PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

PRC MODERNIZES POST, TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
Peking Radio in English to North America 0000 GMI 28 Sep 77 OW

{Summary] China's post and telecommunications have undergone tremendous
changes. Today, with Peking as its center, a vast network spreads over

9.6 million square kilometers of China. A modern telecommunications net-
work using large-capacity cable carrier and microwave is in rapid construc-
tion. China already has international post and telecommunications services
with most countries and regions of the world. The newly constructed satel-
lite ground stations in Peking and Shanghai have direct services with many
countries via the international telecommunications satellites over the
Indian and Pacific oceans. The China-Japan seabed cable is also functioning.

"China has started to set up a network of modern telecommunications with
coaxial cable carrier and microwave as its core. Since the seventies,
China has turned out batch after batch of fairly up-to-date telecommunica-
tions equipment. The Peking-Shanghai-Hangchow coaxial cable, a 1,800-
channel carrier telecommunications trunkline, began functioning in March
last year after a little more than 2 years' construction. China has also
set up a microwave telecommunications trunkline with Peking as its center,
connecting 20 more provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, trans—
mitting black and white and color television and offering partial tele-
photographic, telegram and telephone services. Through microwave, the
PEOPLE'S DAILY, published in Peking, is transmitted to some faraway regions
so that the facsimiles of this organ of the Party Central Committee may be
available on the day it is issued."

Post and telecommunications in China are orientating towards automation.
Today, some automatic telephones dialed directly for trunk calls have been
installed in Peking, Tientsin, Tsinan, Shanghai, Hangchow and some other
cities, "In telegraphy, an automatic Chinese character decoding equipment
with a storage of 10,000 characters has been manufactured. According to
the word formed by four Arabic numerals, it can automatically find a
corresponding Chinese character and directly print it out. The widespread
use of this equipment in many big cities has saved a lot of manpower
formerly devoted to the time-consuming task of coding and decoding by
hand."

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KENYA

KENYA RADIO TO INTRODUCE STRONGER TRANSMITTERS
Nairobi Domestic Service in English 1000 GMT 6 Oct 77 LD

[Text] The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broad~
casting, Mr Mbela, has said that his ministry is to introduce the use of
high-powered transmitters to improve radio reception in and outside Kenya.

He said that the ministry will also take advantage of the Pan-African micro-
wave link to install a medium wave transmitter in Meru to boost reception

of the national service in Kenya's northern and eastern provinces. Similar
transmitters will be installed in Kisumu and Dyali to cater for Nyanza, west-
ern and coast provinces.

Mr Mbela disclosed this when he addressed ministry staff. in Embu yesterday
during a tour of eastern and central provinces. He said that the ministry
will intensify its services in helping to motivate people towards nation-
building; he praised the work of field staff,.but cautioned then against
being misused by politicians who would like to pocket. them.

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LIBYA

ARNA TO CHANGE ITS NAME 7 OCTOBER
Tripoli ARNA in English 0827 GMI 27 Sep 77 LD

[Text] Tripoli, 27 Sep (ARNA)--Effective 7 October 1977, the name of the
ARAB REVOLUTION NEWS AGENCY (ARNA) will change. The agency will be known
as the JAMAHIRIYAH NEWS AGENCY (JANA).

Use of the new name will coincide with the 7th anniversary of eviction of
Fascist colonialists who had been here from 1911, year of the Italian
occupation and until 1970.

The new name will reflect the era of the direct democracy and peoples
authority proclaimed in Sebha on 2 March, 1977. Thus the new emblem of
the agency depicts Qahira Castle, symbol of the city of Sebha, cradle of
the revolution, where the leader, Col al-Qadhdhafi, was inspired by the
misery, oppression and aspirations of the masses, to conceive the master-
plan of the great revolution of the first of September in 1958, and two
decades later the vanguard Jamahiriyah in the world was proclaimed.

JANA will continue to be the organ of not only the people of the socialist
people's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah but also of the ARAB nation, the Moslem

world, the nonaligned movement and free men and women the world over. It
will champion their causes, defend their rights and depict their achieve-

ments, and remain to be an objective and conscientious tool of international

understanding and friendship.

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USSR

BRIEFS

TV RELAY STATION--A television station has gone into operation at Duki in Khabarovskiy
Kray. It permits the reception of both central and local television programs in all

villages in the area. ‘There are now several Orbita stations and 22 relay stations oper-

ating in Khabarovskiy Kray as a whole. Programs can now be received in a number of
villages, including BAM builders' settlements. [Moscow Domestic Service in Russian

1445 GMT 23. Sep 77_LD] . ae . ee

TERNEY TELEVISION ANTENNA--According to a report from Terney, a television
antenna which will relay television programs to Primoriye's most distant
settlement--Terney, Plastun, Malaya Kema and other Tayga centers--is being
constructed ona hill (?near Terney) and has already risen to 600 meters
above sea level. [Vladivostok Domestic Service in Russian 0935 GMT 30
Sep 77 OW]

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MALAYSIA

BRIEFS

POLICE-INTERPOL RADIO LINK--The Royal Malaysian Police will soon have radio communications
with the Interpol headquarters and member countries of the organization, the director of
CID [Criminal Investigation Department], Datuk Abdul Rahman bin Ismail, said. At present
Malaysia is one of the few countries having only telex links with the Interpol Secretariat
in Paris, He said that telex links were not very smooth and te communicate with countries
with such facilities was difficult. Radio communications would facilitate further in-
formation and action can be taken quickly. [Kuala Lumpur Domestic Service in English

0000 GMT 11 Sep 77 BK]

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THAILAND

PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICIAL COMMENT ON IMPROVEMENT IN RADIO, TV
Bangkok Domestic Service in Thai 0000 GMT 24 Sep 77 BK

[Text] In compliance with an instruction issued by Mr Kamchat Kiphanit,
director general of the Public Relations Department, ordering Mr Thamrong
Worasut, director of the Public Relations Center, Region 3, in Songkhla
Province, to discuss the improvement of radio broadcasting and television
stations in ‘various provinces in the programming and technical spheres,
Mr Thamrong Worasut has thus revealed that the department has been speed-
ing up the improvement of the existing broadcasting stations both in
transmission power and in programming. From the increased budget for the
installation of radio broadcasting stations in almost every province, he
is confident that more than 90 percent of the people in the various
southern provinces of Thailand can tune in the radio stations of the
department.

Regarding television, he admitted that at present the reception from the
department's Television Channel 10 in Hat Yai is not possible in every
province, This is why the department has increased the transmission power
and the number of relay stations by initially building a relay station on
a mountain top in Bannang Sata District of Yala Province, which is more
than 1,000 meters above sea level. This station will be equipped with a
10-kilowatt transmitter and will enable the people in the three southern
provinces and in the northern part of Malaysia to tune in programs clearly.

In addition, the department has a plan to extend the transmission power
at Thaphra mountain in Nakhon Sithammarat Province to 1 kilowatt and in
Phuket Province to 5 kilowatts in order to cover Nakhon Sithammarat,
Phuket, Phang-Nga and Krabi provinces.

Asked by a reporter about the improvement of broadcasting programs, the
director of the Public Relations Center explained that--due to the fact
that the people in some southern provinces have different traditions, cul-
ture and religion--some radio and television programs have been especially
produced by religious leaders and educated moslems.

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MALI

BRIEFS

MALI SPACE COMMUNICATIONS--The second space communications station has
come into service in Mali. The first station of this type has been
operating since last March. Today, Mali can receive television programs
from various countries in the world. It is also possible to have tele-
phone, telegraph and telex links with countries in Africa, the Middle
East and Asia. [Moscow Radio in French to Africa 1700 GMT 2 Oct 77 LD]

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CONTENTS (Continued)
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Kirin Radio Reports on Broadcasting in Border Area
(Changchun Kirin Provincial Service, 22 Sep 77) esece

Shenyang PLA Units Modernize Communications
(Shenyang Liaoning Provincial Service, 25 Sep 77) wee.

PRC Laser Facsimile Machine
(Editorial Report) sscccccccccccccccccccvccscccccscoce

PRC Modernizes Post, Telecommunications Services
(Peking Radio, 28 Sep 77) sscccccccccccccccccccceccoes

Briefs
Tibet Broadcasting Stations

REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Briefs
Telephone Exchange

THAILAND

Public Relations Official Comment on Improvement in Radio, TV
(Bangkok Domestic Service, 24 Sep 77) cevccucvecsccece

VIETNAM

Vietnam Continues To Improve Public Communications System
(Editorial Report WA) fede ccvcnssccccrterercccceesees

EASTERN EUROPE

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Briefs
Computers for Czechoslovakia

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Briefs
Telex Communication Changes

YUGOSLAVIA

Federal Information Committee Discusses Nonalined
TV Conference

(TANJUG, 28 Sep 77) cecsceccescee

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COLOMBIA

COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS DECLARE, THEN POSTPONE STRIKE
26 September Strike Called
Madrid EFE in Spanish 2310 GMT 24 Sep 77 PA

[Text] Bogota, 24 Sep--The National Union of the Colombia Telecommunica-
tions Enterprise (TELECOM) has declared an indefinite general strike start-
ing next Monday. The strike was declared after a meeting of the union's
Board of Directors, at which they asked the Government to release three
TELECOM labor leaders who were imprisoned on 14 September in Cartagena de
Indias and Boyaca Department.

September 14 was the day on which a national general strike was declared
to protest the high cost of living. It was on this day that the president
of the Regional Union of TELECOM and Jaime Mesa de la Ossa were arrested
in Garagoa, Boyaca Department, and Ramon Valest Matamoros was arrested in
Cartagena de Indias, Bolivar Department. It was learned that the tele~
communications strike will begin at 1000 (1500 GMT) next Monday.

Workers Postpone Strike
Paris AFP in Spanish 1402 GMT 26 Sep 77 PA

[Text] Bogota, 26 Sep--The indefinite strike in Colombia's telecommunica-
tions services, which had been scheduled for today, has been postponed, a
union spokesman announced here.

The strike, which was slated to begin at 1500 GMT today, had been ordered
in protest of the arrests of three union members on 14 September, the day
a 24-hour nationwide strike was staged in Colombia.

Heberto Lopez, spokesman for the union of workers of the Colombian Tele-
communications Enterprise, said that the strike was postponed because one
of the arrested union leaders had been released.

Lopez said that the release of the other two has been promised for today,
"but if this is not done there will be an indefinite strike beginning
Wednesday." He added: "In the meantime, meetings and staggered stoppages
in service will take place."

The Telecommunication Workers Union has 13,000 members.

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Through the use of telephotographic equipment, facsimiles of newspapers,
documents and so on may be speedily obtained, whatever the distance.
Several kind of data transmission equipment have also been manufactured
along with complete sets of terminal equipment. Other achievements by
way of technical innovations and transformation include the automatic
postage stamp vending machine, automatic newspaper sorting and bundling
equipment, parcel acceptance machine and so on.

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Telecasting in Vietnam has also significantly improved, resulting in the establishment
of at least six television centers. As of early 1977, television centers were located
in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, Hue, Qui Nhon and Vinh. Operation of a relay
station on Tam Dao Mountain in vinh Phu Province since October 1976 has permitted
reliable reception of Hanoi's telecasts throughout the Red River Delta and in mountain
provinces of the north. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are known to telecast in color.

On 7 November 1976, a 600-meter high television relay station was completed on Thanh
Gia Mountain for transmission of Ho Chi Minh City telecasts to the Con Son Island area
in the far south. It is not known how far south programs transmitted by the Hanoi
television center can be viewed.

VNA press and radiophoto material is exchanged daily between Hanoi, the main relay
center in Ho Chi Minh City, and several branch offices located around the country.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City exchange selected pages of NHAN DAN and GIA PHONG by photo~
facimile means for same-day printing in both cities.

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REPUBLIC OF CHINA

BRIEFS

TELEPHONE EXCHANGE--Taipei, September 21--The first ITT Metaconta 10-C electronic telephone
exchange has been put into service for the Taiwan International Standard Electronics, [td
(Taisel). A ceremony was held in the Taichung north exchange building Wednesday morning
where the 20,000-line exchange is installed. Metaconta 10-C is the first totally computer
program-controlled telephone exchange of its kind put into service in Taiwan. (Taipei CNA
in English 1408 GMT 21 Sep 77 O11]

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PERU

BRIEFS

COLOR TV BY 1982--Tacna--On inaugurating a symposium on the advantages of color TV,
Transport and Communications Minister Elivio Vannini Chumpitazi has revealed that
members of the Cartagena Agreement will have color TV by 1982, [Lima Domestic Service

in Spanish 1200 aMr 29 Sep 77 Py]

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away at a bone, these technicians succeeded in vaulting one hurdle after
another. In a few months, they produced more than 950 technical drawings
and finally solved the problem of opening up a way for achieving automatic
control. In the course of technical innovation, two members of the unit
won second class citations for merit and 18 other members third class
citations. After 2 years of efforts, through technical innovations, the
signal unit has achieved initial success in converting its fixed signal
transmission installations to automatic control as a first step toward
modernizing national defense signal transmission.

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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

JAPAN, CHINA TO EXCHANGE METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION
OW250922Y Tokyo KYODO in English 0805 GMT 25 Sep 77 OW

[Text] Peking, Sep 25 KYODO--Japan and China will officially start exchanging meteorological
information on December 1 under an agreement signed in Peking Sunday.

The agreement on establishment of meteorological circuits between Tokyo and Peking was
Signed between Naosus Arizumi, head of the Japanese Meteorological Agency, and Tsou Ching-
meng of the Chinese Central Meteorological Bureau at a hotel here. Under the agreement,
exchange of meteorological information will be started December 1. It calls for both
countries to maintain close contact in respect to ground and sea weather conditions, day-to-
day and monthly weather conditions and information on typhoons.

According to Arizumi, meteorological information between Japan and China in the past had
been exchanged through informal routes. He said that data requiring urgency, such as
information on typhoons spawned in seas near China, had not been made available. Under
the agreement concluded Sunday, however, more accurate forecasts on Typhoons can be made
in the future, he said.

In the exchange of meteorlogical information, Japan will utilize existing circuits

of Kokusad Denshin Denwa Co (KDD) and the Chinese side, those of the Peking Telegraph
Bureau. There are plang to engage in the exchange through facsimile transmission in the
future.

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BRAZIL

FIRMS TO COMPETE TO MANUFACTURE MINICOMPUTERS
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 9 Sep 77 p 18

[Text] Brasilia (0 GLOBO)--There are 16 companies and partnership groups
which answered the two requests for bids made by the federal government
for the production of minicomputers for the domestic market. The number
exceeded all expectations, even those of the president of the Electronic
Data Processing Activities Coordinating Commission (CAPRE), Elcio Costa
Couto, who revealed the list of interested firms at 1800 yesterday, one
hour after the deadline for registering.

There are seven multinational, two joint-venture (partnerships) and seven
national companies, which want to share the Brazilian minicomputer market
with Brazilian Computers and Systems Inc (COBRA). Up to day before yester-
day only the Hidroservice Group--J.C. Mello of Rio de Janeiro had delivered
its proposal. Meanwhile, by 1500, the other proposals had been registered
at the CAPRE executive secretariat.

The Companies
The companies and groups which make up the list are the following:

1) Hewlett Packard, an American multinational (it is bidding by itself);
2) Isdra Protondata, a Parana group which has factories in the south of
the country and produces, among other things, asbestos cement fabrics

(it is bidding by itself); 3) Sharp-Inepar—-Dataserv, also a Parana group
(This is a partnership by Sharp with a large electronics firm with plants
in Parana and Bahia. Dataserv, the associated group, is an advisor
service which operates in the computer area; 4) Edisa Electronica Digital,
a corporation of small and medium companies of Rio Grande do Sul with
participation of the Rio Grande do Sul state government; 5) Olivetti, an
Italian multinational, a strong bidder, acting by itself; 6) MAICO--Basic
Four, an American joint venture partnered with a Sao Paulo group led by
former Sao Paulo Governor Lucas Nogueira Garces; 7) Elebra, another Sao
Paulo group (bidding alone); 8) Ifema, another Sao Paulo group which in-
tends to manufacture minicomputers with licensed technology;

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YUGOSLAVIA

FEDERAL INFORMATION COMMITTEE DISCUSSES NONALINED TV CONFERENCE
1D281956y Belgrade TANJUG Domestic Service in Serbo-Croatian 1700 amr 28 Sep 77 LD

[text] Belgrade--The Federal Committee for Information, with Muhamed Berberovic in
the chair, today examined a report on preparations carried out ‘so far for the first
conference of radio and television organizations of nonalined countries, which is to
take place in Sarajevo from 27-30 October.

The committee assessed as positive the course of preparations for this significant
political meeting, toward which the members of the nonalined working group, one of
which is Yugoslavia, have made a great contribution,

Drafts of the basic documents for the conference have been prepared, and extensive
consultations among all nonalined countries are to follow, It was stated that there
is notable interest among the nonalined countries in participating in the conference.

Members of the committee were informed about measures undertaken by appropriate organs
in order to insure that Yugoslav and foreign newsmen reporting on the second part of
the meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe work under
favorable conditions,

A report on the position and activity of foreign information institutions in the SFRY
was also examined.

The session assessed as positive the work of the Yugoslav team of journalists who aid
a@ good job in informing the Yugoslav and world public about another historic mission
by President Tito--his visits to the USSR, the DPRK and the PRC,

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CONTENTS (Continued) Page

ANGOLA
Angolan News Agency Signs Agreement With Cuban Counterpart
(Luanda Domestic Service, 6 Oct 77) scsccccscccccccces 33
KENYA
Kenya Radio To Introduce Stronger Transmitters
(Nairobi Domestic Service, 6 Oct 77) scececececsceeees 34
MALI
Briefs
Mali Space Communications 35
NIGERIA
Wave-Length Restriction on BCNN Protested
(NEW NIGERIAN, 23 Sep 77) ee 36
SOUTH AFRICA
Perseus Use of Minis, Development of Language Reported
(SUNDAY TIMES, BUSINESS TIMES, 25 Sep 77) ... 37
Nixdorf Enters Market With System 8820
(SUNDAY TIMES, BUSINESS TIMES, 25 Sep 77) wcccecscecee 38
USSR
Briefs
TV Relay Station 39
Terney Television Antenna 39
WESTERN EUROPE
FINLAND
Briefs
Finland Boosting Telex Traffic 40
SPAIN

National Control of Radio News Broadcasts To End
(Madrid Domestic Service, 27 Sep 77) cisceccccccccccee 41

Spain Ends State Monopoly of Radio News Broadcasts
(Harry Debelius; THE TIMES, 3 Oct 77) secvecscccesceee 42

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CONTENTS (Continued)

LATIN AMERICA

INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS

Briefs
Panama-Honduras Telecommunications Agreement
ARGENTINA
Briefs
Telephone Expansion
BRAZIL
Firms To Compete to Manufacture Minicomputers
(O GLOBO, 9 Sep 77) seccccccaccccccccceccevccccucevce
COLOMBIA
Communications Workers Declare, Then Postpone Strike
(Various sources, various dates) ...... seen
26 September Strike Called
Workers Postpone Strike
PERU
Briefs
Color TV by 1982
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
LIBYA
ARNA To Change Its Name 7 October
(ARNA, 27 Sep 77) cececee ood emer wccrccceccccccce
SUDAN

Briefs
Sudanese Microwave Network Test

SUB~SAHARAN AFRICA

INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

Ghana To Aid Liberia, Nigeria in Forming News Agencies
(TANJUG,

26 Sep 77) Seed eee deedaccsccssesecccccecceee

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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

PRC LASER FACSIMILE MACHINE

[Editorial Report] Peking NCNA Domestic Service in Chinese at 0105 GMT on
26 September transmits an item reporting on the development of laser usage
in Shanghai. The following excerpt from that item deals with the use of
lasers in telecommunications:

"The Shanghai No 519 plant of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
has successfully trial-produced a 160-route high-speed laser telecommunica-
tions facsimile machine [liu shih lu kao su chi kuang tien hsin chuan chen
| chi 0362 0577 6424 7539 6643 3423 0342 7193 0207 0278 4176 2894] which can
transmit a page of words the same size as the 'Red Flag! Journal from
Shanghai to Peking in 6 seconds, or 60 to 70 times as efficiently as ordinary
|

machines."

No further details are given.

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INTERNATIONAL

ULANFU MEETS FRENCH BROADCASTING DELEGATION
0W291530Y: Peking NCNA in English 1252 GMT 29 Sep 77 OW

[Text] Peking, September 29, 1977 (HSINHUA)--Ulanfu, vice-chairman of the Standing

Committee of the National People's Congress, met and had a friendly conversation here
this afternoon with the delegation of La Societe Nationale Television Francaise I led
by its Director-General Jean Louis Gillaud. French Ambassador to China Claude Arnaud

was present.
Present on the occasion were Chin Chao, deputy director of the Central Broadcasting

Administration, Chu Hsing-ti, deputy director of the Peking Television Station, and
Chien Chi-chen, director of the Information Department of the Foreign Ministry.

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Since the beginning of September television programs have been improved
and changed in accordance with the Government's policy. According to the
regulations issued by the Radio and Television Control Committee, there
will be no commercials between 1900 and 2030 and no more than 14 percent
of the daily broadcasts will be devoted to advertisements. This period
will be used by Government agencies and other institutes in the south for
publicizing their achievements and for public relations purposes. A com-
mittee, appointed by the station, will censor local and sports news,
special programs and films. Any film which is regarded as nonsensical
and is aimed at poisoning the people or disturbing the feelings of the
local people will not be shown.

Asked about the report that the people in various southern provinces do
not like to tune in Thai radio or television stations, the director said
the report was untrue. He added that the neighboring country's television
and radio programs are mostly broadcast in English and Chinese and that
the majority of the southern people do not know those languages. Moreover,
radio and television programs broadcast in the south have been produced by
the public relations department in accordance with the local people's
wishes. This is why the majority of the people prefer the Thai broadcast-—
ing and television programs.

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JPRS 69984
18 October 1977

TRANSLATIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
No, 17

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENTA
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Reproduced From
Best Available Copy


SPAIN

NATIONAL CONTROL OF RADIO NEWS BROADCASTS TO END
Madrid Domestic Service in Spanish 2300 GMT 27 Sep 77 LD

[Excerpt] The minister for culture, Pio Cabanillas, tonight sketched the
broad outlines of what is to be the policy of his department. Our
colleague, Javier Arenas attended the long press conference. [begin
recording]

[Cabanillas] A decree abolishing film censorship has already been pre-
pared. I think it will be approved by the Government in the next, or
possibly the subsequent, cabinet meeting. The decree also regulates, in
an elementary fashion, what I used to call the principle of classification
[of films].

[Arenas] Another important subject at the press conference was the re-
organization of radio broadcasting in Spain and freedom of information for
private radio stations.

[Cabanillas] In a matter of weeks--1, 2 or 3 weeks--the draft bill on
freedom of radio information and the abolition of the obligatory link-up
with Radio Nacional [for the main news broadcasts] will be sent [presumably
to the Cortes]. The test of this legislation is already drafted, and the
juridical aspects of the bill are currently being studied by the ministry's
under secretary. He will be finished soon.

As for the reorganization of radio broadcasting, this is a more complex
subject, on which Parliament also has a right to give its opinion.

[Arenas] As regards the State radio and television networks, another
important point that was also discussed was decentralization.

[Cabanillas] Regional centers of the state-owned communications media
must be set up, with the understanding that television will be governed by
a statute to be submitted to a parliamentary chamber, and it will be that
chamber which will exert parliamentary control over television. This will
also be done in the immediate future. It will be the function of those
regional centers to initiate cultural discussions that best suit their
regional structures. [end recording]

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INDIA

BRIEFS

HYDERABAD TELEVISION CENTER--The Television Center at Hyderabad is likely
to be opened on the 23d of next month. The Andhra Pradesh information
minister, Mr N. Manek Rao, told newsmen in New Delhi today that the State
government has requested the president, Mr Sanjiva Reddy, to inaugurate
the center. [Excerpt] [Delhi Domestic Service in English 1230 GMT

23 Sep 77 BK]

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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

PAKISTAN-INDIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS AGREEMENT--Pakistan and India have
signed a telecommunication agreement envisaging rationalization of
operating procedures. The agreement, which was signed in Islamabad
yesterday, also provides for the establishment within 2 months of satel-
lite link between Pakistan and India for efficient and speedy telephone,
telegraph and telex facilities between the two countries. [Text]
[Karachi Radio in English to South Asia 0930 GMT 2 Oct 77 BK]

INDO-PAKISTAN COMMUNICATIONS AGREEMENT--India and Pakistan are to sign a
new telecommunications agreement providing for direct satellite communi-
cation links between the two countries. The service is expected to be
established before the end of this year. Six other countries including
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and West Germany will be similarly linked with India.
This was stated in New Delhi on 28 September by Brijlal Verma, minister
for communications, while addressing the first meeting of the reconstituted
consultative committee of members of Parliament of his ministry. Verma
also announced that the direct international subscriber telephone service
from Bombay and New Delhi to London will be extended to the whole of the
UK from 2 October this year. Telephone traffic on ISD [international
subscriber dialing] has grown nearly six times, from 3,900 calls per month
in January this year to about 24,000 calls in July. Verma also disclosed
that plans were being drawn up for the opening of ISD telephone service to
five major cities in the U.S.A. by March 1978. [Text] [Delhi ISI in
English 0841 GMI 29 Sep 77 BK]

SINGAPORE-SRI LANKA LINK--The Telecommunications Authority

of Singapore has announced that its international direct dialing service
with Sri Lanka will be introduced from 1 October. This brings to 20 the
number of countries with which the republic has such a service. [Singapore
Domestic Service in English 2330 GMT 24 Sep 77 BK]

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SOUTH AFRICA

PERSEUS USE OF MINIS, DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE REPORTED

Johannesburg SUNDAY TIMES, BUSINESS TIMES in English 25 Sep 77 p 8

[Text]

cso:

“PERSEUS has found that’

big is not necessarily best

- when it comes to computers.

And the company’s

, Managing director, Doug
. Eyre, adds: ‘Nor have we

made the mistake of think-

: ing that mini-computers can
_-Teplace the large

mainframes.
“We evolved a workable

* solution whereby the large
. computer is used for the

tasks which it can perform
best, such as batch-oriented

functions, and the smaller
“ computer is brought in to

take over the time-

consuming, interactive real-
_ time activities, :

.
“Our philosopliy of using a

mini to back up a mainframe
has proved when applied in
our Datasystem 3 mini-
computer-based system in a
number of installations in
varied industries.

“The Datasystem 3 com-
prises a package of com-
puter hardware and
software tools, which allow
the user to access and

“manipulate his database

with high-level languages.

“One of these languages,
AMPL (Advanced Multi

sing Language) was °

“totally developed by Perseus

in South Africa. This means
there will be no dependence
on overseas resources if
changing business needs in
South Africa demand
modifications to AMPL.

“Because AMPL is model-
led on COBOL, the most
widely-used commercial
language today, end-users’
existing DP staff can
produce application
programmes with _ little
training. .

“Where a user decides to
relieve the mainframe not
only of the multi-terminal
applicatons, but also of one
or two batch applications,
COBOL is also supplied with
the Datasystem 3 package.
This COBOL was also
developed locally and is cur-
rently being marketed by
Perseus in the US, Britain .
and eastern countries,” |

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ARGENTINA

BRIEFS

‘TELEPHONE EXPANSION--The Communications Secretariat reported today about
the progress of a telephone expansion project in Mendoza, San Juan, Salta
and Tucuman provinces. In Mendoza, almost 2 km of wire with 600 pairs was
placed between the general Paz telephone exchange and the National Tele-
communications Enterprise long-distance exchange. In San Juan, an inter—
urban circuit was established between 25 de Mayo and Las Casuarinas. In
Salta, the existing interurban circuit was extended to Guemes with a
3-channel system. In Tucuman, a manual 30-line battery exchange was
placed in Manantial. [Buenos Aires TELAM in Spanish 2310 GMT 22 Sep 77 PY]

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SPAIN

SPAIN ENDS STATE MONOPOLY OF RADIO NEWS BROADCASTS
London THE TIMES in English 3 Oct 77 p 6 LD

[Article from Harry Debelius: "Spain Ends State Monopoly of Radio News
Broadcasts"]

[Text] Madrid, 2 Oct--The State monopoly of radio news broadcasts will
end here tomorrow, according to reports published in Madrid this weekend.

For the first time since the Civil War, Spanish radio networks and sta-
tions will no longer be obliged to link up with the state-run Radio
Nacional twice a day to transmit news broadcasts prepared by the state
corporation.

In General Franco's day, those were the only news broadcasts which could
be heard in this country apart from programs originating outside Spain.

Since the general's death the Government has become more tolerant about

the broadcasting of news material prepared by local stations or private

networks. However, the decrees granting the news monopoly to the state

are still on the statute books.

The Madrid newspaper DIARIO-16 reported yesterday that the government has
advised managers of radio stations that it will no longer enforce the
obligation to make the twice-daily link-up as from tomorrow. The existing
decrees are expected to be revoked after the next cabinet meeting.

Most stations, however, will continue to carry the official news bulletins
for the time being, since they lack news-gathering facilities of their own.

But the SER Network, which is privately owned and covers a large part of
the country, will begin broadcasting its own news bulletins tomorrow.

Another major network, Radio Cadena Espanola, will continue to make the

twice-daily connection with Radio Nacional, but will offer news bulletins
of its own in addition.

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INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

PANAMA-HONDURAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AGREEMENT--At noon today at the El
Continental Hotel in Panama City, Panama and Honduras signed a telecommuni-
cations agreement. Lt Col Manuel J. Arauz, general manager of the National
Telecommunications Institute, signed for the Panamanian side, and Maj Jose
Edmundo (Alcerro), general manager of the Honduran Enterprise of Tele-
communications, signed for Honduras. The agreement with Honduras provides
that the guidelines for the supply of various telecommunications services
between the two countries will be determined by the pertinent national
telecommunications enterprises. [Panama City Televisora Nacional in
Spanish 2315 GMT 30 Sep 77 PA]

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INTERNATIONAL

SFRY'S BERBEROVIC, DPRK AMBASSADOR DISCUSS INFORMATION EXCHANGE
Belgrade TANJUG in English 1326 GMT 26 Sep 77 LD

[Text] Belgrade, 26 Sep (TANJUG)--Muhamed Berberovic, member of the
Federal Executive Council and president of the Federal Committee for
Information, today received Kwang-sun Chong, ambassador of the People's
Democratic Republic of Korea to Yugoslavia and had a friendly talk with
him.

In particular, their discussion dealt with the further promotion of bi-
lateral cooperation between the two friendly and nonaligned countries in
the field of information, greatly encouraged by the recent visit of Josip
Broz Tito, Yugoslav president and president of the League of Communists
of Yugoslavia, to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Cooperation
is to be especially intensified between the two countries' news agencies,
radio broadcasters and in exchanges of newsmen. Views were exchanged on
the significance of the forthcoming first conference on nonaligned radio
broadcasters, to be held in Sarajevo late in October. The Democratic
People's Republic of Korea is to take active part in and contribute to the
gathering, to the best of its possibilities.

Berberovic expressed special gratitude for the exceptional reception and
facilities provided for Yugoslav newsmen in the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea and which enabled them to report to the Yugoslav and
world public on President Tito's visit there with remarkable success.

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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

BRIEFS i

, TIBET BROADCASTING STATIONS==Ten counties and the (Chengkuang) District of Lhasa
Municipality, Tibet, have now set up wired broadcasting service, The total length

of wire is 1,100 kilometers and the number of speakers total 18,000. [Lhasa Tibet
Regional Service in Mandarin 1100 GMT 16 Sep 77 OW]

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INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

GHANA TO AID LIBERIA, NIGERIA IN FORMING NEWS AGENCIES
Belgrade TANJUG in English 0915 GMT 26 Sep 77

[Text] Sep 26 (TANJUG)--[dateline as received] The GHANA NEWS AGENCY

will help Liberia to form the national news agency of this west African
country. An agreement on this has been reached in Accra, after the talks
attended by the highest Ghanian state officials, between representatives
of the two agencies--the GHANA NEWS AGENCY, which has gained the reputa-
tion of one of the most significant institutions of its kind on the African
continent, and the LIBERIAN INFORMATION AGENCY, a government body which is
to be developed into a new African news agency.

The LNA (LIBERIAN NEWS AGENCY), according to a statement by the Liberian
assistant minister of information, Johnny Maclain, should be formed in
the course of the next year so that it will be running smoothly by 1979,
when the summit of the Organization of African Unity is scheduled to be
held in Monrovia. As soon as technical possibilities permit, the agency
will join the pool of nonaligned countries' news agencies, stated Maclain
to Tanjug's correspondent.

Some time ago a delegation of the recently formed NIGERIAN NEWS AGENCY
visited Accra with [word indistinct] purpose. This agency has also
received "the green light" from the Nigerian Government to begin work.
There has been talk on the formation of a news agency in the most powerful
African country "south of the Sahara" already for a full decade, but it
was only now that the opposition of a group of newspapers, led by the
DAILY TIMES and afraid of losing their monopoly of information with a na-
tional news agency, has been overcome. According to the minister of
information, Ogunlade, this agency, too, will join the pool of the non-
aligned countries’ news agencies.

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ANGOLAN NEWS AGENCY SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CUBAN COUNTERPART
Luanda Domestic Service in Portuguese 0600 GMT 6 Oct 77 LD/EA

[Text] At a ceremony last night onthe premises of the Department of Revolu-
tionary Orientation attended by Comrades Henrique Santos Onambue and Manuel
Rui Monteiro, respectively its national coordinator and director, a conven-
tion of cooperation was signed between ANGOP (Angolan News Agency) and
PRENSA LATINA (Latin American News Agency). It was signed by ANGOP Director
Comrade Luis Neto and by (Eloi Perez), the PRENSA LATINA representative in
Angola, on behalf of the Cuban News Agency.

Comrade Luis Neto spoke of the role of information as a form of mobilization
and link between peoples noting our young news agency's current shortcomings,
which are essentially caused by lack of qualified cadres.

Under the signed convention, PRENSA LATINA and ANGOP have agreed to make
every effort to establish a bilateral communications circuit capable of
allowing Havana and Luanda to receive a daily [word indistinct] of news in
two directions of mutual interest. Furthermore, PRENSA LATINA and ANGOP
[word indistinct] to carry out exchanges of journalistic and technical staff
with the aim of supplying them with the knowledge of all capable ways of
developing their ever-increasing activities. These will involve visits,
seminars, courses and any other forms of collaboration which may arise from
the needs of the two agencies to enhance the capacities of their respective
staffs.

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

COMPUTERS FOR CZECHOSLOVAKIA=-The 50 Hungarian Rel0 computers which the Videoton
Factory shipped to its Czechoslovak partner will be installed at a department store

in Prague during the final quarter of the year, The enterprise contracted to ship
computer engineering equipment to Czechoslovakia valued at 500,000 rubles in 1973

and @ million rubles this year, In addition to the R-10, many types of data collecting
devices, displays and line printers are being exported to Czechoslovakia. The shipments
are now being augmented with a cassette data storage unit made by the Budapest Radio
Engineering Factory. Shipments worth 200,000 rubles will be made of this product

this year. In the interest of dntensifying relations, efforts are being made to import
Czechoslovak apparatus and peripherals compatible with Hungarian computer systems.
[Budapest FIGYELO in Hungarian 14 Sep 77 p 11 WA]

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JPRS 69984
18 October 1977

TRANSLATIONS ON. TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

No. 17

ConTENTS PAGE

INTERNATIONAL

SFRY's Berberovic, DPRK Ambassador Discuss Information Exchange
(TANJUG, 26 Sep 77) ..

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Ulanfu Meets French Broadcasting Delegation
(NGNA, 29 Sep 77) cosccccccaccccccccscecccaccceccceccees

ASIA
INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

Japan, China To Exchange Meteorological Information
(KYODO, 25 Sep 77) ceccecccccee

Briefs
Pakistan-India Telecommunications Agreement.
Indo-Pakistan Communications Agreement
Singapore-Sri Lanka Link

INDIA

Briefs
Hyderabad Television Center

INDONESIA

Briefs
New Timor Radio Station

MALAYSIA

Briefs
Police~Interpol Radio Link

-ae- [III - INT - 140]

PEL


FINLAND

BRIEFS

FINLAND BOOSTING TELEX TRAFFIC--Finland's telex traffic with foreign coun-
tries will become easier at the end of the month. At the beginning of
October a new automatic foreign exchange will be commissioned in Helsinki
which will shorten the booking-times for telex traffic and make the
charges more accurate. At the same time automatic traffic to 20 new coun-
tries, most of them outside Europe, will be opened. At present Finland
has automatic telex connections with 26 countries. The new automatic
foreign exchange is expected to increase telex-traffic by 10-15 percent.
[Text] [Helsinki Domestic Service in Finnish 0930 GMT 29 Sep 77 LD]

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NIXDORF ENTERS MARKET WITH SYSTEM 8820

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg SUNDAY TIMES, BUSINESS TIMES in English 25 Sep 77 p 8

[Text]

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|

. NIXDORF is entering the competitive data communications

2, dorf locally. - an . 4

market locally with System 8820.

Previously, the company specialised in units for stand-
alone, centralised or decentralised operation. The move into
data communications will be further developed with anoth
machine scheduled for launching next year. .

Fred Mulder, managing director, says: “Data com-
munications and pre-processing at the point of action is not
new to Nixdorf. Since introducing terminal equipment in
Europe towards the end of the last decade, this section of the
company’s activity has been a major growth factor.”

Although new to South Africa, the 8820 intelligent data ‘
‘entry and data processing unit was réleased in Europe some

time ago. .

Siemens will be taking delivery shortly of a system bought’
direct from Germany. Plate Glass is also believed to have
signed for the second system — the first to be sold by Nix-

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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

KIRIN RADIO REPORTS ON BROADCASTING IN BORDER AREA — a

SK230924Y Changchun Kirin Provincial Service in Mandarin 0430 GIT 22 Sep 77 SK

[Text] Broadcasting affairs are developing vigorously in Yenpien Korean Autonomous
Chou under the guidance of Chairman Mao's brilliant inscription on people's broad-
casting affairs. In the past 12 years, the masses of broadcasting personnel in Yenpien
Korean Autonomous Chou, following the instructions of Chairman Mao "Strive to carry

out broadcasting work well so as to serve the interests of the people of China and of the
world," have done a good Job in this work and, under the leadership of the party
eoumittee, brought into full play the role of broadcasting affairs as.an important
instrument for carrying out class struggle and the dictatorship of the proletariat.

The wired broadcast system in rural areas in the whole autonomous chou now has 180,000
loudspeakers, covering 84 percent of the total commune households. They are connected
by more than 10,000 kilometers of broadcasting transmission lines, fully meeting the
requirements of the National Program for Agricultural Development to expand broad-
casting networks.

Some of the counties have installed broadcasting stations under the wired broadcasting
system to broadcast in Chinese and Korean languages. Every rural production brigade
and team has assigned linemen to maintain and repair lines and loudspeakers when they
breakdown, thus insuring good operation of the broadcasting lines,

Wireless broadcasting capacity has also substantially increased, Television broadcasting
stations have grown from nothing to something, In addition to the Yenchi television
relay station, some counties and municipalities have relied on their own efforts te set
up regular relay stations and switchboard relay stations [cha chuan tai].

Tunghua County, relying on the wisdom of the masses, has carried out large-scale
technical innovations to install four television relay switchboard units, saving
30,000 yuan for the state, More than half of the communes in Yenchi County have
installed automatic switches in their broadcast system, The broadcasting station of
Changpai commune of Yenchi County has adopted an automatic transmission line disorder
warning system to pave the way for modernizing its broadcasting technique.



PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

SHENYANG PLA UNITS MODERNIZE COMMUNICATIONS
Shenyang Liaoning Provincial Service in Mandarin 1100 GMT 25 Sep 77 SK

[Excerpts] A certain signal unit of PLA Shenyang units, acting on Chair-
man Mao's teaching that in the masses there is boundless creative power,
has pervasively urged the masses to achieve large-scale technical innova-
tions to improve their signal transmission system to meet possible require-
ments under combat conditions. The unit has achieved initial success in
implementing an automated control system [tzu-tung-hua kuan-li] to con-
tribute to the work of strengthening war preparedness and speeding up
national defense modernization.

In the past, the fixed-signal transmission installations used and main-
tained by that unit were widely scattered and operated manually. This
situation could not meet the requirements of modern war and caused much
hardship in maintenance and control. To change this state of affairs, do
a good job in coordinating peacetime with wartime operations and step up
preparations for fighting an antiaggression war, from 1975 the party com-
mittee of this unit has, under the leadership and with the support of
higher authorities, urged the masses to carry out large-scale technical
innovations to automate the control of fixed-signal transmission installa-
tions, taking it as an important measure to fulfill war preparedness and
strengthen army building.

In urging the masses to carry out technical innovations on a large scale,
the party committee of the signal unit has tried its utmost to bring the
role of technicians into full play, incorporating them into the leading
bodies of the technical innovation teams at various levels and sincerely
hearing their views on each and every technical innovation to be carried
out, thereby enabling them to apply their technical knowledge to the fullest
extent.

In trying to carry out a technical innovation, a signal station came across
a relatively difficult technical problem. Several young technicians volun-
teered to tackle it. Through painstaking efforts, they collected and

obtained large quantities of technical data. In the spirit of ants gnawing

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BRIEFS

SUDANESE MICROWAVE NETWORK TEST--The Space Network Department in the Tele-
communications Directorate has started implementing the past phase of the
(as-Sudusat) project, which is regarded as one of the biggest microwave
projects in Africa and the Middle East. The project links Khartoum, Juba,
Nyala, al-Fashir, ad-Damazin, Wau, Malakal, Dungulah and Kadugli with a
microwave network for telephone and telex services and television trans-
mission. Test links are now being carried out for a period of one week
for each station. It is noteworthy that the operation is being carried
out by qualified and trained Sudanese experts. The cost of the project is
$280 million. [Text] [Omdurman Domestic Service in Arabic 1300 GMT

30 Sep 77 LD/EA]

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i
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VIETNAM

VIETNAM CONTINUES TO IMPROVE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

[Editorial Report WA] Vietnam has been steadily increasing and improving the scope of
its public communications system since the fall of South Vietnam in April 1975 to the
point that it now has wide-ranging and effective broadcast and press agency networks
that extend to most parts of the country. This has been achieved by expanding the
capacity to relay programs produced in Hanoi, establishing new regional transmitters,
extending the public loudspeaker system in rural areas, and setting up branch offices
of the VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY and NHAN DAN throughout the country. Considerable gains
have also been made in telecasting.

The biggest improvement in broadcasting has been the upgrading and expansion of the
main facility in Hanoi used to beam "first network" programming to all of Vietnam.
Prior to April 1975,. Hanoi employed six shortwave and two mediumwave transmitters to
veach audiences in North and South Vietnam. Its,main facility now consists of 10
shortwave and four mediumwave transmitters. Five shortwave and two mediumwave trans-
mitters are committed to the "first network," which consists of political programs
and entertainment features. The other five shortwave and two mediumwave transmitters
are used for a "science and educational network." In addition, two high-powered
mediumwave transmitters in Ho Chi Minh City are used exclusively to relay Hanoi's
domestic networks to audiences in the south.

Hanoi has indicated that its regional network consists of 22 state-owned stations plus
the main broadcast facility in Hanoi. BIS, through observations and various station
announcements, has identified the 22 stations. Nine of them (excluding Hanoi) are
located in the north and 13 are in the south. All but two of the nine in the north
are new stations. Eight of the radios in the south are using equipment that was in
place prior to April 1975 and five are using new equipment. In addition to offering
audiences locally oriented material, these regional radios relay selected programs
from Hanoi during various periods of the day, thereby supplementing the main Hanoi
radio relay system.

The country's wired-radio broadcasting system, basically a public loudspeaker network
which is used to relay radio programs in agricultural areas, has been expanded in

the north and extended to the south. As of early September 1977, according to Hanoi
sources, there were 310 "civilian-operated centers with hundreds of thousands of. loud-
speaker outlets operating in cooperatives and more populated areas.

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There are 156 radio stations in Spain, the majority of which belong to the
State.

Apart from Radio Nacional and its commercial subsidiary, Radio Continental,
the principal networks are Radio Cadena Espanola, which includes the sta-
tions that used to belong to the now dismantled Francoist National Move-
ment; Cadena de Emisoras Sindicales, which used to belong to the now
defunct State-run trade unions; SER and Radio Popular, owned by the Roman
Catholic Church.

The news broadcasts of Spain's two television channels remain, however,
under State control.

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9) Four Phase, an American multinational, which was to have teamed up
with the Mercantile Bank of Sao Paulo, which has not been confirmed by
CAPRE; 10) National Cash Register (NCR), another American multinational
which has many customers in Brazil, among them the Guanabara State Bank
[BEG]; 11) Burroughs, an American multinational (it bids alone); IBM (it
revised its old proposal for the production of minicomputers in Brazil,
although it has not complied with the requirement of becoming partners with
a national group); 13) Hidroservice--J.C. Mello, the only Rio de Janeiro
group; 14) the Docas dos Santos Company, a Sao Paulo group, which certainly
will produce minicomputers with licensed technology if it is selected;

15) T.R.W. Computers, an American multinational (this is the well-known
Rockwell Corporation which even produces high precision equipment for NASA
and is also active in the mechanical sector where it manufactures Gemmer
hydraulic controls; 16) Laboeletronica, a foreign corporation established
in Sao Paulo, associated with Brasilinvest (it would also manufacture mini-
computers with licensed technology).

Few Partnerships

The large number of proposals competing for only two openings in the coun-
try's minicomputer market was surprising even for the CAPRE executives who
estimated day before yesterday that there could be 8 or 12 interested
groups.

Meanwhile, one of the most important requirements for the approval of
proposals was practically ignored: partnership with national capital and/or
technology groups, which would certainly oblige CAPRE to be very careful in
considering the merits of each proposal. None of the seven multinationals
partnered up with another group. Not even all the bidding national groups
observed the principal requirement of CAPRE. One high source in Planning
said yesterday that whoever read the guidelines published by the government
carefully is aware that "none of the criteria shall be eliminatory."

8908
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WAVE-LENGTH RESTRICTION ON BCNN PROTESTED

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 23 Sep 77 p 15

frext]

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5500

ANOTHER batch of people on
Wednesday walked into the New
Nigerian office — this time in Kadu-

~ na to protest against the decision of

the Federal Military Government
(FMG), to limit the Broadcasting
Company of Northern Nigeria,
(BCNN), to the medium-wave
length.

» An association of nomadic Fulani
herdsmen known as, ‘“Kungiyar
Miyetti Allah Ta Fulani Daji,”
strongly appealed to the government
to rescind its decision, because
failure to do this would amount to

. denying them valuable information

‘on farming, literacy campaign,
“Tafsir” and how to take care of

. theircattle. +

‘The Chairman of the association,
Alhaji Sa’adu Muhammadu Mai-
wa’azi, said if the state government

‘eould not maintain BCNN, they

should let other interests take over.

* Heclaimed that it was the only radio

station that catered for the interest
ofnomadic Fulanis like them.

The association said if the Federal
Military Government could recogni-
se and award a medal to a
broadcaster for his services in
agriculture through the same radio
station, it wondered how his vast
and invaluable experiences could be
of any use to the farmers if they
could not hear him.

It claimed that it was through-
Radio Kaduna that they kept

abreast of all the happenings in the

country ina language they could
understand, adding, “It will be a
great disservice te us if thedecision
iseffected.”

The association said ‘such
programmes as ‘Noma Yanke
Talauci, literacy campaign pro-
grammes and other interesting
programmes presented by the
station had helped and guided them
in their day-to-day peasant way of
life; adding that to limit it would not
only cut them off from the world and
enlightenment, but it was a
disservice to them. =

NIGERIA


CZECHOSLOVAKIA

BRIEFS

TELEX COMMUNICATION CHANGES--On 1 and 2 October the telex system in Brno
and Zvolen will be reconnected, and the required adjustments will be con-
currently carried out at the Prague center. Therefore, operations for

the subscribers to the telex domestic and international system will be
limited and temporarily suspended on the afore-mentioned 2 days. There
will be changes in the number of the subscribers of telex outlets connected
with the Zvolen center in this connection as well as of the service outlets
(tests, dispatching telegrams by telex, information, and so forth) at the
Prague, Brno, Bratislava, Ostrava and Zvolen centers. The new numbers are
listed in the 1977 telex register which has already been distributed to
subscribers. In addition, the code numbers for automatic connection with
the American continent and the Bulgarian People's Republic are being
changed, and a few automatic relay is being established for some African
states and Cuba. Information on changes not listed in the 1977 telex
register can be obtained from no 1107. [Text] [Prague PRACE in Czech

1 Oct 77 p 4 AU]

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INDONESIA

BRIEFS

NEW TIMOR RADIO STATION--The south central Timor district chief, Cornelis
Tapatab, recently told SUARA KARYA In Soe that the regional radio, which
was built at a cost of 7 million rupiah, has been broadcasting on a trial
basis since 29 July. He said the radio station, which operates a 600-watt
transmitter on the 116.3 and 138.4 meterbands, can be clearly heard through-
out south central Timor and even in Kupang, north central Timor and Belu
districts. The station.will be officially dedicated in the near future.
[Jakarta SUARA KARYA in Indonesia 10 Sep 77 p 5 BK]

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At present, on the foundation of a wired broadcasting system, a wired and wireless
combined broadcasting system has been developed in Yenpien Korean Autonomous Chou,
This will play an important role in disseminating Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tsetung Thought,
popularizing the party's lines, principles and policies, building Tachai-type
counties and Taching-style enterprises, strengthening construction on the frontier,
fostering socialist new things, and consolidating the dictatorship of the proletariat,
Inspired by the spirit of the 11th national party congress, the broad masses of broad-
casting personnel in Yenpien Korean Autonomous Chou, with greater pride and reinforced
working enthusiasm, are determined to respond to the great call of the llth national
party congress and do a better job in broadcasting work, 80 a8 to greet the successful
convocation of the National Science Conference with concrete deeds.

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