Title :
Telematics: the point of view of an information-provider
Author :
Guillet, Jean-Claude
Abstract :
In France it is now possible to operate a profitable telematics information-provider business as a result of massive investments by the French telecommunications authority, France Telecom. This PTT has implemented a large-scale industrial and marketing policy to make telematics a mass-market consumer product with increasingly widespread use. An outline is presented of the technical and logistical infrastructure for telematics deployed in France. A description is also given of the information-providing business
Keywords :
information services; telecommunication services; France; France Telecom; PTT; information-provider; large scale industrial policy; logistical infrastructure; marketing policy; mass-market consumer product; technical infrastructure; telematics information-provider business; Business communication; Computer displays; Graphics; Pressing; Sockets; Switches; Telecommunications; Telematics; Telephony; Videotex;
Conference_Titel :
Subscriber Loops and Services, 1988. Proceedings, ISSLS 88., International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
DOI :
10.1109/ISSLS.1988.10636
