One of the first value-added, packet switching networks that enabled terminals and computers to exchange data. Established in 1975 by Dr. Lawrence Roberts, who helped to develop ARPANET, Telenet was acquired by GTE in 1979. After it was acquired by Sprint in 1986, it was renamed SprintNet. See also Telnet.
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- Telenet wanted to meet the growing demand for digital television services and provide a new core server platform for digital television services to support the company's elevated growth rate and provide the scalability necessary for mission-critical applications. The challenge was to ensure performance, reliability, and scalability to successfully deliver Telnet's...
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Telenet Automates Procurement Processes and Facilitates Compliance With Integrated Applications
- Telenet develops high-quality products and services, and supports customers so they can live and work with ease. Telenet wanted to streamline and standardize procurement processes to improve operational efficiency and facilitate compliance. The challenge was to automate the procurement approval cycle. Telenet implemented Oracle E-Business Suite applications for procurement to...
- Case studies 2008-12-01
- Telenet Gains End-to-End Control of Supply Chain and Project Management Processes
- Telenet wanted to replace legacy project management system - which was highly customized and difficult to maintain - with a solution that could support large, network-installation projects and implement an integrated project-management solution, allowing the company to link to other Oracle modules, such as Oracle Financials and Oracle Procurement. The...
- Case studies 2008-12-01
- Telenet Centralizes Identity Authentication to Improve Security and Streamline Password Management
- Telenet was founded in 1996 as a cable company. Today, it offers a quadruple play to private and business customers in Belgium. Telenet wanted to streamline and simplify the sign-on procedure for the company's Oracle E Business Suite applications and improve security and streamline user IDentification ID and password management....
- Case studies 2008-12-01
- TelemeterX 1.00 (Mac)
- With TelemeterX you can check how much bandwith you have already used and can still use from your Belgian Telenet account.
- Software downloads 2008-06-10
- Clear History 2 (Windows)
- Provide clear history utility for computer to protect private information. This program lets you easily get rid of your Web-surfing history and computer using history, including clearing internet temporary files, clearing cookies, clearing URL history of IE, clearing auto-form history, clearing password history, clearing my favorite folder, clearing auto dial...
- Software downloads 2006-03-01
- SkyQuotaX 2.0 (Mac)
- SkyQuotaX is a Mac utility for Belgacom Skynet ADSL and Telenet users which checks and displays how much of your monthly Internet download limit is remaining or has been used. Included is a connection log viewer for the last four months and retrieving your available Web space quota. Added support...
- Software downloads 2005-08-24
- teleMeter 2.12 (Mac)
- teleMeter reads the data from the Telenet telemeter site. This is just an easier way to monitor your traffic usage.
- Software downloads 2005-04-12
- Mud-Haven 2.0.0b1 (Mac)
- Mud-Haven is a powerful bridge between this reality and those varying, enchanting, adventurous realities that are Muds (Multi User Dungeons/Dimensions). Mud-Haven is a comprehensive telenet based client designed specifically for mudding. It has many features that make mudding much easier and much more fun. The features of automation give players...
- Software downloads 2001-02-21
- X.25 White Paper
- In the 1970s, a set of protocols was needed to provide users with wide-area network WAN connectivity across public data networks PDNs. PDNs such as TELENET and TYMNET had achieved remarkable success, but it was felt that protocol standardization would increase subscription to PDNs by providing improved equipment compatibility and...
- White papers 2000-12-05
- Enterprise.Service Video Management Platform to Service the Telecom Industry
- Telenet, a subsidiary of Liberty Media International Inc., is the largest provider of broadband cable services in Belgium. The continuous company expansion required the use of a scalable security solution that could grow with the company. Telenet was not only looking for a security system but also for a system...
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