Editing Packet switching (section)

====Euronet====
Nine member states of the [[European Economic Community]] contracted with [[Logica]] and the French company SESA to set up a joint venture in 1975 to undertake the ''Euronet'' development, using X.25 protocols to form virtual circuits. It was to replace EIN and established a network in 1979 linking a number of European countries until 1984 when the network was handed over to national PTTs.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Origins, development and future of the Euronet|date=1977-12-31|publisher=Emeraldinsight.com|doi=10.1108/eb046759|last1 = Dunning|first1 = A.J.|journal = Program|volume = 11|issue = 4|pages = 145–155}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kerssens|first=Niels|title=Rethinking legacies in internet history: Euronet, lost (inter)networks, EU politics|journal=Internet Histories|pages=32–48|doi=10.1080/24701475.2019.1701919|issn=2470-1475|year=2020|volume=4|doi-access=free}}</ref>