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35-700: CIX can refer to: CIX (website) , an online conferencing system that started as an early British dial-up service provider FAP Captain José Abelardo Quiñones González International Airport , an airport in Peru Commercial Internet eXchange , a forerunner of the commercial Internet in the US 109 (disambiguation) in Roman numerals CIX (band) ,

70-584: A South Korean boy group Croatian Internet eXchange , Internet exchange point in Croatia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CIX . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CIX&oldid=1204863155 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

105-492: A USD 8.6 billion merger plan between Thailand’s second and third largest telecom operators (by subscribers), True Corporation (TRUE) and Total Access Communication (DTAC) – the proposed merger is subject to regulatory approvals. The merger was "acknowledged" by the regulator NBTC at a meeting on October 20, 2022. The newly merged company still retain the True Corporation name, which was founded on 1 March 2023 and it

140-584: A market capitalization in November 2015 of kr 225 billion, making it the third largest company listed on the OSE after DNB and Equinor (previously known as Statoil). Telenor started off in 1855, as a state-operated monopoly provider of telegraph services named Telegrafverket . The first Norwegian planning for a telegraph were launched within the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1848, but by 1852,

175-572: A new notification system, allowing users to receive instant replies to messages posted. CIX Conferencing is based on the CoSy Conferencing System, though it has been heavily modified by generations of staff to add new features. The CoSy conferencing system used by CIX was initially run on a UNIX server. (This was initially the same CoSy code-base on which BIX , the US-centric Byte Information eXchange,

210-656: Is a leading TV content distributor in the Nordic region with about 2.7 million customers in 2011. On 13 April 2021, the merger of Canal Digital and Viasat in Allente was completed. Telenor also operates the national terrestrial broadcast network in Norway , through its subsidiary Norkring . Thor is a family of satellites owned by Telenor. On 11 February 2008, the THOR 5 satellite was launched into geostationary orbit. The launch

245-553: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages CIX (website) Founded in 1983 by Frank and Sylvia Thornley, it began as a FidoNet bulletin board system , but in 1987 was relaunched commercially as CIX. At the core of the service were many thousands of "conferences" — groups established by users to discuss particular topics, conceptually not unlike newsgroups but limited to CIX subscribers (who sometimes describe themselves as 'Cixen'). These conferences still exist today although

280-530: Is one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations worldwide , but focused in Scandinavia and Asia . It has extensive broadband and TV distribution operations in four Nordic countries , and a 10-year-old research and business line for machine-to-machine technology. Telenor owns networks in 8 countries. Telenor is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and had

315-476: Is still freely available. It was written independently by Steve Palmer in 1994. The official desktop client is now CIXReader and runs on Windows 7,8,9,10 & 11 plus MacOS and is freely available to all subscribers. Many other OLRs, written by CIX users, are also available for other operating systems, such as Nicola on the Amiga , and Polar for Psion PDAs. Augur is an Open Source OLR designed for CIX. In 1996, it

350-536: Is the start of Inmarsat Satellite Communication, and formed the first steps to digitalise the telephone network in 1980–1985. Televerket opened its first manual mobile telephone system in 1966, being replaced with the automatic NMT system in 1981, and the enhanced NMT-900 in 1986. Norway was the first country in to get an automatic mobile telephone system. The digital GSM system came into use in 1993. The third generation of mobile technology with UMTS system began full operation 2004. The Opera web browser

385-613: The PPF Group , for a sum of 2.8 billion euros in order to focus more on Asia and the Nordic market. In 2019, Telenor bought DNA , the third largest mobile operator in Finland . On 21 June 2021, Axiata , Telenor and Digi agree to a potential merger of Celcom and Digi to create a stronger telco in Malaysia, which if approved will be completed by the end of 2022. This come after advanced discussions two months earlier. The deal

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420-587: The Scandinavian Broadband and TV market, both with regard to the number of subscribers and to the extent of coverage. The TV distribution is branded Allente . Telenor is also a prominent actor in Asia with operations in five different Asian countries. At year-end 2021, Telenor held controlling interests in mobile operations in Norway , Denmark , Finland , Sweden , Thailand , Malaysia , Bangladesh , Myanmar and Pakistan . The Myanmar operation

455-520: The CIX service has since expanded to include many other features. The service is funded by a monthly subscription charge rather than by advertising. In 1988 it provided the first commercial Internet email and Usenet access in the UK. CIX then grew rapidly, reaching a peak of more than 16,000 users in 1994, before starting to lose customers to the newly formed Internet service providers that offered free access to

490-754: The OLRs (Off Line Readers — this allowed the upload and download of new messages with messages editing performed offline) that most Cixen use. In April 2007 the first prototype of the CIX Forums website was launched by CIX Online Ltd. This new online way to access the content is designed to attract more users. In September 2008 Graham Davies of CIX Online Ltd. announced that the API behind CIX Forums would be available in October 2008 allowing interested parties to create additional user add-ons. On 25 May 2011, CIX Online Ltd.

525-652: The Telenor Group, as well as to the individual Business Units across Telenor markets. Telenor Research's mission is to create business value for Telenor through applied research. Telenor started exploring the M2M potentials in 2000, when Telenor R&D established a project both aimed at technology, services and business models. This was further spurred when Telenor acquired the Swedish mobile company Europolitan, which contained parts of Vodafone 's research capabilities in

560-466: The UK's technology journalists (some of them given free accounts), which ensured regular mention in the computing press. The Liberal Democrats have used CIX as a conferencing system and a branded version of the offline reader Ameol is provided for their use. In 1996 the Thornleys decided to expand CIX's services to include full 0845 dialup Internet access known as CIX Internet . However, take up

595-605: The area. As a result, two separate companies have been established: Telenor Connexion in Stockholm, Sweden (aiming higher up in the M2M value chain), and Telenor Objects (aiming further down in the value chain). The initiative has resulted in a substantial market share of Europe's fast-growing M2M market and is being used by Nissan in Europe to connect its customers' electric cars . Telenor's wholly owned subsidiary Canal Digital

630-455: The business to GX Networks aka PIPEX. In February 2001 CIX WCS (Web Conferencing System) was released as a private beta to a select group, followed by a public beta in May 2001. In 2004 CIX Conferencing was made accessible via a new service CIX Online by CIX Online Ltd, giving a Web interface as an alternative to the text interface. Customer acceptance of the web interface was limited compared to

665-1132: The company 15.6 billion  kr in new capital , with the Government of Norway owning 77.7 percent of the company. As of 2014, the Norwegian government holds 53.97 percent of the Telenor shares directly and another 4.66 percent through the Government Pension Fund Norway . In the second half of the 1990s, Telenor began mobile operations in other countries: Russia (1994), Bangladesh , Greece , Ireland , Germany and Austria (1997), Ukraine (1998), Malaysia (1999), Denmark and Thailand (2000), Hungary (2002), Montenegro (2004), Pakistan (2004), Slovakia , Czech Republic , Serbia (2006), Myanmar (2014). Operations in Greece, Ireland and Germany were sold in 1999/2000, and profits were re-invested in emerging markets. In October 2005, Telenor acquired Vodafone Sweden, changing

700-565: The company for a minimum of three years. In 2000 CIX was sold to Telenor , a Norwegian telecommunications company. CIX was re-branded and merged with XTML of Manchester and Norsk Data of Newbury to form the UK arm of Nextra, the UK Internet subsidiary of Telenor. In June 2002 the CIX service was outsourced by Telenor to Parkglobe, a company specially set up for the purpose by several long-term CIX staffers and directors, Graham Davies, Charlie Brook and Mat Sims. In July 2002 Telenor sold

735-468: The far north coast. Cable connections were opened to Denmark in 1867 and to Great Britain in 1869. The telegraph was most important for the merchant marine who now could use the electric telegraph to instantly communicate between different locations, and get a whole new advantage from better logistics . The first telephone service in Norway was offered in 1878, between Arendal and Tvedestrand , while

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770-467: The first international telephone service between Christiania and Stockholm was offered in 1893. Automation of the telephone system was started in 1920, and completed in 1985. In 1946, the first Telex service was offered, and in 1976, satellite telephone connections to the Norwegian merchant navy, at the time the largest in the world and to oil platforms in the North Sea were made operational. This

805-450: The mass market using 0845 dial-up, such as Demon (which was started by Cixen Cliff Stanford , whose CIX nickname was 'Demon'), Pipex , AOL and Freeserve . In 2011, it still had almost 9,000 users. In its heyday, CIX was one of the UK's premier online locations for both technical and social interaction. It hosted several official online support areas for companies such as Borland and Novell and counted among its subscribers many of

840-961: The name to Telenor in April 2006. Grameenphone was the first Telenor venture in the Asian telecom market and is now the largest mobile operator in Bangladesh , Telenor holds 55.8 per cent of the company. Grameenphone started trading its shares on the stock exchanges in Dhaka and Chittagong on 16 November 2009. The success of Grammeenphone lead to an increased focus on Asia, with successful entries into Malaysia , Thailand Pakistan , and Myanmar . Telenor also entered India , but had to withdraw from that market in 2017, with substantial losses. In March 2018, Telenor sold its business in Southeast Europe ( Bulgaria , Hungary , Montenegro and Serbia ) to

875-485: The plans were public and the Parliament of Norway decided on a plan for constructing a telegraph system throughout the country. Televerket began by connecting Christiania (now Oslo) to Sweden (Norway was at that time in a union with Sweden ) as well as Christiania and Drammen . By 1857, the telegraph had reached Bergen on the west coast via Sørlandet on the south coast, and by 1871, it had reached Kirkenes on

910-708: Was announced sold in 2021, and the transaction completed in March 2022. Telenor Kystradio is responsible for the infrastructure for maritime radio communication in Norway, and also includes five staffed coast radio stations whose primary purpose is to monitor the maritime radio traffic (over e.g. VHF and MF bands) and to assist marine vessels in distress. Telenor Research is Telenor's corporate unit for research. The unit conducts research and delivers research based advice on topics such as market, technology, data analytics, innovation and organization. Telenor Research provides research based analysis and strategic recommendations to

945-431: Was approved by both Celcom and Digi shareholders on 18 November 2022. The merged company is named CelcomDigi. At completion, Axiata and Telenor will hold equal ownership of 33.1 percent each in the newly merged company. The merger was completed on 30 November 2022 and the company began its operation the next day. On 22 November 2021, Telenor and Charoen Pokphand Group , officially announced they have agreed to explore

980-506: Was based.) At first, users read the text-based (ISO 8859-1) CIX messages online, but the UK's practice of charging per minute for telephone calls led to the development of off-line readers (OLRs). The first CIX OLR was TelePathy (DOS-based), which developed into the first Windows OLR - WigWam (now an open-source project, under the name Virtual Access). The first official Windows OLR for CIX was called Ameol, from A Most Excellent Off-Line Reader. This handled email, CIX conferencing and Usenet, and

1015-528: Was created in 1994 by Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Geir Ivarsøy during their tenure at Telenor, and Opera Software was established in 1995, when they went on to continue development of their browser. Telenor and Huawei conducted a successful test of 5G with 70 Gbit/s Speeds in Lab environment. The corporation changed its name to Televerket in 1969. In 1994, then the Norwegian Telecom

1050-569: Was decided to port the system to Sun hardware, and upgrade the bank of modems. ISDN dial up access, and ability to use the Internet to blink (a term used to collect messages) were also introduced. Telenor Telenor ASA ( Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈtêːlənuːr] or [tɛləˈnuːr] ) is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum , close to Oslo . It

1085-454: Was established as a public corporation . The telecom sector in Norway, was deregulated in stages between 1994 and 1998. An attempt to merge Telenor with its counterpart in Sweden , Telia , failed in 1999, while both still were owned by their respective governments. On 4 December 2000, the company was partially privatised and listed on Oslo Stock Exchange and NASDAQ . The privatisation gave

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1120-502: Was limited (possibly due to an above-average cost) even though technically it was rated for many years as one of the best internet providers in the UK. In March 1998 a management buy-in backed by Legal & General Ventures was successful. The buy-in team, none of whom were previously employed at CIX, comprised Doug Birtley, Managing Director; Niels Gotfredsen, Finance Director; Graham Davies, Sales and Marketing Director and Lisa Pennington. Frank and Sylvia Thornley contracted to remain with

1155-482: Was listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand under the stock ticker symbol TRUE on 3 March 2023. Telenor offers a full range of telecommunication services in the Nordic countries, including mobile and fixed telephony, Internet access and as well as cable TV access and content. Telenor still remains the largest actor in Norway despite competition from Telia and others. The group holds a prominent position in

1190-537: Was provided by International Launch Services using a Proton-M launch vehicle built by Khrunichev Space Center . Telenor operates three satellites from its satellite control centre at Fornebu (THOR5, THOR6 and THOR7). Telenor has sold a number of divisions after its privatisation, including Bravida, the former installation division and Findexa , now part of Eniro that is responsible for telephone directories . The browser vendor Opera Software originated in Telenor's R&D department. Telenor formerly provided

1225-518: Was purchased by ICUK, an ISP, hosting and telecoms provider formed in November 2001 by an ex-employee of Compulink Information eXchange Ltd. ICUK in its press release has said it intends to grow and expand CIX Conferencing for new and existing users of both companies. In April 2012, version 2 of CIX Forums was released. Version 2 contained numerous bug fixes, enhancements, speed optimisations and an improved user interface. July 2012 brought version 3 of CIX Forums, featuring further design improvements and

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