting down after 30 years Section: Telecommunications Tags: Computers, France, Internet, Telecommunications Related Articles: Worldwide IPTV equipment revenue tops US$1B in 2006Photo messaging climbs as cameraphones snap up market shareFrance Telecom offers ''Big Screen'' Video EyeWear to Mobile Phone Users T-Shirt complete with flexible screenU.S. On-Demand Internet Content Revenues to Approach US$9 Billion by 2010Citroen announces home refueling initiative for C3 GAZ
France's Minitel shutting down after 30 years
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