| 1973 | Invention of videotex in UK | 1978 | Report by Nora and Minc | 1978 | Approval of initial Minitel experiment | 1979 | Launch of Prestel service in United Kingdom | 1981 | Télétel Vélizy, Versailles, Val-de-Bièvre (T3V) experiment | 1983 | Telephone directory trial at St Brieuc | 1987 | Initial experiments with Numéris (ISDN) | 1988 | Creation of 36.05 numéro vert (free calls) | 1989 | Report of the Cour des Comptes | 1993 | Introduction of 50% tax on 'pornographic' services | 1994 | France Télécom joined General Magic consortium |
http://www.georgetown.edu/sutherland/minitel/chronology.html