France adopts 10-digit dialing to address increased usage

  1. France adopts 10-digit dialing to address increased usage

  2. The Group invests in Belgian operator Mobistar

  3. Launch of the fourth Telecom 2D satellite, from Kourou, Guyana

  4. First opening-up of the company's capital

  5. Creation of Open Transit Internet, the global Internet-access réseau

  6. Launch of OLA, a consumer mobile telephone service in France

  7. Creation of GOA, a multiplayer game platform

  8. Development of the first fiber optics

  9. First (all electronic) time switch in the world, created by CNET in Lannion

  10. Invention of the smart card by Roland Moreno, a precursor to the advent of phone cards