Belgacom (ISP)

Belgacom (ISP)

Skynet is the cross media company of the Belgacom Group

History

*1995: Three friends install a router, some modems and a server in a kitchen. Skynet is founded. One year later they have several hundreds of customers.

*1996: The Belgian national phone company Belgacom targets the Residential Internet Market and takes a share of 25% in Skynet. Later that year Belgacom buys the entire company and becomes the market leader in the Residential Internet Market. Skynet changes its name to Belgacom Skynet.

*1999: Belgacom Skynet is the first Belgian internet service provider to earn an ISO 9001 quality certificate.

*2000: Belgacom Skynet becomes part of the French group Infosources, which is part of Belgacom.

*2002: The Belgacom Skynet share is no longer quoted. The company is now completely part of Belgacom.

*2004: All access infrastructure was moved to Belgacom. Skynet stopped providing internet access to focus on its portal site. Belgacom's internet access division is now official known as Belgacom ADSL.

External links

* [http://www.skynet.be Skynet]
* [http://www.belgacom.be Belgacom]


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