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CALL Lecturer : Akmal,M.Hum.,M.Sc.,P.hD. Presented by Dwi Aryani 11131007. What it is?. The name Minitel was abbreviated from the French title of: M édium i nteractif par n umérisation d' i nformation tél éphonique .
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CALLLecturer : Akmal,M.Hum.,M.Sc.,P.hD Presented by Dwi Aryani 11131007
What it is? • The name Minitel was abbreviated from the French title of: Médium interactif par numérisation d'information téléphonique. • Minitel was a Videotext online service accessible through telephone lines, and is considered one of the world's most successful pre-World Wide Web online services.
Brief history • Rolled out experimentally in 1978 in Brittany and throughout France in 1982 by the PTT (Poste, Téléphone et Télécommunications)
Functions • Online purchases • Train reservations • Check stock prices • Chat in a similar way to that now made possible by the Internet • News services.
Consumers • Teenager • Government • Pharmacist • Banking
The profits • Cheap • Easy to acces • We can do transaction through Minitel • Aclosed network • Guaranteedvirus-free and hacker-proof. • Security features
Payment methods • Credit card for purchases. • Telephone bill for surfing time: rates depend on the sites visited.
References • http://www.beotech.co.uk/minitel.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel • http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3142862.stm • http://www.minitelfr.com/Uk/home/index.html • http://www.minitelfr.com/Uk/telecharger/index.html • http://pixelispower.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html