HOM LA

FOUNDATION OF FIRST RADIO RELAY STATION LAID NEAR ULAANBAATAR
Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in Russian 0600 GMT 17 Jan 78 OW

[Text] Ulaanbaatar, 16 Jan (MONTSAME)--A solemn foundation-laying ceremony
of the first station of the radio relay line fromthecapital to Bayan-Olgiy
(Western Mongolia) was held today near Ulaanbaatar in the territory of
Bayantsogt Somon, Tob Aymag of the MPR. The line will be constructed as

a gift from the Soviet Union.

Present at the meeting were Y. Tsedensal, first secretary of the MPRP Cen-
tral Committee and chairman of the MPR People's Great Hural Presidium, J.
Batmonh, chairman of the MPR Council of Ministers; and other Mongolian
leaders.

D. Gombojab, candidate member of the Politburo and secretary of the MPRP
Central Committee, who delivered a speech at the meeting, noted: The
establishment of this radio relay line in the MPR will make it possible to
considerably expand the stable reception zone of central television trans-
missions and improve the quality of radio reception, which will promote
communist training and raise the cultural level of the people.

In his speech, A. I. Smirnov, USSR ambassador to the MPR, noted that the
foundation of the first station of the radio relay line is being laid at

a significant time marking the 32d aaniversary of the signing of the treaty
of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between the MPR and the
USSR. He reported that the latest equipment, which provides for a high
degree of automation in controlling intermediate stations with the aid

of telemechanical equipment, will be used in constructing the radio relay
line.

Afterwards V. Tsedenbal, first secretary of the MPRP Central Committee

and chairman of the MPR People's Great Hural Presidium, placed a commemora-
tive capsule in the foundation in accordance with established tradition.
Noting that this radio relay line is of great significance for the country's
economy and for raising the living standard of the Mongolian people, Y.
Tsedenbal referred to the Soviet people [sentence incomplete]. Y. Tsedenbal
expressed deep gratitude to the CPSU, it Leninist Central Committee and L. I.
Brezhnev, general secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and chairman of the
USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium.

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SAUDI ARABIA

GOVERNMENT SELECTS SWEDISH PHONE SYSTEM
Stockholm DAGENS NYHETER in Swedish 15 Dec 77 p 32
{Article by Lars Ramklint]

{Text] The Ericsson Group has won Swedish industry's largest order of all
time. Saudi Arabia has commissioned L.M. Ericsson, the Dutch firm of Philips,
and Bell Canada to set up a complete telecommunications system in that coun-
try over a 3-year period. The price comes to more than 11 billion kronor.
For the Swedes, the most important item will be the exporting of equipment
worth about 2 billion kronor.

The giant order from Saudi Arabia will provide a welcome boost to employment

‘at L.M. Ericsson's plants over the next few years, although no new jobs are

in the offing.
The deliveries from Sweden will include a number of different products.

The most important thing for L.M. Ericsson is that the group's new computer-
controlled AXE [expansion unknown] telephone exchanges will be used both as
main exchanges and as local exchanges in the larger cities. Ericsson's plants

in Norrkoping, Ostersund, Alvsjo, and Katrineholm can take pleasure from this
order.

Sweden will also supply 400,000 new telephone sets from L.M. Ericsson's plant
in Karlskrona. They will be completely electronic, using pushbuttons instead
of dials.

Also included are large quantities of cable and equipment for the system.
These will come from the plants in Hudiksvall, Pitea, and Soderharn.

There is no chance of any new jobs opening up at L.M. Ericsson's plant.
Bjorn Svedberg, L.M. Ericsson's managing director, said, "We have already

been producing partly for stock, and the capacity in the plants is being
poorly utilized."

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INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

IRAN-UAE NEWS PACT--On the basis of an agreement signed at PARS headquarters
this morning, by Mr Mahmud Ja'fariyan, deputy head of the National Iranian
Radio and Television Organization--NIRTO--and supervisor of the PARS News
Agency, and Mr Ibrahim Al-'Abd, acting head of the UAE News Agency, the

two agencies will cooperate in the exchange of news and specialists in order
to benefit from each other's experience. To this end Mr ‘Abdullah an-Nuwaysi,
deputy minister of information and culture of the UAE, who arrived in Teheran
last Thursday at the head of a delegation, together with his entourage came
to ‘the PARS News Agency this morning and visited its various sections. Dur-
ing this visit the cooperation agreement between the PARS News Agency and
the UAE News Agency was signed. [Text] [Teheran Domestic Service in Persian
1000 GMT 7 Jan 78 LD]

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

BRIEFS

MERGE RADIO STATIONS--Abu Dhabi, 4 January--His Highness Shaykh Sultan Ibn
Muhammad al-Qasimi, member of the Supreme Council of the UAE and ruler of
Sharjah, has decided to integrate the UAE radio station in Sharjah with the
voice of UAE radio in Abu Dhabi in order to make it a branch of the state's
official radio. This decision has resulted in cancellation of broadcasts
from Sharjah and has turned the Sharjah broadcasting studios into a center
for the production of programs by intellectuals and artists from all parts
of the Arab nation. These programs will be supplied to the state radio.
This was announced last night by Ahmad Ibn Hamid, the minister of education
in the UAE, following a meeting between his highness President Shaykh Zayid
ibn Sultan Al Nahayyan and his highness Shaykh Sultan ibn Muhammad al-Qasimi.
He said that, in keeping with the policy of unification, it was decided to
close down the black and white UAE television studios in Abu Dhabi and to
convert them into studios producing local programs. He added that he has
issued the necessary executive decisions in order to have these unifying
steps applied. [Text] [Doha QNA in Arabic 0745 GMT 4 Dec 77 NC]

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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

THAI COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER INVITED TO VISIT VIETNAM

Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 12 Jan 78 p 3 BK

[Text] Communications Minister Gen Surakit Maiyalap has been invited by
the Vietnamese delegations currently visiting Thailand to visit Vietnam,

Deputy Communications Minister Prasit Narongdet disclosed yesterday.

The communications minister presented a number of aviation equipments as
gifts to the Vietnamese delegation during their meeting yesterday.

Mr Prasit said that Gen Surakit had accepted the invitation to visit Hai-
phong port in Vietnam but had not yet decided on the date.

Mr Prasit revealed that Thailand, Laos, Hong Kong and Vietnam would meet
in Vientiane on 9 February to discuss aviation cooperation among the four
countries.

Subjects which will be raised at the meeting include Vietnam's ICAO mem-
bership, standardization of aviation radio waves among the four countries,
charging rate for overflying and the date for the opening of each country's
air space for the four countries’ aircrafts.

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NORWAY

BRIEFS

GOVERNMENT PROTEST NOTE--On Thursday the Foreign Ministry once more urged
the Soviet authorities to do something to put a stop to the disturbance
caused by the Kiev transmitter, AFTENPOSTEN has learned. Ambassador
Makarov of the Soviet embassy in Oslo on Thursday had a conversation with
Office Chief Tore Bogh of the trade section of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. Bogh noted that the foreign ministry had taken up the matter a
year ago, but that the interference continued. He pointed out that the
disturbance severely affected the work of Rogaland Radio, and mentioned

that the station now threatens to boycott Soviet ships. Ambassador Makarov_
promised to bring the matter to the attention of Soviet authorities. [Text/
[Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 12 Dec 77 p 4/ 11256

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transmitters as well as any radio station established by state govern-
ments will transmit in medium-wave bands sufficient to ensure effective
coverage of the area of the particular state concerned.

"The national radio organisation, that is the N.B.C., which is being
geared and improved to provide effective broadcasts throughout the
federation as well as to the outside world, will continue to transmit
on both the medium-wave and short-wave bands.

“The need to fully and effectively implement these policies necessitated
the councils to consider the future of broadcasting organisations owned
by individual or group of state governments and which are up to now,
transmitting on short-wave bands with greater reach than their areas of
immediate jurisdiction.

"The councils decided that such organisations will be taken over by the
Federal Military Government with effect from lst April, 1978, the final
date by which all the states that do not now enjoy the facilities of the
N.B.C. are expected to have these stations installed at their capitals.
However, they will continue to enjoy operational autonomy similar to
those enjoyed by state T.V. stations taken over by the Federal Military
Government.

"Further, in view of the reputation which some of these organisations
have built up over a long period, the nature of the programmes they _
offer as well as the need to enable them to retain their large listener-
ship of programmes tailored for listeners in vernacular languages in
particular, it was decided that everything possible should be done to
maintain the distinctive character of these radio stations.

"In view of these considerations, a panel was appointed to examine ways
of implementing the decision to restrict non-Federal broadcasting organi-
sations to the medium-wave bands and make appropriate recommendations to
government. The panel comprises the chief executives of all the radio
stations affected, representatives of the Federal Cabinet Office, Fed-
eral Ministries of Information, Establishments and Justice and the

N.B.C. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information, will
be the chairman of the panel."

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It includes: --On one hand, an antenna made up of two reflectors: the main
reflector has the shape of a parasol 13 meters in diameter and it supports
the auxiliary reflector, the light source and the low-noise receiver. The
antenna's movements around the two axes of rotation are controlled by two
electric motors which permit the corrections necessary to follow the satel-
lite.

This antenna weighs 20 tons and is aimed at the geostatic INTELSAT satellite
Iv Fl over the Indian Ocean, so-called because, placed on a circular orbit
equal in radius to 36,000 km from the earth and revolving at the same speed
as the earth, it seems stationary to a terrestrial observer.

--On the other hand, the station is equipped with electronic transmitting
and receiving equipment for telephony and telegraphy and can also receive
color television (the PAL system).

In the current phase, the Goudel earth station, wired for 12 telephone cir-
cuits, is equipped with: two telephone circuits and three telegraph circuits
to Algiers and one color TV channel,

It was built by technicians and engineers of the Japanese firm Mitsubushi
and the financing of the project (except for the civil engineering work and
the transportation of materiel from the airport to the site and the station's
linking up to the national network, which was assumed by our own country)
was undertaken entirely by the Algerian Democratic and Popular Republic.

The chief of state cuts the inaugural ribbon held, on the left, by Mr Alou
Harouna and, on the right, by Mr Zerguini. On the right [sic] the station's
parabolic reflector.

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UGANDA

BRIEFS

SATELLITE PLANS-~President Amin has reiterated his intention to develop
all parts of Uganda at an equal pace. He was speaking at a news con-
ference with a team of Austrian journalists at Makindye Lodge. He told
the journalists that he has already informed the people of Uganda that
his intention is to develop Uganda's urban areas, their suburbs and
rural areas. He said that a station like the Arua Earth Satellite
Station can be built anywhere in Uganda. Field Marshal Amin informed
the Austrian journalists that Uganda built her own earth satellite after
Kenya had given us a short notice not to use her satellite at Longnot.
As a result, he added, Uganda had to build satellite "B" in Arua to give
services to the people of Uganda. He said Uganda found it difficult to
wait for satellite "A" which would be ready by 1980. He said satellite
"B" in Arua will help the people of Uganda in communication system for
the time being. Dr Amin disclosed to the journalists that Satellite "A"
will be situated 15 miles east of Kampala. [Excerpts] [Kampala VOICE OF
UGANDA in English 27 Dec 77 pp 1, 3, 6]

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HUNGARY

BRIEFS

NEW TELEVISION RELAY STATIONS--Starting today, 10 January, new television
relay stations will be in operation at Keszthely and Siklos. Both stations
will improve reception of television programs in these areas. The Keszthely
station will be received on Channel 9, and the Siklos station on Channel 10.
{Text] [Budapest Domestic Service in Hungarian 0700 GMT 10 Jan 78 LD]

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He added, "We need this and more besides if the situation is not to become
extremely difficult."

Over the next 3 years the order from Saudi Arabia will boost Ericsson's ex-
ports by about 700 million kronor. This can be compared with an export value
of about 2.7 billion kronor last year.

The order also provides that L.M. Ericsson is to set up a project management
team in Saudi Arabia. About 450 people will be recruited for the purpose.

A whole city with homes, schools, and hospitals is to be built for those em-
Ployees and their families.

L.M. Ericsson will use subcontractors, including South Korean construction
firms, for a large part of the work in Saudi Arabia.

The entire contract comes to just over 11 billion kronor, of which Philips
and L.M. Ericsson will share 9 billion between them. Most of that will con-
sist of compensation for work done on the site. The third partner is Bell
Canada, a telephone operating company that will be responsible for operating
the system during the first 5 years.

Philips is supplying automatic minor exchanges for rural areas and various
kinds of transmission equipment at approximately the same value as L.M.
Ericsson's share of the contract.

ITT Loses Out

The order from Saudi Arabia marks the second time in 6 months that Ericsson
has been the winner in closely watched international bidding. In September
the customer was Australia, and on that occasion L.M. Ericsson won out over
the telecommunications firm of ITT, which is three times larger. At the
time, the ITT chairman swore that he would win the Saudi Arabian order at
all costs. But again Ericsson got the job, this time together with Philips
and Bell Canada.

The success in Australia was viewed chiefly as a public relations victory
that would help L.M. Ericsson sell its new computer-controlled AXE system.
The Australian deal was not very important from the standpoint of money.
And it made scarcely any contribution at all to reducing unemployment in
Sweden.

But this time, as has already been seen, significantly larger orders and
more jobs for Sweden are involved.

L.M. Ericsson was able to start counting on the Saudi Arabian job as recently
as last summer. At first the invitation to bid had gone only to Philips,
which on the first round indicated that the price would be about 27 billion
kronor. Then the Saudis backed out, and Philips joined with Ericsson to
make a new offer.

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NORWAY

KIEV TRANSMITTER AGAIN ANGERS COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS
Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 8 Dec 77 pp 1, 22
fArticle: "Norway Asked to Participate in Boycott of Soviet Ships"7

[Text/ The constant disturbances by the Kiev transmitter have now caused
workers in short wave stations so much annoyance and psychic burden that
drastic action to bring an end to the untenable situation are being talked
about. The personnel at the West German station Norddeich Radio has taken
the initiative to a suggest joint Western European action. A boycott of
Soviet ships is a thought mentioned in a letter to stations in 10 countries.

"We must first thoroughly consider the consequences of so drastic a reaction
as a boycott of ships from the Soviet Union," Odd-Kare Kvalheim, of the
National Federation of Telegraphers, tells AFTENPOSTEN. "Whom will such

an action really hit? We must also consider the legality of such a gambit.
Another question is what will happen if such a boycott is carried out and
the Soviet Union responds with a boycott of our own ships."

This is in many ways an appalling situation. Thus far, the authorities
have attempted as long as possible to appeal to common sense. But today
we intend to consider the communication from the West German station," says
Kvalheim.

Personnel of Rogaland Radio have also toyed with the idea of a boycott.
Shop steward Arne Nilsen informs AFTENPOSTEN that he has received the letter
from the West German officials. The letter gives no indication of when an
eventual boycott would be started or how long it would last. He assumes
that the initiative is at first an attempt to measure the mood in favor of
such a drastic protest action. The Kiev transmitter has been a continual
matter of discussion among the staff at Rogaland Radio. The workers are
upset and tired because of these troubles. A reaction on a more interna-
tional basis will likely have stronger effect than if a country protests
alone he states.

The Soviet Union has recéived from Norway in all eight protests against the
disturbance from the Kiev transmitter. The latest was sent from the tele-
communication authorities only a few days ago.

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CONTENTS (Continued)

“INDIA

Briefs
Communications Satellite

INDONESIA

Briefs
Maluku Meteorological Radar

MONGOLIA

Foundation of First Radio Relay Station Laid Near
Ulaanbaatar

(MONTSAME, 17 Jan 78) ..s.seeeeeeeee seen cece eeeeees

Briefs
Radio Relay Line

THAILAND

Briefs
New Transmitter in Saraburi

EASTERN EUROPE
CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Briefs
Expanded Slovak TV Program

HUNGARY

Briefs
New Television Relay Stations

LATIN AMERICA
BRAZIL

Domestic Satellite To Be Given Priority
(0 GLOBO, 22 Dec 77) ceccecsececececcececees see ceeee

RADIOSRAS To Incorporate MEC, TVE as of 1 January 1978
(JORNAL DO BRASIL, 19 Dec 77) .csceecececeeces seeeee

RADIOBRAS Broadcasts Designed To Block Out Radio Havana,
Others
(FOLHA DE SAO PAULO, 10 Jan 78) ..

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This amount differs depending on whether the customer is requesting a resi-
dential, commercial or professional phone. But in no case is the amount paid
more than 50 percent of the installation cost.

The 100,000 soles that it costs to put each telephone line in service includes
the cost of connections, structures, cables and labor which are necessary for
providing the service to the customer's home or place of work.

In spite of the high installation cost, spokesmen for the Peruvian Telephone
Company say, the enterprise still plans to expand, since its objective is to
serve and not to sell.

The spokesmen say that the goal is to give access to telephone service to more
and more citizens of Lima.

Housing and Telephones

Statistical studies undertaken by the company indicate that by 1980 there will
by 860,000 homes, and the number of telephone lines will have reached 241,000.

If this trend continues, by 1990 our capital will have ].86 million homes. If the

expansion plans are carried out in accordance with the goals established this
year, 1.1 million telephone lines will have been installed.

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MONGOLIA

BRIEFS

RADIO RELAY LINE--Ulaanbaatar, 11 Jan--According to D. Gotob, MPR minister
of communications, a foundation-laying ceremony will be held in mid-January
for the first station on the radio relay line to be built in Mongolia as

a gift of the Soviet Union. Addressing a press conference, D. Gotob said
the radio relay line will relay national television and “Orgita" televi-
sion programs as well as telephone and telegraphic traffic and radio
broadcast programs. Construction of the relay line will be completed in
1982, [Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in Russian 1826 GMT 11 Jan 78 ow]

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BRAZIL

RADIOBRAS TO INCORPORATE MEC, TVE AS OF 1 JANUARY 1978
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Portuguese 19 Dec 77 p 12

[Text] On 1 January Radio MEC and TVE will be incorporated in the RADIOBRAS
[Brazilian Radio Broadcasting Enterprise] network, under. the name of Radio
and TV Culture of Rio de Janeiro, in accordance with the presidential decree
establishing the enterprise and reorganizing the state's television and radio
broadcasting system. Nevertheless, RADIOBRAS will be unable to perform its
duties fully until 1979. By then, it will be necessary to specify its tasks
better.

In accordance with the 1976 decree, RADIOBRAS would handle the broadcasting
activity of the official stations and the production of news and entertain-
ment programs. Radio MEC and TVE would be incorporated in national systems
of educational programs. Only no one knows definitely the boundaries of each
area, although very little will change as far as the public is concerned.

Establishment

RADIOBRAS was established to fill the cultural gaps in Amazonia, in addition
to operating (on the basis of broadcasting) the state's radio and television
stations, in Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia. It would also handle their news
and entertainment programing. The first task has no problems. Radio Nacional
reaches almost the entire Amazone Region and low-power stations have been, in-
stalled in Amapa, Roraima, Acre, Aoindonia and small cities in the state of
Amazonas.

There are problems with regard to production for the Center-East. First of
all, there isa lack of criteria. "There is a certain half-nebulous area in the
determination of what is news and what is educational, of what is entertaining
and is not educational," the president of RADIOBRAS, Pedro Paulo Wandeck de
Leoni Ramos, stated. He believes that to be a positive factor, "because it
facilitates coordination and joint work."

There is also confusion with regard to technical matters, requiring "coordi-

nation between the parties concerned, so that difficulties stemming from the
law's ambiguity may not come up" (for example: with whom to place equipment

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA

BRIEFS

EXPANDED SLOVAK TV PROGRAM--This year Czechoslovak television in Slovakia
will expand its broadcasts by 300 hours compared to last year. Under the
new program structure introduced 1 January 1978 some 6,300 hours will be
broadcast in the two programs with 200 hours earmarked as a reserve for
extraordinary political, cultural, or sports events. Sixty percent of the
broadcasts will be prepared by the Bratislava and Kosice studies and 40
percent by Czech studies--from Prague, Brno or Ostrava. [Bratislava
PRAVDA in Slovak 12 Jan 78 AU]

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PERU

TV TO RBACH VILLAGES IN HUAYLAS PROVINCE
Lima LA PRENSA in Spanish 23 Nov 77 Front page

[Text] Television will soon reach the people of Callejon de Huaylas by means
of a transmitter that will send pictures from Huaraz.

The project is being carried out through the Central Information Office and Chan-
nel 4, and it is well underway.

This information was provided to this paper yesterday by a group of authorities
of the province of Huaylas after having seen the representative of the depart-
ment of Ancash to the Council of Ninisters, Minister Arias Craziani.

The subprefect of Huaylas, Luis Alberto Muro Mesones, said that efforts to fin-
ish the hospital and to build the facility for accused criminals in Caraz, the
capital of the province, are also moving along satisfactorily.

He also said that next year's budget allows for allocations for the reinstitu-
tion of the Office of Social security in that city. The office was closed in
1970.

The commission stressed Minister Arias Uraziani's efforts to try to solve the
department's problems and particularly those of the province of Huaylas.

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INDIA

BRIEFS

COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE--A multipurpose Indian national satellite for use
in telecommunications, television, meteorology will be ready by 1981. The
center is expected to finalize the contract for its manufacture in another
2 to 3 months. This has been stated by the chairman of the Indian Space
Research Organization, Prof Satish Dhawan, while talking to newsmen in
Vishakapatnam. [Delhi Domestic Service in English 0240 GMT 10 Jan 78 BK]

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A number of specialized institutes of the country took part in the design
of this unique project. They were given the complicated task of designing
this gigantic construction in conditions of high seismicity and on a small
area. We think that it will make a considerable contribution to the archi-
tectural appearance of the city, and will enhance it. [end redording]

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In Norway it is the Rogaland radio which has noticed the Kiev transmitter,
but there is also difficulty in the rest of West Europe. It is therefore
understandable that combined action is being considered to get rid of the
Soviet static. Most dramatic is a plan to get the 10 largest coastal radio
stations in West Europe to boycott Soviet ships. The thought of such a
drastic action is a clear expression of the concern of these stations for
what could happen if the static from Kiev is not stopped. Reactions from
Rogaland radio and other stations indicate that the workers have literally
gotten tired and are ready to take counter measures which they hope will
get the Soviet authorities to react more positively than they have done up
to now in reaction to the written and oral inquiries.

A boycott of Soviet ships must be the last resort to silence the Kiev
transmitter. There are so many questions on the legality and the conse-
quences of such a combined action that it must be considered thoroughly and
carefully, But there is no reason to doubt that those taking the initiative
will show the necessary calm and carefulness. It is to be hoped that the
authorities in Moscow will notice the boycott plan as the warning it is
meant to be. They have the responsibility for preventing an “outbreak of
war" on international short wave bands.

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NEW CPA LINES IN SAO PAULO--Brasilia--The minister of communications, Quandt

de Oliveira, announced, yesterday, that by June 1978 a contract will be signed
for the installation of 50,000 telephone terminals in the city of Sao Paulo.
They will operate by means of the system of semielectronic exchanges, the
spatial CPA [expansion unknown; probably Automatic Main Exchange]. Spatial
CPA differ from traditional exchanges in having a brain and a logic located

in computers, while conventional exchanges concentrate their impulses in groups
of relays. In addition to taking up less room, spatial CPA iriclude more ter-
minals and will simplify telephone traffic of the city of Sao Paulo. [Text]
[Sao Paulo 0 ESTADO DE S. PAULO in Portuguese 22 Dec 77 p 24] 10042

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The professional receiving unit antenna

The ground transmitter received by the repeater is amplified and first con-
yerted to 1 signal at the 70 MHz intermediate frequency, and then to an output
transmit signal in the decimenter wavelength band (702 - 726 MHz). After
being amplified up to a level of several hundred watts, it is fed to the
feeder and antenna assembly and radiated to the earth. The transmit antenna
is made in the form of a phased array with an area of 12 square meters. This
makes it possible to obtain a high gain and thereby significantly increase
the power over the longest link, from the satellite to the earth.

The ground receiving stations of the "Ekran"” system are broken down into pro-
fessional and community types. The professional ones are intended for the
reception of television signals from the satellite and their transmission
with a high degree of quality to local television centers. No capital cons-
truction is required for their installation; they are freely located in the
territory of a municipal or rural communications center.

The professional receiving installation consists of a refined director type
antenna, as well as bays of receiving and instrumentation equipment. The
signal from the "Ekran" satellite is received by a high gain (30 dB) antenna
and is fed to the receiving equipment channel. The main amplification of the
signal is accomplished in the intermediate frequency channel, after which its
parasitic amplitude modulation is suppressed by the limiter, and fed to the
discriminator is a signal which is only frequency modulated. The television
signal is split into video and audio in the frequency discriminator, and these
signals are then fed via junction lines from the output stage to the local
television center, and from there to the individual television sets.

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USSR

BRIEFS

TYGDA-SKOVORODINO RADIO RELAY LINE--A state commission has accepted for
operation the Tygda-Skovorodino radio relay line, making it possible for
residents af Magdagachinskiy and Skovorodinskiy rayons to view color and
black-and-white television programs from Moscow and Blagoveshevs. [Blago-
veshchensk Domestic Service in Russian 1030 GMT 13 Jan 78 OW]

, CHECHENO-INGUSHETIA TV--Gorznyy-~A new television retransmitter has begun
operating beyond the Terskiy ridge. It has insured stable reception of
Moscow television transmissions in the populated points of this extensive
zone of Checheno-Ingushetia. Residents of kolkhoz villages situated

in the Terek floodlands will be able to watch the New Year television
program. Some 14 rural television retransmitters are now operating in

the rayons of the mountainous district. [Text] [Moscow SOVETSKAYA ROSSIYA
in Russian 1 Jan 78 p 4 LD]

AZERBAYDZHAN TV RELAY STATION--Ali-Bayramly, Azerbaydzhan SSR--A general
modernization of a radio relay station situated on one of the mountain

peaks in Azerbaydzhan has begun. It is the first point on a main television
linkup between Baku and Astara. It is due to be completed in time for the
opening of the Olympic games in Moscow. The point is that this television
bridge, which is being built toward the USSR's southern borders, will make
it possible for Iranian residents to watch direct broadcasts from the 1980
Olympics. [Text] [Moscow IZVESTIYA in Russian 8 Jan 78 morning edition

p 2 LD]

RECEPTION IN PSKOVSKAYA OBLAST--Pskov--Channel 4 of Central Television has
reached the television screens in the settlement of Usmyn in Kuninskiy
Rayon. This has become possible after specialists of the oblast radio and
television broadcasting center installed a radio relay station. [Text]
[Moscow TRUD in Russian 8 Jan 78 p 1 LD]

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TV RELAY STATION--A new television relay station was commissioned recently
at Stara Basta in the Rimavska Sobota District in Slovakia. It will im-
prove reception of the first television program in that area. [Bratislava
SMENA in Slovak 3 Jan 78 p 5 AU]

PRIMORSKIY KRAY TV-- Residents of Terneyskiy Rayon in northern Primorskiy
Kray began viewing television programs on the eve of the new year. Now,
workers building the kray's largest plastun timber industry complex, hunters,
and workers of the state reservation, as well as all the population of the
rayon center can view television transmissions. [Vladivostok Domestic Service
in Russian 0935 GMT 30 Dec 77 OW]

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BRAZIL

MINICOMPUTERS TO BE PRODUCED WITH FWITSU TECHNOLOGY, EQUIPMENT
Rio de Janeiro O GLOBO in Portuguese 21 Dec 77 p 21

(Text] Porto Alegre (0 GLOBO), EDISA [Digital Electronics, Inc.), one of
the three companies mentioned yesterday by the CAPRE (Electronic Processing
Activities Coordinating Commission) will begin to produce minicomputers as
of the first half of next year. The models to be produced are the ED-301,
with a memory capacity of 8-48 k, and the ED-311, with a memory of 16-64 k.
The EDISA data input equipment project was not approved.

During the company's first year of operation, the sum of 34 million cruzeiros
will be invested; the company's capital amounts to 100 million cruzeiros,

The government participated in the EDISA capital with 25 percent through
Procergs (Rio Grande Grande do Sul Data Processing Company), the BRDE (Region-
al Development Bank for the Far South), and Banrisu (Rio Grande do Sul State
Bank); 15 private-sector enterprises came in with 75 percent.

Technology: 5 Years

Absorbing the Japanese technology of Fujitsu Industry--the contract is to
run for 5 years--EDISA, during the initial phase, will operate together with
the installations of some of the participants in the group, primarily Parks
(Electronic Equipment Industry and Trade), Procergs, and PPS (Systems Pro-
cessing Projects), The foundations of the new industry rest on these three
enterprises. With experience in hardware, Parks--after having produced data
teleprocessing equipment--will take care of the technical-electronic aspects
as such, while the other two firms will stay with software, that is, the
portion pertaining to the preparation of programs and language.

An area of 10 hectares in the industrial district of Gravatai, 30 kilometers
from Porto Alegre, haS been set aside for EDISA but the managers have not
yet decided as to the definite location of the enterprise. Remembering that
the decision concretely demonstrated the government's intention to support
Brazilian industry, the three principal managers--Paulo Renato Ketzer de
Souza, of Parks, Dionisio Azambuja da Silva, of Procergs, and Ana Maria
Mandelli, of PPC--as a matter of fact did not want to talk about the fact
that the other project had not been approved. According to Paulo Renato,
the question is still "a little bit nebulous.”

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SUDAN
Briefs
Numayri Inaugurates Telecommnications Stations
Microwave, Satellite, Stations
Teleconmmunications, Posts Corporations
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Briefs
Merge Radio Stations
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS
Briefs
Pan-African Telecommunications Union
Angola Commnications With Congo
ANGOLA

Telecommmications Established With USSR, Europe, Brazil
(JORNAL DE ANGOLA, 1 Dec 77) .ccseceecsscceccacceees

GHANA

Briefs
Ghanaian Satellite Commnications

MADAGASCAR

Briefs
Radio Netherlands Cooperation

NIGER

Algerian Aid Praised by Minister
(LE SAHEL, 19 Dec 77) wccccesecccececeee

NIGERIA

FMG Control of Radio Station To Be Assumed on 1 April
(NEW NIGERIAN, 10 Dec 77) .cscccssccccececcucecceuece

SOUTH AFRICA

Ficksburg TV Transposer To Be Replaced
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Minicomputers To Be Produced With Fujitsu Technology,

Equipment
(0 GLOBO, 21 Dec 77) erveccescccccscvccscsccevcesees

Briefs
Communications Satellite Purchase Considered
RADIOBRAS Anticipates Exporting Transmitters
New CPA Lines in Sao Paulo
PERU

Telephone Service To Undergo Costly Expansion
(Various sources, various dates) .....ceeeeceeeeeees

Plan To Add Lines Approved
100,000 Soles To Install Telephone Line

TV To Reach Villages in Huaylas Province

(LA PRENSA, 23 Nov 77) ccsceececccececcccsevccccsveese

NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

Briefs
Tran-UAE News Pact

EGYPL

Briefs
Communications Network Planned

"PARS' Long-Distance Transmitters Go Into Operation
(PARS, 4 Jan 78) .ccscteccccceccscececcccsceseceeees

IRAQ

Briefs .
Al-Sulaymaniyah Microwave Project

SAUDI ARABIA

Government Selects Swedish Phone System
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INDONESIA

BRIEFS

MALUKU METEOROLOGICAL RADAR--Maluku this year will receive two meteorologi-
cal radar units from the World Bank under a cooperation agreement between
the World Bank and the communications department. The radar units will be
installed in Ambon and Saumlaki in February by U.S. and Indonesian experts.
[Jakarta Domestic Service in Indonesian 1230 GMT 13 Jan 78: BK]

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

NORWEGIAN UNION COMPLAINS TO USSR ABOUT SIGNAL DISTURBANCE
Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 15 Dec 77 p 2
[Editorial]

[Text] A new Norwegian inquiry has been made in Moscow concerning the radio
static transmitter in Kiev. Again it was the national union in Norway [LO]
which has taken the matter up with the Soviet LO. Up to now, the Norwegian
LO, the telegraph company and the UD [Foreign Office] have made 10 efforts

to get the Soviet authorities to act against the pirate transmitter, but

all has been in vain. Those responsible in Moscow and Kiev do not answer,
and the disturbances in the international telecommunications network continue
as before. Here we see Soviet activity which no longer simply irritates.

It also has a provocative effect in the many connections which are hit by
the disturbances from Kiev.

In the LO inquiry, it is stated that the Kiev transmitter endangers the
lives of those who work at sea and in the air. It is a highly perilous
situation, It also contains a complaint. The Kiev transmitter has not
caused such tragic damage as LO Chairman Tor Halvorsen and LO's international
secretary Kaare Sandegren have mentioned the possibility of. But it can
happen. This uncertainty and danger will stop completely if the Kiev trans-
mitter stops. The people in Moscow who have the power and authority to take
care of this would thereby show a sense of responsibility and respect for
human life that people have waited so long for.

The disturbances from Kiev in international radio communications have gone

on since summer, In modern times, since the ether [sic] is a much used
thoroughfare, traffic must proceed normally. The Kiev transmitter does not
consider the interests of others and threatens to destroy vital connections
at sea and in the air. It makes radio contact with ships and planes difficult
in a way that is in conflict with international regulations which the Soviet
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BRAZIL

DOMESTIC SATELLITE TO BE GIVEN PRIORITY
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 22 Dec 77 p 9

[Text] Brasilia (0 GLOBO), The Brazilian domestic satellite program, which
had been suspended in June of this year, will again become a priority effort
for Brazil in 1978. This announcement was made yesterday by Communications
Minister Euclides Quandt de Oliveira, confirming a news item published by

O GLOBO.

“The domestic satellite project was postponed when Brazil's foreign exchange
situation did not make further loans abroad advisable. But we had more than
one complete financing proposal for the program and we will include it again
among next year's priorities,” said the minister.

The communications minister also said that, shortly after Brazil postponed
the program, on 8 June of this year, a search was launched in an effort to
find another option capable of replacing the domestic satellite.

“Unfortunately,” said Quandt de Oliveira, "all of the other choices proved to
be more expensive than the domestic satellite program and did not look ef-
ficient."

Accord

Brazil and Colombia have for some time been conducting separate studies on
the creation of a domestic satellite, as was announced by the minister.
However, the two countries began to consider the possibility of getting
together in that effort during the second half of this year on Colombia's
initiative; they would also allow the participation of other Andean Pact
countries in the construction of a domestic satellite,

"This satellite however will not be used for communications within the South
American community. If I am not mistaken, it is probable that the group
project will turn out to be cheaper than if each country were to go it alone.
We are thinking in terms of separate portions for each country in the

satellite's construction so as to permit internal communications," he con-
cluded,

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ESTABLISHED WITH USSR, EUROPE, BRAZIL
Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 1 Dec 77 p 2

{Text] Beginning today there will be direct international telephone and
telex connections--via satellite--between the People's Republic of Angola
and the USSR, Romania, Brazil, Belgium, and Switzerland, according to a com-
munique from the Public Telecommunications Enterprise.

The communique says, "The Public Telecommunications Enterprise (EPTEL), which
fits into the context of policy established by the People's Republic of An-
gola through the Secretariat of State for Communications, has been seeking,
within the general framework of the telecommunications policy, to create in-
struments capable of guaranteeing the development of economic and social re-
lations with every country in the world.

"In the pursuit of its objective, it has therefore engaged in various actions
throughout its structure as a result of the need to introduce or alter its
equipment in keeping with the technical innovations that are constantly ap~
pearing in the field of telecommunications. The purpose is to assure a cer-
tain degree of independence with regard to transit countries in the handling
of traffic."

According to EPTEL, the system to be used is more economical that the conven-

tional system of permanent connections "when a certain ratio of traffic exists

between two countries, since the charge for use of the satellite is based .
only on the duration of the telephone call."

We recall that there are already 37 countries in the Americas, Africa, and .

Europe that use this system. We will be able to obtain direct connections
with them as soon as the operating agreements are concluded.

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS MEETING--Sofia, 12 Jan (BTA)--The meeting of
the member-states of the fifth subregion of . "The Mediterranean-East"
Telecommunication Project ended here. The meeting was attended by experts
from Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Malta, Cyprus, Iraq, Yugoslavia and as
observers specialists from Italy and France. [Sofia BTA in English 1340
GMT 13 Jan 78 AU]

REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE--Sofia, 9 Jan (BTA)--A one-week re-
gional meeting of the member-states in the telecommunication project designed
to link up Europe with the Mediterranean countries and the Middle East
opened here today. The meeting is attended by specialists from Bulgaria,
Greece, Iraq, Italy, Cyprus, Malta, Turkey, France and Yugoslavia. The
director of the project, Dr Lars Engval, opened the meeting. Pointing out
that after discussing the telecommunication project, the countries of this
subregion will take the final decision for a stepped-up development of
telephone, telegraph and telex means of communications. The plans are that
the bulk of communications from the Middle East and the Mediterranean coun-
tries to Europe will be carried through Bulgaria, which is specified in the
1975 project. In the last 5 years, the number of telephone lines, which
connect Bulgaria with other countries has risen more than 3 times. [Text]
(Sofia BTA in English 1835 GMT 9 Jan 78 AU]

UN ON MIDEAST TELECOMMUNICATIONS--New York, 7 Jan (CPI-UN)--In close coopera-
tion with the Arab League, the Arab Telecommunication Union and the Arab
States Broadcasting Union,- an international telecommunication union team

has established a telecommunication network plan for the Middle Eastern and
Mediterranean region, says a new United Nations report. The terrestrial and
satellite telecommunication network will not only provide telephone and tele-
graph facilities between countries but will also help in improving the trans-
mission of television and radio braodcasts. The distribution of educational
television programmes, through direct community television, to sparsely popu-
lated and remote areas in the region will also be facilitated by the net-
work. The plan covers regional requirements for telephones, telegraph, radio
and television as well as special services including data transmission up

to 1990. It includes analyses of the most economical network configuration,
indicating the most feasible transmission systems and routing, using ter-
restrial and satellite telecommunication means. [Text] [Belgrade TANJUG in
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WORLWIDE AFFAIRS

KIEV STATION INTERFERENCE DROPS AFTER WEST EUROPEAN BOYCOTT THREAT
Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 31 Dec 77 p 14

[Text] The Kiev transmitter has taken a "Christmas holiday." The trans-
mitter has hardly been used since the boycott threat from a series of West
European coastal radio stations was made known about two weeks ago. The
stations threatened to boycott radio communication with all Russian ships
if the transmitter did not stop.

"There has been a noticeable improvement in recent weeks. We do not know
whether this is the result of the boycott threat, but the transmitter has
been quite silent at any rate so that we could take care of the Christmas
traffic quite well," Arne Petter Nilsen, chief representative of Rogaland
Radio, told AFTENPOSTEN.

The European radio stations have no plans at present to withdraw the boycott
threat. The leader of the boycott action, W. Hellriegel, chief representative
of Norddeich Radio in West Germany, told AFTENPOSTEN that he now had received
an answer to the boycott letter from three of ten stations which are now
considering the boycott. "In addition to the answer from the Rogaland radio,
we now have also received a positive answer to a possible boycott from
Porthishead Radio in England. Here all 220 agents are for the boycott if

it becomes necessary. The English radio broadcasters have already taken the
matter up with their union. Broadcasters at Lyngby Radio in Denmark are
divided into two unions, and for this reason they have not given a definite
answer yet on whether they will take part in a possible boycott," Hellriegel
said.

Hellriegel will contact the chief representatives of the European radio
stations when he has received all the letters. If the majority agree on

the boycott, a stand will be taken on how it is to be carried out. According
to AFTENPOSTEN's understanding, it is possible that there will first be a
warning of the boycott at the Soviet embassies in individual countries, and
if this is not effective, then the actual radio boycott will be put into
effect. The possible length of the boycott will be discussed later.

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UZBEK OFFICIAL OUTLINES PLAN FOR TASHKENT'S NEW TELEVISION TOWER

Tashkent Domestic Service in Russian 0130 GMT 16 Dec 77 LD

[Text] The Uzbek SSR Council of Ministers has confirmed the plan for the
construction of a new television tower in Tashkent. Construction will start
at the beginning of 1978. We have asked Yuriy Andreyevich (Perebudov) ,
head of the Directorate for Radio Communications, Radio Broadcasting and
Television of the Uzbek SSR Ministry of Communication, to comment on this.
[begin recording]

[Perebudov] The construction of a new radio and television broadcasting
station in Tashkent has long been the dream of Uzbek communications men and
inhabitants of the capital, and this dream is now being realized. Next
year it is intended to commence construction on this unique project.

The broadcasting television complex will cover an area of 6 hectares in a
picturesque locality near Victory Park. A 350-meter high structure of high
quality steel-weighing 5,000 tons will be its basis. The new radio and tele-
vision broadcasting complex will make it possible to broadcast five tele-
vision programs in black-and-white and color and four radio programs. Four
television programs will be in the meter band and one television program
will be in the decimenter band which is not yet used in Uzbekistan.

On the television tower there will be, apart from television and radio
broadcasting antennas, premises to house apparatus and instruments of the
hydrometeorological service and equipment and antennas of the Altay system
of ultra short wave mobile radio communication.

At a height of 100 meters, where the supports join, there will be a three-
story bloc for services, which can be visited by the Tashkent public and
guests of the city. Visitors will be taken to the first of its floors by
rapid elevators. On the second floor will be a circular viewing area from
which the wonderful panaroma of the Uzbek capital will open up before them.
The tower will be located on the third floor. Under the tower will be a
service block which will house television and radio broadcasting trans—
mitters and premises for (?auxiliary operations).

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hanging over Olofstrom and Orebro, the firm's stock climbed by nearly 60 per-
cent following a spurt on Wednesday after the order from Saudi Arabia became
known.

The stock exchange received the news direct from L.M. Ericsson on Wednesday
morning. When trading began, the stock sold first for 130 kronor and later
for 132 kronor, compared to 125 and 124 kronor on Tuesday.

L.M. Ericsson's lowest price this year was 83 kronor.

Trading was lively on Wednesday. More than 14 7000 shares changed hands.

The telephones that L.M. Ericsson will
sell to Saudi Arabia look like this.

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BRAZIL

BRIEFS

COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE PURCHASE CONSIDERED--Brasilia--The minister of com-
munications is planning to set up a commission, in January, to study the pur-
chase of a communications satellite, together with other Latin American coun-
tries. The idea came up during the visit by President Carlos Andres Perez, of
Venezuela, to Brazil. ‘This project replaces plans for buying a domestic satel-
lite, abandoned owing to the high cost of the equipment -- close to $380 mil-
lion -- and to a reduction in the ministry's appropriations. Purchase by sev-
eral South American countries was suggested by President Andres Perez, and, in
principle, Chile, Peru and Argentina would also be interested, in addition to
Brazil and Venezuela. ‘The satellite sought by Brazil would have "multidimen-
sional" characteristics and should serve the Amazon Region primarily. In ad-
dition to that, the equipment would aid communications in the Rio de Janeiro-
Sao Paulo area at times of congestion on the telephone lines. Besides the
high cost, the project for launching a domestic satellite by Brazil also lost
priority in view of the establishment of a microwave communication network in
Amazonia. Division of its cost among other user countries, however, led the
minister of communications to regard the project as feasible, economically,
and positive for improving the nation's telecommunications system. [Text]
[Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Portuguese 18 Dec 77 p 41] 10042

RADIOBRAS ANTICIPATES EXPORTING TRANSMITTERS--Brasilia--"Within 1 or 2 years,
Brazil will not only import but will also be able to export transmitters and
radio broadcasting equipment," the president of RADIOBRAS [Brazilian Radio Broad-
casting Enterprise], Pedro Paulo Werneck de Leoni Ramos, stated yesterday when
he presented the objectives of the first contract signed with a private com-
pany for supplying transmitters and radio broadcasting equipment. ‘The inten-
tion of the Ministry of Communications in making those contracts was to make
the development of radio broadcasting possible in this country. It had been
subjected to an increasing flow of imports, aiming thereby to establish its
network of transmitters in Amazonia and seeking primarily tb offer private
enterprise an updating of tis equipment as well as providing television with
means for expanding its private retransmission networks. According to Pedro
Paulo Werneck, demand for radio broadcasting fully justifies the existence

of the first plant, however the market makes it possible for at least two
Plants to exist. The Present concern of RADIOBRAS pertains to the national
integration network in Amazonia and for that purpose the enterprise has speci-
fic appropriations for exanding its network of transmitting stations. [Text]
[Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Portuguese 11 Dec 77 p 52) 10042

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GHANA

BRIEFS

GHANAIAN SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS--Accra, 6 Jan (GNA)--The United States

firm Global Communication Corp is to pre-finance the rehabilitation of Ghana's
radio communications system at a cost of 3 million dollars. The commissioner
for transport and communication, Mr E. R. Dwemoh, who disclosed this yester-
day said the firm would also set up mobile satellite stations in parts of the
country. Work started on Ghana's first telecommunication satellite project
last month. The project, expected to be completed within 18 months, is
estimated at 13 million dollars of which the Canadian Government is providing
6.5 million. The Spar Technology Incorporated of Canada is constructing the
Project which would enable Ghana to have telecommunication [words indistinct].
[Text] [Accra GNA in English 1215 GMT 6 Jan 78 LD]

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EDISA is trying initially to produce 150 equipment units per year and, over-
all, will take aboard 350 employees, including 47 on the higher level and
157 on the medium level. Paulo Renato made it a point to emphasize the fact
that, in the holding company of enterprises participating in EDISA, there
was not a single one whose capital predominated over the others, "I think
that we at EDISA can at least partly put an end to the usual exodus of tech-
nicians from Rio Grande do Sul since specialists in this field will now have
an alternative in the form of the ability to work here."

Japanese Imports

About 50 percent of the equipment necessary for the establishment of EDISA
will be imported from Japan on the basis of an option and not due to contract
obligations, as was emphasized by Paulo Renato who stated that the Japanese
‘market presents better purchasing conditions, Components of the manufacture
of minicomputers will also be partly imported, such as, the integrated circuits
which are not yet produced in Brazil; it is believed that it is much too
early to talk in terms of export possibilities now. Ana Maria Mandelli argued
that these three new Brazilian minicomputer companies are being established
precisely in order to supply the domestic market. However, no manager ruled
out the possibility of exporting if there were to be a production surplus.

Citing EDISA's intention not forever to absorb imported technology, Dionisio
Azambuja vaid that allocations are already being made for an increase in the
research effort. "What we are doing in the laboratories of the various
Brazilian universities is already yielding optimum results; the problem is
not so much the complete absence of a Brazilian technology but rather the
need for industrial development."

The other enterprises participating in the group constituting EDISA are the
General Industries Company, Habitasul, Micheletto Industries, the Iochpe Bank,
Neo Form, Sarandi Industry and Commerce, Hydraulic Directorates of Brazil,
the Minuano Foundation, and Springer Refrigeration.

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CONTENTS (Continued)

Radio RSA To Operate 500-Kilowatt Transmitters
(Pretoria Department of Information, 11 Jan 78) ......

Committee Seeks To Broaden Computer Application
(THE STAR, 9 Jan 78) ..ccccececcceccccecetccvccscecece

Briefs
Satellite Plans

USSR

Uzbek Official Outlines Plan for Tashkent's New Television
Tower
(Tashkent Domestic Service, 16 Dec 77) csesececeeecees

New Uzbek Radio Announced
(Editorial Report) ..sceccesececccccecccncserececeeees

Ekran Television Broadcast System,
(L. Borodin; ZNAMENOSETS, No 12, 1977) ..scescececeees

Briefs
Tygda-Skovorodino Radio Relay Line
Checheno-Ingushetia TV
Azerbaydzhan TV Relay Station
Reception in Pskovskaya Oblast
TV Relay Station
Primorskiy Kray TV

WESTERN EUROPE
NORWAY

Kiev Transmitter Again Angers Communications Workers
(AFTENPOSTEN, 8 Dec 77) sceceecececevcecevcecseescsces

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THAILAND

BRIEFS

NEW TRANSMITTER IN SARABURI--In order to make government radio programs
heard in all corners of the country and even beyond the frontier, the
public relations department [PRD] will set up a new 1,000-kilowatt trans-
mitter in Saraburi, it was disclosed yesterday by Lt Gen Bunrjan Buacharun,
minister of the prime minister's office. Lt Gen Bunrjan noted that the
most powerful transmitter now in use is only of 100-kilowatt power which
is relatively unmatched with those of neighboring countries. He said that
the PRD would purchase two transmitters, each of 500 kilowatts, for the
new radio station in Saraburi. The minister added that the public rela-
tions department would also set up a radio network for educational programs
to serve the education ministry's objective of teaching people in rural
areas. [Text] [Bangkok BANGKOK POST in English 12 Jan 78 p 1 BK]

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COMMITTEE SEEKS TO BROADEN COMPUTER APPLICATION
Johannesburg THE STAR in English 9 Jan 78 p 17

[Text] The McCarthy Group has
formed a steering
tee to broaden iter
application by ma-

Under the chairmanship
of financia] director. Dud-
ley Saville, the committes
is. drawn from country-
wide membership of se-
nior management of the
divisions which have com-
“puter applications.

_It will be advised ink

Saville, “‘and it is impor-
tant that we create the
liaison to achieve iopti-
mum understanding’ and
communication between
thes specialists and‘ the
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PARS LONG-DISTANCE TRANSMITTERS GO INTO OPERATION
Teheran PARS in English 1820 GMT 4 Jan 78 LD

[Text] Teheran 4 Jan PARS--The first group of PARS news agency (PANA) long-
distance transmitters started operation as of midnight on December 31, 1977,
in cooperation with the Iranian Telecommunications Company. In this way
for the first time PANA has its own international news transmission equip-
ment, and will soon begin a direct international news service.

Two daily news transmissions will be made in English covering large areas of
the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and the whole of Asia. PANA also plans
to transmit further in the near [as received] news in Arabic for Arab coun-
tries. A second group of transmitters has been ordered by NIRT [National
Iranian Radio and Television] from the manufacturers, with which the interna-
tional coverage of PANA will be greatly extended.

At present, PANA's international news is transmitted for 3 hours by its telex
network and the world-wide Associated Press network. With the new transmitters,
the news of Iran will also be sent directly and simultaneously to all news
agencies and mass media in the area under the transmitters coverage. These
transmitters will also cover the whole of Iran. At the same time, PANA uses
other communications facilities to send out news from Iran to other parts of
the world. In addition to the AP, it has made an agreement with Interpress
Service for dispensing PANA news services to newspapers in the Third World
countries.

In addition to its daily English language bulletin, PANA has 4 other publica~
tions which are issued every morning. These are daily news in Persian, which
contains the latest events of Iran, and world economic reports in Persian,
and the new publication ANBA-OL-YOM in Arabic, which covers Iranian events
and regional issues.

PANA also transmits important news or commentaries appearing in the Iranian
press for the use of foreign mass media.

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TRAQ

BRIEFS

AL-SULAYMANIYAH MICROWAVE PROJECT-~At the beginning of next month, operations
will begin at the microwave project in al-Sulaymaniyah Governorate. A
source in the State Establishment for Post, Telegraph and Telephone [said] that
the project will include 75 phone channels and 48 telegraph channels. It
will connect al-Sulaymaniyah with all areas of the country by telephone

and television. The source added that the project, whose cost is 857,722
dinars, is one of the projects which are being currently carried out to
secure automatic communication between the governorates. On another level,
the engineering cadre has finished making plans for a microwave project to
connect the governorates of al-Anbar and Wasit with the other governorates.
[Text] [Baghdad AL-THAWRAH in Arabic 28 Dec 77 p 5]

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NIGERIA

FMG CONTROL OF RADIO STATION TO BE ASSUMED ON 1 APRIL
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 10 Dec 77 pp 1, 3

[Text] All radio stations with shortwave and powerful medium wave trans~
mitters are to be taken over by the Federal Military Government as from
April 1, next year.

According to a Federal Government spokesman, the radio stations would be
controlled by the FMG, but they would continue with their transmissions
as usual. Any state government can still establish radio stations but
with medium wave transmitters.

An official statement in Lagos yesterday said by April next year, all
the states which do not enjoy the facilities of the Nigerian Broadcast~
ing Corporation (NBC) are expected to have these stations installed in
their capitals.

The FMG said a panel has also been appointed to examine ways of imple-
menting the decision to restrict non-Federal broadcasting organisations
to the medium wave-bands and make appropriate recommendations to govern-
ment.

Below is the text of the government's statement:
"At their meeting of 8th December, 1977, the Supreme Military Council and

the National Council of States jointly considered the question of the
continued use of short-wave transmitters by state-owned broadcasting

organisations in the context of the national radio stations re-organisation

and development programme.

"They noted the progress being made in the implementation of the decision
to streamline both internal and external broadcasting in Nigeria which,
over the years, developed haphazardly without significant co-ordinated
rationalisation in the allocation and use of frequencies. This stream-
lining exercise includes the siting of transmitters in each state of the
federation in order to radiate national programmes of the N.B.C. These

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used both in production and in broadcasting?). RADIOBRAS, which was esta-
blished to operate and perform the government's radio broadcasting services,
will handle the transmitters and broadcasting.

In the opinion of the president of the Central Brazilian Telecommunications

Foundation, Jose Dondeu Junior, "the law has specified the incorporation of

TV in RADIOBRAS and we have to comply with the law. Only time will tell how
to organize the production of programs in this area.

"It was a very burdensome task for the minister of education to maintain an
open television channel. RADIOBRAS is the appropriate enterprise for conduct-
ing this kind of operation. It was established for the specific purpose of
operating radio and television channels."

Radio MEC programing will remain the same, in 1978, according to information
provided by its manager, Heitor Salles, who is also in charge of SER [Educa-
tional Radio Broadcasting Service]. He believes that the change is good.
"Our equipment will be renovated and the power of the transmitter is going
to double. With the entrance of RADIOBRAS in the technical operation, we
shall be able to devote outselves more to production strictly speaking."

He stated that the National Symphony Orchestra, the chamber orchestra, the
choral group and the ancient music and wind instrument ensembles will be re-
novated by means of competitions and under the guidance of the National Music
Institute. Inequalities. among musicians will also be solved, but the manager
of Radio MEC refused to gofarther in his statements. "The musicians have al-
ready heard many promises and I do not want to be one more making promises."

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SOUTH AFRICA

RADIO RSA TO OPERATE 500-KILOWATT TRANSMITTERS
Pretoria Department of Information in English 1015 GMT 11 Jan 78 LD

[Text] Johannesburg--Radio RSA, the external service of the SABC, is to
begin operating its three new 500-kilowatt shortwave transmitters within
the next couple of months, says an SABC spokesman.

The three transmitters were ordered from abroad a couple of years ago so
that Radio RSA could improve its service, and they had already been in-
stalled.

The spokesman said the use of the transmitters was.a normal expansion of
Radio RSA's facilities which had nothing to do with the planned radio
propaganda campaign against South Africa which the United Nations intended
launching. The SABC would not jam broadcasts from other radio stations,
and it had not been asked to do so.

At present Radio RSA broadcasts for 23 hours a day from four 250-kilowatt
shortwave transmitters. Twenty hours of these transmissions are directed

at Africa. The areas covered by the broadcasts include the whole of
Africa, the Middle East, Western Europe and the United States and Canada.

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Facing Soviet scientists was the task of
creating such a space communications system
that television programs could be beamed to
simple and inexpensive receiving stations
installed at small populated points. And
then in October of last year, the "Ekran"
geostationary satellite repeater was launched
with a multistage rocket vehicle. Traveling
in a circular orbit at an altitude of 36,000
kilometers in the plane of the equator at
an angular velocity equal to the rotational
speed of the earth, this satellite is per-
manently located in a fixed position with
respect to a ground observer. In other words,
a geostationary satellite can be compared to i
a stationary repeater, installed at a high !
altitude. This makes it possible for ground
stations to have fixed antennas, which are
permanently directed to. the same point, and
the necessity of having automatic and manual
antenna tracking systems is eliminated. In
this case, one satellite is sufficient to

a Provide for around-the-clock communications.

Community receiving unit antenn

The area of the service zone of the "Ekran" system amounts to about nine mil-
lion square kilometers. The refined repeater equipment installed in the
satellite provides for the transmission of color or black-and-white central
television programs to the network of community antenna receiving devices,
located at populated points in the Transurals, Central Siberia and the Far
North.

Included in the complement of the "Ekran" system is the ground, program feed
transmitting station, the artificial earth satellite inserted in a geostation-
ary orbit, and the network of receiving stations located in the service zone
of the system.

The ground transmitting equipment of the system is located in the Moscow area.
The video and audio signals are fed to the transmitter via cable lines. After
combining, and the conversion to intermediate frequency FM signals, they are
shifted to the SHF band (6,000 MHz), amplified up to 5 KW and radiated by the
antenna in the direction of the satellite.

The “Ekran" television broadcast satellite has a three-axis stabilization and
orientation system, which maintains it in a set position. This is quite im-
portant, since the highly directional on-board transmitting antenna requires
precise, constant orientation towards the earth, while the solar battery panels,
the power source for the satellite, should be strictly point towards the sun.
The repeater is operated by individual instructions from earth, while the
functioning of its most important assemblies is monitored by telemetry trans—
ducers installed in the satellite.

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JPRS 70620

9 February 1978

TRANSLATIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

No. 28

ConTENTS PAGE
WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

Norwegian Union Complains to USSR About Signal Disturbance
(Editorial; AFTENPOSTEN, 15 Dec 77) .....-

Kiev Station Interference Drops After West European
- Boycott Threat

(AFTENPOSTEN, 31 Dec, 77) seseeeeceecceeeereeeeees teens 3
Briefs
International Communications Meeting 4
Regional Telecommunications Conference 4
UN on Mideast Telecommunications y
USSR-Uganda TV-Radio Pact 5
CSSR-PDRY Radio Agreement 5
India, GDR Agreement 5
Japan-Iraq Pact 5

ASIA
INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

Thai Communications Minister Invited To Visit Vietnam

(BANGKOK POST, 12 Jan 76) ...... 6
Indonesia Offers Free Use of Palapa Satellite to ASEAN
(ANTARA, 16 Jan 78) ..escececeeeeceees bec eeeeeeeeceee T
AUSTRALIA
Defense Electronics Has Hopes for Projects
(THE AUSTRALIAN, 12 Dec 77) ..eseececcececeeeces eee 8

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INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

PAN-AFRICAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION--The OAU will sponsor a conference of
Plenipotentiary delegates in Addis Ababa from the 5th to the 9th of this
month with a view to establishing the Pan-African Telecommunications Union
(UPAT). According to an announcement by the Secretariat of State for Commu-
nications, Angola will be represented at the conference by Bessa Victor,
general director of communications, who will head the delegation, and by
Jose Leitao da Costa e Silva, director of EPTEL [Public Telecommunications
Enterprise]. [Text] [Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 3 Dec 77 p 2]
11798

ANGOLA COMMUNICATIONS WITH CONGO--Luanda, 23 Dec--Telephone communications
have been inaugurated between Angola and Congo. Communications between the
two countries had previously been routed through Lisbon or Paris. At the
beginning of this month, direct telephone and telex connections were also
established between Angola and Romania, Brazil, Belgium, and Switzerland.

In a communique issued in Luanda, the Secretariat of State for Communications
said that the establishment of new and more efficient links between Angola
and foreign countries "is aimed at creating instruments capable of guarantee-
ing the development of economic and social relations with every country in

the world." [Text] [Luanda JORNAL DE ANGOLA in Portuguese 24 Dec 77 p 14]
11798

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SUDAN

BRIEFS

NUMAYRI INAUGURATES TELECOMMUNICATIONS STATIONS--Khartoum, 9 Jan (SUNA)--
President Numayri inaugurated yesterday evening 4 satellite and 5 microwave
stations at a special ceremony held at Omdurman television studio. The
president contacted directly some political supervision and commissioners in
Wau, al-Fashir, Kadugli and (Damazin) satellite stations, and in Kassala,
al-Qadharif, al-Ubayyid, Umm Ruwaba and Kosti microwave stations. He
delivered a statement on the occasion congratulating the people on this
great achievement. /Belgrade TANJUG in English 0941 GMI 9 Jan 78 LD/

MICROWAVE, SATELLITE STATIONS--SUNA has reported that President Ja'far
Muhammad Numayri will open on 8 January four satellite stations and

five microwave stations at a ceremony to be held in the television studio
in Omdurman. The president will declare the satellite stations open by
contacting the political supervisors and provicial governors in al-Fashir,
Kadugli, al-Damazin and Wau, and will declare the the microwave stations open
py contacting Kassala, al-Qadharif, Kosti, Umm Ruwaba,, and al-Ubayyid.
These stations will be used to transmit television programs, telex messages,
telephone calls, and cables. SUNA has also learned that democratic Sudan
television will begin today to transmit its programs to al-Fashir, Kadugli,
al-Damazin, Wau, Kassala, al-Qadherif, Kosti, Umm Ruwaba, and al-Ubayyid.
Citizens in all these places and neighboring areas will be able to view
television programs starting today. They will also be able to view the
country's celebrations of the independence anniversary from Dunquleh.

[fext] /Omdurman Domestic Service in Arabic 1500 GM? 2 Jan 78 LD/EAT

TELECOMMUNICATIONS, POSTS CORPORATIONS--President Numayri announced in his
monthly program that he had signed orders establishing 6 General Telecom-
munications Corporation and a General Posts and Telegraphs Corporation under
the General Corporations Law of 1976. He referred to the telecommnications
revolution the country was experiencing and to the inauguration last week
of the second phase of the microwave network to carry television and telex
services to Kassala, al-Qadharif, Sennar, Kosti, Umm Ruwaba, al-Ubayyid,
Wau, Kadugli, al-Damazin and al-Fashir as part of the framework of the
network which established communications with Nyala, Juba, and Dunquleh.

The president also announced that the television transmission would reach
Malakal by the end of this month. Automatic telephone communications would
also reach the same town in May. The same services would reach Karimah,
Bor, and Rumbek in (?July) /words indistinct/. Then, in October this year,
they would reach Yambio and Wadi Halfa. [ixcerpt7 {Omdurman Domestic Service
in Arabic 0800 GMI 17 Jan 78 LD/EA7

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The community receiving installation is intended for feeding a television
signal to a low power television repeater or into an apartment distribution
network at the frequency of one of the decimeter channels. It takes the form
of a simplified professional receiver with a smaller antenna. There are no
back-up blocks or measurement equipment in it.

The difference between the signal passage in the community installation as
compared to the professional one is the fact that here, there is additional
conversion of the frequency modulated video signal to an amplitude modulated
video signal, i.e. to the type of signal which is fed directly to a television
receiver. Because of the simplified antenna and the simpler receiving equip-
ment, the quality of the stgnal received from the community receiving instal-
lation is somewhat worse.

The “Ekran" system has a number of substantial advantages over the "Orbita"
system, There, the “Molniya” type satellite repeater is continually moving
with respect to the earth, and it is necessary to continually compute its
coordinates, and to have the ground antennas track it. Traveling in an el-
liptical orbit, it has a limited period of visibility above the territory of
the Soviet Union (about eight hours), so that it is necessary to have no less
than three satellites tn orbit for around-the-clock operation. And this sig-
nificantly increases material outlays.

The signal radiated by the “Ekran“ repeater is almost ten times more powerful
than the signal from the "Molniya" satellite. This has made it possible to
have simpler ground antennas and less complex receiving equipment.

Expansion of the "Ekran" system is planned in the 10th Five-Year Plan. The
network of receiving facilities will be expanded. The introduction of this
system will make it possitble for millions of people living in the cities and
settlements of the Transurals and Central Siberia to watch central television
programming.

COPYRIGHT: “Znamenosets", 1977

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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

INDONESIA OFFERS FREE USE OF PALAPA SATELLITE TO ASEAN
Jakarta ANTARA in English 0716 GMT 16 Jan 78 BK

[Text] Jakarta, 14 Jan (ANTARA)--Indonesia has offered the use of the
Palapa satellite system free of charge in an inter-ASEAN cultural exchange
Program, provided such use is free from commercial purposes.

To be able to use the Palapa satellite facilities, however, the ASEAN coun-
tries concerned will have to build an earth station capable of receiving
and transmitting television broadcasts.

The disclosure was made by radio television-film director-general Dr Sumadi
in a talk with ANTARA here Saturday, after having just returned from the
ninth meeting of the permanent committee of ASEAN mass media held in
Singapore, January 10 to 12. He said that the meeting had accepted the
recommendations of last year's ASEAN mass media seminar in Bali in their
entirety.

These recommendations, including the institution of inter-ASEAN news agency
cooperation, will be made the basis for future ASEAN mass media activities
and programs, he said. However, he said, the recommendations needed to

be reviewed to determine which could be carried out forthwith and which
would require time for implementation.

He noted that the Singapore meeting was the last meeting to have been held
by the permanent committee of ASEAN mass media, as--in line with the struc-
turing of ASEAN--there would be no more [word indistinct] on ASEAN mass
media. In its place will come a standing committee on information and cul-
ture, trade and tourism, food and agriculture, transport and communication,
industry, social development, science and technology, and banking.

The Singapore meeting also decided that all current programs be continued
and upgraded, Sumadi said.

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FICKSBURG TV TRANSPOSER TO BE REPLACED

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 13 Jan 78 p 7

[Text]

CSO:

BLOEMFONTEIN — One
Free. State town is expec:
ted to find an extra
Ri4.000 for a new televi-
sion relay station because
its R1500 transposer —
whieh gives excellent ser-
vice: — does not comply
with SABC specifications.

The town is Ficksburg.
But, Jagersfontein, Philip-
polis and Bethulie have
also been instructed to
comply with _ stringent
specifications, at great ex-
pense, .

The town clerk of
Ficksburg, Mr Frans Vil-
joen, said the private re-
Jay transmitter which had
been financed by the re-
sidents without any help
from the SABC was sup-
posed to be replaced by a
new transmitter costing
R9000. ' An — additional
R5000 would have to be
spent on ultra high fre-
quency (UHF) aerials’ to
replace the very high fre-
quency (VHF) aerials.

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Local authorities also
have to pay..the SABC
R590 to have the trans-

posers: inspeptéd and. are
responsible; for mainte-
nance.

Mr Abe Lavin, respons.
ible for the? lon - of
relay °\trans rs at
Jagersfo1 Bethulie
and Philippolis, said: “We
pay licence fees and are
willing to spend money to
get the signal ourselves
where “it might ‘take the
SABC two years to provide
them.” -

“In Jagersfontein, with
a population of gnly about
800, whites, residents are
not willing to pay thou-
sands of rands for a
repeater.” o>

Mr “Levin ‘erects’ his
transmitters at 1000

. each.

According to Mr J E
van Zyl, acting head of
.administration at the
SABC_ in Johannesburg,
the SABC specifications
were measures taken by
the SABC to’ prevent in-
terference with any of
their frequencies or with
the proposed extension of
the SABC service.

SOUTH AFRICA

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USSR

NEW UZBEK RADIO ANNOUNCED

[Editorial report] Tashkent Domestic Service in Russian at 1410 GMT on
30 December carried the following announcement:

"Dear listeners. As of 1 January 1978, a news and music radio station,
Mash'al [Uzbek word meaning lamp], similar to the Moscow Mayak radio, begins
operating in the republic. Every half-hour this radio station will bring
you the very latest news, news of the life of the country and abroad. In
the intervals between these news bulletins, music and literary programs will
be broadcast.

“The Mash'al radio station will operate from 0900 to 1200 [0300-0600 GMT]
and from 1700 to 2000 hours [1100-1400 GMT]. You can listen to it on the
following wavelengths: For Tashkent zone on 67970 KHz or VHF 4.41 meters;
for Andizhan zone on 66530 KHz or 4.59 meters; for Syrdarya and Dzhizak
zones on 72380 KHz or 4.38 meters; for Samarkand zone on 69449 KHz or
4.32 meters and 1538 KHz or 195 meters; and for Bukhara zone on 72080

KHz or 3.16 meters."

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tracking aircraft beyond
the Australian coast-
line.

At the same time the
air force ts said to be
interested in airborne
early warning systems
which involve aircraft
which “loiter” at great
heights.

This means of widen-
ing the perimeter of
both surface and air
surveillance was used by
the United States during
the Vietnam conflict,
and the technique Is
now common to many
national defence  sys-
tems. i

For Australia, the
ATDA points out, this
type of planning is vital,

to our
interest.

natiorial self-

Equally vital, as much
in peace and in war, is

greater

adherence by

our governments to the

“Buy Australian”

clpie.
When

first

prin-

mooted

some seven years ago

this principle

was in-

tended as a guide to the

extent of
content in

Australian
all defence

proctirement.
But a mandatory per-

centage —
continuity of

to the

So essential.

technology and employ-
ment in Australia — has
received scant considera~
tion in recent years and,
in fact, the principle has
more often been ignored.
now,

But

Indications

there are

from ..

berra that “Buy Austra-”

“tia” may soon begin to
mean something as a
bottom limit policy ine
volving 30 per cent
“Made in Australia” now
appears to be an emerg-
ing requirement, and
visiting defence equip-
ment salesmen are being
told they should cxam-
ine carefully the extent
of AIP in the submis-
sions they hope to put
up for tender.

“Buy Australian is not
a chauvinistic phrase,”
an ATDA member sald.

“Other countries prac-
tise national preferential
systems to the point of
ruthlessness to protect
and develop their own
industries. Perhaps it is
time Australia .decided

to get with it, too.” ra

a

IMPORTS of citizen's
band radios are being
challenged by an Aus-
trallan development
using easily replaceable

Integrated circuit
modules,

The advanced tech-
nology = means that

comiponentry and labor
content in cach set

reduced by about 5
er cent.
The strong Austra-

Man-made move | Into

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the booming CB mar-
ket fs the result of co-
operation between a
Syduey company and
the components divi-
sion of Plessey Austra-
lia.
Cadet Research Pty
Ltd, Annandale, NSW,
is manufacturing and
marketing 1000 Black
Kulgbt module sets a
month to sell at $250.
Cadet — which
stands for communi-

a fatlon analog digital

electronics technology
_ confident that the
1 att PEP (Peak En-
velope Power) single
side band radio will
perform better and he
more easily maintained
than many more costly
imported competitors.
The light-weight sets
are built around
recently designed test-
proven Plessey in-
tegrated circuits and
fyequency __ synthesisers

9

r

in removable modules
for on-spot replacement

in

function

the event of mal-

and oa

microprocessor unit for

channel selection and
memory,
Electronics enginecrs

of Cadet say that the

use of replaceable
module circuits is a,
major” technological

breakthrough

cB

tralian “firsg’, __*

in + the
}d and an Aus-



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BRIEFS

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK PLANNED--The council of executive directors of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will sign a special
agreement next month to finance projects for renovating the telecommunica-—
tions network in Egypt. The loan is for the sum of 53 million dollars and
will be presented to the ministry of communications by the International
Monetary Fund during the period between 1978 and 1980. This was announced
by Samir Karim, the undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy for Inter-
national Finance. The projects that will be financed from this loan will
include the instaliment of several new automatic exchanges including
220,000. Some 65,000 of these will be in Cairo and 60,000 in the other
districts. Co-axial cables will be installed between al-Mansurah, Dumiyat
and Cairo, and 3,000 telex lines in Nasr City in addition to 1,000 tele-
types. The projects will also include making cable extensions and radio

shortwave networks which connect the exchanges in Cairo with the districts.

There will be 2,000 transfers for internal lines. The loan will be paid
off over 50 years allowing 10 years grace at an annual interest rate of 2
percent. [Text] [Cairo AL-JUMHURIYAH in Arabic 8 Jan 78 p 4]

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Normal Increases

Minister Quandt de Oliveira yesterday told the press that "no provisions have
been made for any change in the telephone rate adjustment criteria." The
minister added that the 1978 adjustments will have to be “in line with the
general price index." In addition to that he announced that his ministry is
trying to install "more than a million phones" next year.

Quandt de Oliveira also revealed that the Ministry of Education Radio, in
Rio and Brasilia, the Agricultural Technology Radio of Santa Tereza, in
Espirito Santo, the Rural Radio of MEC [Ministry of Education and Culture]
and Educational TV, likewise under the MEC, would be switched to the Ministry
of Communications but that their programs would continue to be prepared under
the responsibility of the MEC,

The communications minister thinks that the authorities must “really try very
hard to reduce violence in Brazilian television programming." However he said
that the problem is rather polemical:

“There is a group within ABERT (Brazilian Association of Radio and Television
Broadcasting Stations) which is in favor of the establishment of new censor-
ship criteria in order to reduce the level of violence. But it is my opinion
that the problem must be resolved through a dialogue."

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BRIEFS

RADIO NETHERLANDS COOPERATION--The president of Radio Netherlands, Mr J.W.
Acda, is presently visiting Madagascar to check on the progress of his
firm's activities here. Radio Netherlands is in the process of setting up
six medium-wave relay stations; those at Maintirano, Antsirabe and Morondava
are already operational. Work on the Nossi Be, Ambatondrazaka and Antalaha
stations is expected to begin soon. Total cost of the project is 200
million Malagasy francs. [Excerpt] [Tananarive MADAGASCAR-MATIN in French
12 Dee 77 p 3]

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PERU

TELEPHONE SERVICE TO UNDERGO COSTLY EXPANSION

Plan To Add Lines Approved
Lima EL COMMRCIO in Spanish 17 Nov 77 Front page

LText] The installation of 27,000 new telephone lines in Lima in 1979 and 1980
comprises the expansion plan of the Peruvian Telephone Company (CPTSA) which
was approved by the Government.

By means of a Supreme Decree, the Peruvian Telephone Company has been autho-
rized to sign a contract with the Belgian company Bell Telephone Manufacturing
to supply equipment and technical advice.

The Belgian firm, in addition to providing technical assistance, will supply
the necessary interconnection equipment.

The Belgian company will also be in charge of carrying out the systems engineer-
ing, installation engineering, and the necessary technical documentation within
30 days of the effective date of the contract.

The 27,000 telephone lines will be installed as follows: 7,000 in 1979 and the
other 20,000 during the following 12 months.

The Peruvian Telephone Company will request that the Ministry of Transportation
and Communications approve the percentage of costs that it can guarantee for con-
sultations, viatica and traveling expenses and fares for technicians. ~

The national enberprise will also pay the Bank of the Nation the equivalent of
.25 percent a year, to be paid to the Public Treasury, on the balance of the
amount guaranteed by the state.

100,000 Soles To Install Telephone Line

Lima La CRONICA in Spanish 26 Nov 77 p 2

[Text] It costs approximately 100,000 soles to install a telephone line in the
metropolitan Lima area. For this service, subscribers pay about 12,000 soles
in stocks and installation fees.

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A tremendous amount of work lies behind their offer. It cost Ericsson at
least 2 million kronor. The documentation fills almost 3 meters of shelf
space.

L.M. Ericsson has been involved in setting up Saudi Arabia's telephone net-
work from the beginning, and that was a positive factor in closing the deal.
Today there are about 200,000 lines. That number will be more than tripled--
to 660,000 lines--through this expansion program.

The cooperation with Philips was important because, among other things, the
Dutch fixm has enjoyed very good relations with the royal house. One of the
crown prince's sons is a Philips representative.

Ericsson's manager Bjorn Svedberg wants to give some of the credit for success
to all the partners. He points out that Bell Canada is coming in with a pro-
fessional organization capable of operating a telecommunications system.

Bjorn Svedberg emphasized, "This [job] does not solve all of the Ericsson
Group's future problems. But the order gives a very big boost for the next
few years."

Svedberg pointed out, "Ericsson still needs many big orders before the AXE
system's huge development costs can be recovered."

No Champagne

It now looks as though the transition to electronics is going to move faster
than expected. This creates problems for conventional technology, but
Svedberg does not feel that the successes with the AXE have increased the
difficulties. There are still countries that are sticking to the older sys-
tems.

It was the difficulties encountered by the older systems that led to the pro-
posal early in 1977 to close down Ericsson's plants in Orebro and Olofstrom.
Employment at those locations was saved in part because the Swedish Telecan-
munications Administration ordered new automatic switchboards from Ericsson.

Its international successes over the past 6 months have aroused greater hopes
within the Ericsson Group, but the firm's management warns against sounding
the "all-clear" too soon. The flush of victory was not noticeable among
Ericsson's personnel on Wednesday. The mood at the head office on Midsommar
Circle was described as follows by information officer Nils Tengberg:

“We didn't break open the champagne, but we did exchange smiles."

Ericsson Stock Wins on Stock Exchange

L.M. Ericsson stock has become one of the year's winners on the stock exchange.
After reaching its lowest point last spring, when the threat of layoffs was

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BRAZIL

RADIOBRAS BROADCASTS DESIGNED TO BLOCK OUT RADIO HAVANA, OTHERS
Sao Paulo FOLHA DE SAO PAULO in Portuguese 10 Jan 78 p 4

(Text] Brasilia (Branch). In order to block foreign broadcasting stations,
especially Radio Havana, Radio Tirana, the Voice of America, and BBC of
London, RADIOBRAS [Brazilian Radiotelegraphic Company] will begin to trans-
mit a special program daily, from 1600-2100, to Lawful Amazonia, generated
by a transmitter with a capacity of 250 kilowatts, set up at the National
Radio of Brasilia.

The announcement, released yesterday through the collaboration of the Ministry
of the Army, stated that the program~-aired on a frequency of 11,780 khz, on
the 25-meter band, will serve as "instrument of support for the government's
policy of integrating this vast Brazilian region whose population presently
only has the option of listening to foreign broadcasting stations."

The programs will consist of music and news, concentrating on such topics as
health, agriculture, nutrition, aspects of Amazonia and Brazil, plus coverage
of athletic events and programs involving audience participation, During the
3 hours of broadcasting, 15 minutes will be devoted to straight news.

On Saturdays and Sundays, the programs will be broadcast for 5 hours, with
emphasis on coverage of soccer games, government messages, and “review of the
week" which will touch on the most important events of that particular period
of time.

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USSR-UGANDA TV-RADIO PACT--An agreement on exchanges and cooperation in
the field of television and radio was signed in Moscow today between
Gosteleradio of the USSR and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
of the Republic of Uganda. It provides for the exchange of television
and radio materials on the life of the peoples of the USSR and Uganda,
musical recordings and mutual visits by correspondents. [Text] [Moscow
Domestic Service in Russian 1600 GMT 11 Jan 78 LD]

CSSR-PDRY RADIO AGREEMENT--A delegation of Czechoslovak radio led by
Kvetoslav Faix, chief of the editorial office for news and political jour-
nalism, returned to Prague today from a visit to the capital of the PDRY--
Aden. He signed an agreement there with Jamal, director general of radio
and television of the PDRY, which provides for cooperation between the two
broadcasting organizations in exchanging music and literary programs as

well as radio workers. [Text] {Prague Domestic Service in Czech 1730 GMT
16 Jan 78 LD]

INDIA, GDR AGREEMENT--India and the German Democratic Republic signed in
New Delhi today an agreement. on exchange of radio programs. The agree-
ment was signed by the minister for information and broadcasting, Mr. L. K.
Advani, and by the GDR broadcasting minister, Mr Rudolf Singer [as heard].
[Text] [Delhi Domestic Service in English 1230 GMT 13 Jan 78 BK]

JAPAN~TRAQ PACT--Tokyo, 11 Jan--KYODO news service and IRAQI

NEWS AGENCY (INA) Wednesday signed an agreement for news and photo exchange
and cooperation. The accord was signed by Shintaro Fukushima, president,
for KYODO, and Kahtan Lufti Al-'Ali, Iraqi ambassador in Tokyo, on behalf
of INA, at the KYODO head office here. Under the agreement, KYODO and INA
will grant each other the right to receive and distribute each other's
international newscasts in their respective countries. The accord also
provides for the exchange of newsphotos and mutual assistance and coopera—
tion to each other's correspondents on professional duties. The agree-
ment will be in force for 1 year, and is renewable on a year-to-year basis.
[Excerpt] [Tokyo KYODO in English 0246 GMT 11 Jan 78 ow]

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USSR

EKRAN TELEVISION BROADCAST SYSTEM
Moscow ZNAMENOSETS in Russian No 12, 1977 pp 22-23
{Article by Lt. Col. Engr. L. Borodin]

(Text] A new television broadcast satellite, the "Ekran", with
on-board repeater equipment which provides for the transmission
of black-and-white or color central television programs to the
network of community antenna receivers, located at populated
points in Siberia and the Far North, was launched in the Soviet
Union on October 26th, 1976.

From a TASS report

Artificial satellites of the earth are the least expensive method of television
transmission to large areas and over long distances. For our country, though,
which occupies a territory of 22 million square kilometers, television broad-
casting via satellites is especially advantageous, and considerable attention
is being devoted to its development. The practically unlimited possibilities
of extending the range of television transmissions were opened up the moment
the "Molniya-1" satellite repeater was created in 1965.

With the placement of the "Molniya" satellite in orbit, the network of "Orbita"
receiving stations began to be rapidly developed and refined. And as early as
the eve of the 50th anniversary of the October revolution, central television
broadcast programs were seen for the first time by inhabitants of the remote
regions of our country: Siberia, the Far North, the Far East and Central Asia.
At the present time, the network of “Orbita” receiving stations numbers about
80, and services tens of millions of television viewers.~

However, it is necessary to note that the construction of "Orbita" ground ste-
tions is rather expensive. For each stations, a special building must be pro-
vided, in which the receiving and electrical power equipment, the video and
audio signal separation equipment, as well as the auxiliary, service communi-
cations and monitoring equipment are housed. A parabolic antenna with a dish
diameter of 12 meters, which is mechanically rotated, must be mounted on the
roof of the building. For this reason, the construction of the "Orbita" re-
ceiving stations is not economically advantageous for small settlements loca-
ted in remote, difficultly accessible regions.

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NIGER

ALGERIAN AID PRAISED BY MINISTER
Niamey LE SAHEL in French 19 Dec 77 p 1, 9

[Text] With the inauguration of the Goudel earth station, our country yester-
day entered the era of space telecommunications,

The chief of state, Lieutenant Colonel Seyni Kountche, who presided over this
inauguration, was surrounded by several members of the Supreme Military
Council, of the government and of the diplomatic corps accredited to our
country, as well as the Algerian minister of posts and telecommunications.

The ceremony presented the opportunity to praise Algerian-Nigerien coopera-
tion which gave birth to the station.

First of all, the minister of public offices and labor and minister of posts.
and telecommunications, Mr Alou Harouna, opened the ceremonies by describing
the importance of telecommunications which, he said, "are currently univers-
ally recognized as an essential factor of sovereignty and economic, social
and cultural development."

After having rejoiced in the fact that Nigerien-Algerian cooperation has
progressed in this field which is important for our country's development,
the minister reminded his audience of the Supreme Military Council's actions

in this area since the national Armed Forces took over the government on
15 April 1974,

We must respond to the needs of our country's economic, social and cultural
development, extend telephone service to the isolated rural areas so as to
integrate them into all national activities and modernize equipment by plan-
ning for its utilization in the full automation of our telecommunications
network,

To do this, considerable financial means and qualified personnel are neces-

sary, "So," the minister revealed, "the triennial program has called for
the sizeable sum of 7 billion, of which 5.4 billion will be invested in

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the national network and 1.5 billion in the continental network." The
project inaugurated yesterday lies within the framework of the intercon-
tinental network,

"Algerian aid," minister Alou Harouna continued, "is arriving just at the
right time to become integrated into the telecommunications development
program in our country while at the same time complementing it."

Having given these technical details, Mr Alou Harouna thanked the Algerian
Republic for its generous aid to us, declaring that it has not been limited
to the earth station, but that it also includes other areas like switching
equipment and professional training. Thus, continued the minister, two
telephone exchanges (one comprising 1,000 lines for Niamey, one with 200
extendible lines for Agadez) and 1,000 telephone sets have been given us
by Algeria, Furthermore, 17 Nigerien technicians have been trained and
five others are being trained in that country.

Once again thanking the Algerian Democratic and Popular Republic, the minister
of public offices and labor and minister of posts and telecommunications said
that this project was a concrete example of the horizontal aid recommended

by the last conference of non-aligned countries.

It is within the framework of this solidarity between non-aligned countries
and more precisely between Algeria and Niger that the Algerian minister of
posts and telecommunications, Hadj Mohammed Zerguini, who arrived Saturday
in our country to attend this ceremony, responded,

Emphasizing the different areas in which Nigerien-Algerian cooperation has
been realized, Mr Zerguini expressed his satisfaction that everything was
being done today to break down the isolation that the Sahara desert seems
to have imposed forever on our two peoples which are so close. Along these
lines, the Algerian minister was happy about the impending completion of
the Transsahara road for which his country will soon finish the section
assigned to it, while praising Nigeria's participation in the construction
of this road which will be an important step in opening up our country.

Earlier, Mr Zerguini had pointed out that the Algeria-Niamey airline is
working towards this goal.

The completion of the earth station in our country, he affirmed, is one of
the fundamental objectives of the Algerian Democratic and Popular Republic
regarding aid to non-aligned countries so that they can fully gain their
sovereignty and national independence,

The Goudel earth station belongs to the new generation of medium-sensitivity
stations especially recommended by the International Organization of Satel-
lite Telecommunications (INTELSAT) for countries whose international traffic
volume cannot economically justify the installation of a large station,

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DEFENSE ELECTRONICS HAS HOPES FOR PROJECTS

Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 12 Dec 77 p 13

[Text]

TWO MAJOR policy
developments in the
defence field expec-
ted soon could sig-
nificantly affect the
future of Australia’s
struggling defence
electronics industry.

‘The industry's associa-
tion, the ‘Australian
‘Telecommunication’s De-
velopment Association,
is hoping that the de-
cisions will make a firm
commitment to the local
manufacturers.

The first of ihe
developments is the
pro} , but as yet un~
declared, extension of
territorial waters to a
200-mile limit; the
second is a policy shift
to a more stringent
application of the Aus-
tralian Industry  Par-
ticipation (AIP) princip-
it

* manners in Russell
Hill are proceeding with
at least half a dozen
projects which the
indusiry hopes could
help to revitalise it and
restore a sense of pur-
pose for the employment
of skilled personnel on
whom success depends.
Among the projects is
“Humpty Doo,” which is
th a designation and
the name of the North-
ern Territory site of a
new high frequency.

nigh powered radio
fransmitting station for
the navy.

Others are “Hiport-
Medport,” “Raven” and
“Discon.” all of them
code names for projects
considered necessary for
Australia’s defence.
-“Hiport-Medport” cov-
ers a planned air trans-
portable radio communi-
cations system based on
mobile radio communi-
cation posts that would
be used in any integrat-
ed forward defence of
Australia.

“Raven” is more than
a single project; it in-
volves a whole new gen-
eration of tactical single
channel radio trans-

equipment for the army.
Its scope is. most easily
understood .in terms of
the money. involved —
$100 million.

“Discon” ‘is an acro-
nym ‘for’ Defence In-
tegrated Séture Commu-
nications Network, and
involves the | establish-
ment of a nationwide
top secret communi-
cations complex — for
combined operations by
the Defence Department.

Major ‘Australian and
overseas electronics
groups have been invited
to undertake feasibility
studies of these projects,
or of stages of them.
For some, tenders al-
ready have been submit-

ted. For “Discon”, se-
lected companies have
been invited to submit
proposals that are in ac-
cord with the require-
ments of the Defence
Department.

While thése defence
tasks are quite specific,
there are many . others
that are not, although
they are now in -the
melting pot and will re-
quire decisions before
very long. .

Not surprisingly, the
200 mile zone will have
a heavy bearing on the
defence planners’ even-
tual decisions.

An electronic “fence”
around this zone is the
only practical way in
which a nation with
such a huge land mass,
with a population of
only 14 ‘million, and
with a non-existent
coast guard, can protect
adequately these new
outer limits.

At this point it is also
worth keeping in mind
that the total of the sea
area between our coast
and a 200 mile limit ts
about equal to our land
mass, which itself covers
three million square
miles.

. Limited numbers of
ships and aircraft are
simply not capable of
adequately patrolling
such a vast expanse of
territorial water,  al-
though they can extend
our electronic ability to

AUSTRALIA

‘do so. A recent move in

this direction has been
the planned acquisition
of a squadron of long-
range marine patrol
P:3C _ Lockheed Orion
aircraft by the -sir
force.

Our air force and
navy are also examining
other new aircraft with
capabilities that will
make thevoverall task a
little easier.

‘Whatever the choices
they_ will be required to
haye“sufficient range to
operate in:-defengé con-
tingencies along our
“fence” and {to be
equipped with .sophisti-
cated aviohics Capable of
extending Australia’s
long range defence sur-
veillance.

Just’ how  pest-proof
our “fence” will be
depends.an just how. ef-
fectivély we can main-
tain it as a perimeter of
surveillance.

With this in mind ‘the

aie

involving ‘long distance
over-the-horizon radar.

An experimental
station’ is now operating
somewhere near the
centre of the continent
and \the radar there is
reported. to be poten-
tiatly capable of