The French PTT become
- La Poste (postal service and CCP / postal bank)
- France Telecom (telephone services)
including a participation in ODA (telephone directories jointly owned by France Telecom and Havas)
as well as the regulation office ART.


July 2 1990 France Telecom becomes
a corporation with it´s own financial autonomy.


October 25 1995 a new numbering plan is put into place.
It creates new capacities for more phone numbers and
ajusts the french phonesystem to international standards.
Directory Assistance is not affected by these changes.


In 1995 France Telecom creates a new brand called Wanadoo.
The name was invented by an advertisement agency.
February 11 1996 the domain wanadoo.com is registered.


France Telecom´s rising Internet activities are reorganised
in the Wanadoo Division,
which includes Internet Access,
France Telecom webportals like Voila or Alphapage
and
the Directory Division ODA (parly still owned by Hachette).