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if the technical origins of digital networks are multiple (ARPA, Tymnet, INRIA), their beginning is dated as February 1, 1972, which is the date of their first commercial bill.

to inform intergovernance to support administration history Multilingual Internet MDRS services INTL files The SIAT has been created, as a small common structure, to assist the launching of the international public packet switch network par Tymnet European Operations (TEO) directed by Robert Tréhin, and by the European PTT and Operators and the US International Records Carriers (ITT, MCI, RCA). receipt of the SIAT registration (August 22, 1978) cover of the French Republic Official Journal and page where the creation of SIAT is published (Sept 3, 1978) corporate ID (SIREN) of SIAT. It became the SIAT/INTLNET in July 1983. Board decision to use the name "INTLnet" - July 1983 copy of the current statutes, revised in August 1983 (2) (3) International services the Internet connects to in1984 (RFC 920 Jon Postel) By mid-1985, to avoid a conflict of interests, JFC Morfin resigns from INTLNET, when he formalises the EUROLAB research venture between INTLNET and Tymnet Extended Services, which he directs. He was replaced by Mr. Edouard Catzeflis. JFC Morfin rejoins INTLNET in June 1986 after becoming a Tymnet partner. Since its inception, INTLNET has been involved in the support of engineering and of the catalysis of multiple services and projects. Its organisational scheme has proven to be stable, resilient, and efficient: a few volunteers managing a legal structure and administrative services to provide all kinds of support to experts, professionals, and entrepreneurs. Here are some salient points of its history: It shared from 1978 to 1986 in the management of intlhist.htm of the INTL File (directory of the International Datacommunications Services) and resumed that service in 2004. 1984 study on the Minitel for foreign/US markets 1985 creation of Eurolab and international Minitel gateway 1985 (ongoing since then) open network extended services (ONES) analysis. 1985 study of the interest to use Augment (Doug Engelbart) to extend the "Passport to International" and for a common service for international users. 1985-2000 Studies on telecentres, immotic, domotic 1986/88 North Brittany Telepolis project (a telematic city in Pleumeur-Bodou, with FT Research Labs, Alcatel, BT, the city, the General Council of the Coast of Armor, Quillery, etc.) ISBA technology of smart building 1990-1999 MTX: a real time inter-machines operating system based on QNX, including an ANVAR part, multiple protocol support (Minitel, X.25, Fax, Telephone) 1995-2002 IMX: a Fax/Minitel technology for the operations of push and online services - support of a multimedia specialised daily services 1999 launching of the Webs de France program, now integrated into the AFRAC 2000-2004 Sioux: an externet supervisory system including the generation, maintenance, and update of the configuration of hundreds of machines, with their root file, tens of thousands of TLDs and hundreds of thousands of websites. Used to support the Webs de France project. 2001-2004 support of icannatlarge.org, including panel election organisation, creation of ATLARGE 2001 European roots agreement. TLD Managers and Root Administrators Best Practices 2001 TLD Manager and Root Administrator Best Common Practices 2002 ULD concept, identification of the service and community SLD 2002-2004 dot-root study/deployment for a DNS test-bed 2003 - Incorporation of the world@wide foundation 2003 - 2004 analysis of national vulnerability to the Internet 2004 - Gositer a site generation and maintenance tool used to maintain this site. 2004 Eurolab is renamed RDLAB/Eurolab to avoid confusion with European Eurolabs. 2005 - contributions to the WSIS process 2005 introduction of the Network Notes and of the NTDS by the INTF 2005 proposition of UTELNET. 2005 successful containment of the IETF internationalization (with AFRAC) 2006 initialisation of the RDLIB project of RDLAB libraries. Since 1998, it has focussed on Internet development aspects, assistance to projects that target an evolution from the Legacy to an open use of the Internet managed resources, and to the resumption of open network extended services. It supports several endeavours providing it with "field experience" of the Internet, such as IETF WG-IDNA, OPES, etc. the evolution of ICANN governance, of the global digital intergovernance (WSIS), and of multilingual naming. If you shared in the life of the SIAT/INTLNET or of one of the many projects and organisation developments it supported, and retained some documents, please send us a copy!

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