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Infobel is a Brussels, Belgium-based online international telephone directory. Launched in 1995 by Kapitol SA, Infobel was the first online telephone directory. As of 2014, Infobel had a database that contained over 140 million telephone numbers. ==History== The root for what would later become Infobel began when Marc Wahba pitched the idea to create a CD-ROM-based telephone directory of Belgian telephone numbers to Belgacom. In early 1995 Belgacom ended the project and Wahba went to stay with his brother, Alain Wahba. Alain owned Kapitol Trading, a small import-export business that dealt with Belgian and American goods, with Michaël Wellner. The Wahbas decided to finish the telephone directory project and begin marketing and selling it through Kapitol Trading. Kapitol began selling the CD-ROM telephone directory—named Infobel–in April 1995. In response, Belgacom sued Kapitol. The case against Kapitol was dismissed on 19 July 1995. Building on the success of the CD-ROM telephone directory and the dismissal of Belgacom’s lawsuit, Kapitol launched the Infobel website in late July 1995. Infobel was the first telephone directory website launched on the then-nascent Internet. Within a year, the directory covered over 50 countries. At launch, the majority of Infobel’s revenue came from advertising. In 2000, Infobel partnered with Maporama SA, an online cartography company, to add to the Infobel site mapping features for its European telephone listings. Following the 2001 dot-com bubble, Infobel restructured and pared down its offerings to a more traditional business model.(lesoir2004) Infobel now focused on its database and search engine technology and its main revenue driver was businesses who used the site to ensure to verify the authenticity of foreign customers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Infobel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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