VIETNAM

BRIEFS

NEW WIRED RADIO STATIONS--In the third quarter of 1977, an additional 10 wired
radio stations have been installed in major rice growing areas and new
economic areas in Phu Khanh Province. The entire province now had a total

of 33 wired radio stations. Quang Nam-Danang Province has completed install-
ing four wired radio stations to serve various major economic areas. The
1,200-W Phu Ninh wired radio station is serving water conservancy worksites
in the district with 20 large loudspeakers. Both Hien and Phuoc Son districts
in the mountainous area also have their own wired radio stations, each with
300-W output. The installation of a 300-W wired radio station and five

big loudspeakers on Cham Island has also been completed. [Text] [Hanoi

NHAN DAN in Vietnamese 19 Oct 77 p 1]

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LEBANON

LEBANESE PHONE DIFFICULTIES DISCUSSED
Beirut L'ORIENT LE JOUR in French 17 Sep 77 p 2
Article: "The Telephone: Jubayl Residents Complain About Their Isolation"]

[Text] The wave of protest against the poor operation of the telephone net-
work is growing day by day. Newspapers and news agencies are literally
swamped with letters. coming from Beirut and from various areas of the province,
which are asking that some steps be taken in order to correct this state of
affairs.

Yesterday, an open letter from the Jubayl residents was sent to the minister
of Communications, Mr Farid Raphael, asking him to "put an end to the tele-
Phonic isolation of this region, if possible on the occasion of the first
anniversary of President Elias Sarkis' inauguration".

Here are a few excerpts from this letter which has been published by the
"Souhoufia" agency:

"The telephone lines linking the Jubayl exchange to Juniyah one, and designed
to insure outward connections, that is to say contacts between Jubayl and
other Lebanese regions, are totally out of service. After consulting with
technical personnel in charge at the Jubayl exchange, it turned out that the
breakdown has beén occurring at the Juniyah exchange for several months, and
that it was resulting from the stoppage of the air conditioning system as much
at the Juniyah exchange as at the one in Jubayl.

The Juniyah exchange technicians refuse to proceed with their work on account
of the unbearable heat prevailing on the premises and which sometimes reaches
50 degrees. We were surprised to learn, Mister Minister, that thest tech-
nicians had informed the telephone authorities of this situation since the
beginning of last month of June and that they have not yet received any answer.
This being so, it appears that the breakdown in the Juniyah center has been
localized in the line section known under the 'FDR' designation. ‘ We are
hoping, that you will take steps in order to bring the telephonic isolation

of the Jubayl region to an end, on the occasion of the first anniversary of
President Elias Sarkis' inauguration."

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installation supervisor, while they, along with a number of technicians were
busy with the adaptation work of exchange centers and with the installation
of modern equipment at the international exchange.

Engineers Qarini and al-'Aryan explained some of the technical features of
direct dialing telephones, and they revealed the extent of the accuracy of
the electronic accounting equipment attached to the exchange equipment.

AL-RA'Y AL-'AMM learned that the new equipment makes available to Kuwait
1,400 outside exchanges containing 110 connection plates, while the old ex-
change had only 38 plates. And, while the old exchange operated mechanically,
the new equipment operates electronically.

Modern Equipment Meets the Needs

In a discussion with the vice-president of telephone engineers, Mr Faysal
al-Majid said:

“The new equipment permits the customer to communicate 24 hours a day and
without an intermediary with whomever he wishes in any country in the world
that possesses similar capabilities and equipment." He added that through
direct phone dialing it is expected that delays of overseas calls will end,
even with non-subscribing countries, for the new international exchange pro-
vides 1,400 outside exchanges. In September 110 communication plates, each
of which provides six exchanges, will be available and will be sufficient to
easily meet all the demand until the middle of the 1980s.

The Equipment Facilitates Communication and Dealing

Engineer al-Majid explained that direct phone dialing was initially aimed to
connect Kuwait with those countries with whom there are frequent calls in

order to facilitate interaction. Also, billing by the minute saves the customer
a lot of expenses, and the electronic equipment prevents the occurrence of

any error whereby the cost of the call is calculated precisely from the moment
of connection until its termination.

He also said that the plates and exchange centers provided by the new ex-
change will cover the increasing needs of Kuwait until the middle of the
1980s. During the coming years a study to bolster the equipment on the basis
of its practical operation and the extent of the actual need will be conducted.

Changing Numbers for Coordination

The vice-president of telephone engineers explained the change of the outside
call numbers during this period by saying: "The change is a form of necessary
coordination as we have assumed that all outside calls should begin with the
number zero."

He said that most Arab states can, in a short time, take measures to communicate
directly with Kuwait and that contacts and efforts are underway in this regard.

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USSR

BRIEFS

LATVIAN RADIO, TV TOWER--[From SEUSKAYA ZHIZN'and TASS correspondents
roundup: "New Television Tower"] Riga--A 300-meter radio and television
tower designed by Moscow specialists for the capital of Latvia will re-
place the present transmitting station. Thanks to this, the reception
quality will be considerably improved and the number of radio and tele-

vision programs will increase. [Text] [Moscow SEL'SKAYA ZHIZN' in Russian
28 Sep 77 p 1 LD] anes oer

TV COVER IN TURKMENISTAN-~[TURKMENINFORM report: "Television Bridge in
the Desert"] The report by Comrade L. I. Brezhnev, general secretary of
the CPSU Central Committee and chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet Presid-
dum, at the USSR Supreme Soviet session was the first direct television
broadcast to be seen by tens of thousands of inhabitants of Tedzhenskiy
and Serakhskiy rayons. A new section of radio relay line in the Karakumy
has begun operating here. By commissioning all installations ahead of
schedule construction workers of the Republic's Ministry of Communications
and Ministry of Rural Construction have fulfilled their pledge adopted in
honor of the session of the country's supreme organ of state power which
will adopt the new USSR constitution. Television screens will light up
for the first time in many villages of Turkmenistan before the end of the
year. [Text] [Ashkhabad TURKMENSKAYA ISKRA in Russian 5 Oct 77 p 2 LD]

ORBITA COMMUNICATIONS STATION--An Orbita-2 space communications station
has begun to operate in the mountains of Armenia. This complex receiving
and transmitting center with a 12-meter reflector, designed for tracking
communications satellites, has been handed over by the builders 1 month
ahead of schedule. The orbita station in Armenia is the first one in the
Transcaucasus. With its commissioning, reception of the central [Moscow]
television's fourth program in color and additional programs in the future
will become possible. It will also be used for telephone communications
between Yerevan and Moscow. [Text] [Moscow Domestic Service in Russian
0900 GMT 11 Oct 77 LD]

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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

PRC TRADE DELEGATION DEPARTS LAOS

W301258Y Peking NCNA in English 1200 GMf 30 Oct 77 OW

[Text] Vientiane, October 29, 1977 (HSINHUA)-~The Chinese Government economic and trade
delegation left here for home today after a friendly visit to Laos. The delegation was
seen off at the airport by Khamsouk Soumisai, vice-chairman of the National Planning
Commission; Nouxai Sithixai director of the office of the Ministry of Industry and
Trade; and other Lao officials. During the visit, the Chinese delegation held talks
with the Lao Government economic and trade delegation on economic and trade cooperation
between the two countries in 1977-78. An agreement on interest-free Chinese loan to
Laos between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government

of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos was signed today.

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only at the speed of 50 bauds, was opened to 200 baud traffic.

In 1971 the DGT provided special long distance connections permitting
rates of 48,000, 64,000, or 72,000 bits per second. For this purpose,
the long distance part of these connections occupies the complete pass-
band of a primary group--that is, the equivalent of 12 telephone channels.

The Caducee System

Then in 1972 the commutated Caducee system was introduced. This is a
system that uses the telephone circuit commutation, but it is adapted and
reserved for data transmission. It allows the transmission of 9600 bits
per second. Banks are among the major users of Caducee. The most
frequent use is as follows: as transactions take place during the day,
they are recorded on a magnetic tape. In the evening the office calls the
central computer by means of Caducee, and the information contained on the
tape is transmitted at 4800 or 9600 bits per second. In return the computer
sends a listing with the balances of the accounts and the updating of the
files. This type of operation is less expensive than the use of a special
connection.

Transplex

Pinally in 1973 the DGT commercialized the Transplex service. The origin
of Transplex was a problem posed by the Credit Lyonnais bank. It was
necessary to connect all the offices in southeastern France with the
computing center located at Rillieux near Lyons. There are many of these
offices in the Lyons regions but there are also many in the area of
Marseilles and Nice. For the normal solution of special lines, it would
have been necessary to construct about 30 lines on the route between Lyons
and Marseilles; these lines would then be distributed among the offices.

Since the data are transmitted at the relatively low speed of 600 bits per
second, the lines would have been "underused." The idea proposed was to
use the technique of numerical multiplexing3 in order to make these low
speed channels pass simultaneously on one or a small number of 4800 bits
per second channels. In the present case, this technique made it possible
to divide the number of circuits between Marseilles and Lyons by eight.
The multiplexers are installed in the centers of the telecommunications
directorate of the national system[DTRN]. The Credit Lyonnais experiment
has been greatly extended, since the Transplex system now contains more
than 40 access points distributed throughout France.

Transpac

With high speed special connections, the commutated Caducee system, then
Transplex, the DGT gradually entered the field of telecomputing. But now
it is making a real leap forward with the introduction of the Transpac
system in June 1978.

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Data processing is the job of the computer, The computer is capable of
recording a considerable volume of input data and then of transforming it
according to a predetermined program in order to deliver a new piece of
information, the "output." Computer technology gives these machines
astonishing capabilities, such as storage capacity, speed of access to
information, and speed in the execution of programs. In order to talk to
the computer, so-called peripheral equipment is used. In telecomputing,
this is called a "terminal." For example, one can transmit a piece of
information to’ the computer by means of a console and receive the reply by
means of a printer or a television screen. The printer is preferable when
the user wants to have a written record of the information, which is then
delivered at very high speed, most often on huge sheets of accordian-
pleated paper, called a "listing." Computing, as we know, has taken on
great importance in the organization of industry and the economic life

of the country.
Free of Distance and Time

But it is fairly rare for the production of data, its processing, and the
use of the output data to take place in the same locality. Distance and
consequently time have been obstacles to the development of the use of
computers. Take the case of a company that has its headquarters in Paris,
its computing center in Orleans, and its factory and salesrooms all over
the country. The computer of course will process data with its usual
speed, but how much time will it take to collect all the data at the
computing center and then to transmit the output data to headquarters?
Probably one to several days, depending on the method of transportation or
the system used. Thus it was necessary to give data processing systems a
means of communicating with each other that would be up to the level of
their performance. Telecommunications technology has supplied this means,
explains MePhilippe Picard, chief engineer at the "telecomputing and
special systems" subdirectorate of the DGT:

“Telecommunications technology makes it possible to shake off the obstacles
of distance and time. The continual extension of the telecommunications
system and the technical progress in transmission and commutation have
enabled us to meet the needs of the new type of traffic composed of data
transmission."

Arranging the Territory

By putting the computer within the reach of distant sites, telecomputing has
opened the door to new uses for computers, facilitated industrial management,
and offered prospects for a policy of territorial arrangement. Thus it is
not surprising to observe a spectacular increase in telecomputing, which

can be measured by the number of terminals connected to data transmission
lines. In France, this number increased by 50 to 100 percent each year

up to 1973. And its growth, which is presently of the order of 35 percent,
should continue steadily until it stabilizes at around 15 percent in 1985.
Moreover, there is a similar development in the principal European

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telephone
Caducée

——<—$—$—$—

-  TRANSPAG

ery 50 200 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 19200 48000 7200 2000000

(courtes distances)

bande de bat

télégraphiques
—_—_
lex

—_—__—_—
Liaisons télephoniques (2 et 4 file)
—_—

sptclaliobes groupe primaire

Transmic (*)

Figure 1. Services offered by telecomputing. Top: commutated systems--
telex, telephone, Caducee, Transpac. Center: rate (bits per
second). Bottom: special connections--telegraphic, Transplex,
telephonic (2 and 4 wires), fundamental band (short distances),
primary group, Transmic (experimental service with numerical
special connections).

FOOTNOTES

1. In telegraphy, the word "moment" is used, and the transmission speed
is counted in bauds. A speed of 50 bauds corresponds to the trans-
mission of 50 moments per second.

2. %In this case, the so-called "fundamental band" technique is used.
3. Numerical multiplexing is a special technique which makes it possible
for several data transmission channels to pass over a single faster

channel with no loss of information or risk of blocking. It is also
used in numerical telephony.

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is especially responsible for the upkeep of all the preservation systems
of the client stores.

“If there is a simple breakdown in the refrigerating equipment, tons of
merchandise and millions of pennies are lost in a few hours. So it is
necessary to contact the agent in the field as quickly as possible. But as
you can imagine, he is a man who receives many calls, and sometimes he
doesn't know about them. The receiver and the number assigned to the
Eurosignal system constitute for us a privileged connection. When he is
paged, it is a signal that an urgent repair is in view."

For several weeks the Strasburg company has had another Eurosignal receiver.
It has been assigned to the technician in charge of the repair and
maintenance of the company's electronic equipment. In this case as well,
there can be no ambiguity. A call by day or by night is synonymous with an
emergency.

The Cost of Eurosignal

The monthly subscription is 42 F per number. As for the rental and mainte-
nance fee, it costs 160 F (without tax) per month for a receiver with one
or two numbers, and 180 F for a receiver with three or four numbers. For
the rental of more than two receivers, there is a sliding scale which gives
a reduction of up to 20 percent.

Subscriptions are taken by the commercial telecommunications services like

ordinary telephone subscriptions. Moreover it is not necessary to be a
telephone subscriber in order to obtain the Eurosignal service.

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The chairman of SIF club at LM Ericsson in Stockholm, Paul Kvamme, believes
that the Australian order ensures jobs for the employees in Sweden.

--~ We are dealing with such a complex system that the technical management
must stay in Sweden. It cannot be moved abroad. The question will
probably arise as to whether this management will have to be expanded, so
that more work will be created.

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(2) In accordance with examination conditions, licenses may be limited to
certain frequency ranges.

(3) Radio amateurs are entitled to radio communications via terrestrial

and cosmic relay radio stations of the amateur radio service on the

frequency ranges assigned in accordance with the license. This also applies

if these relay stations cause a frequency change into other amateur radio :
zones of the German Democratic Republic for which the radio amateur con~

cerned does not have a license.

Operational Conditions for Amateur Radio Stations
Article 9. Admissible Radio Communications

(1) The amateur radio station may be used by the radio amateur only for
radio communications with amateur radio stations, Included are amateur
radio communications via terrestrial and cosmic relay radio stations of
the amateur radio service.

(2) The use of an amateur radio station for the exchange of messages emanat-
ing from a third person or destined for a third person ig prohibited.

(3) Amateur radio stations may be employed for GST radio broadcasts. In
this case, the GST Central Board of Directors must obtain the consent of
the Ministry for Posts and Telecommunications. i

Article 10. Message Transmission

(1) The transmiesion of radio messages may take place only in open text.

The international amateur radio code and the internationally used abbrevia-
tions are regarded as open text. For competitions in amateur radio direction-
finding, the internationally customary recognition signals are permitted as
transmissions.

(2) The reflected power of transmission is to be limited to the minimum
necessary for transmission of messages.

Article 11. Message Content

(1) Transmissions are to be limited to information of a technical and
operational nature.

(2) Amateur radio stations that are employed for radio broadcasts may
transmit messages that are causally connected to the amateur radio service
or concern other GST message activity.

(3) Transmissions without message transmission are to be limited to the
minimum. This does not apply to transmissions for amateur radio direction-

finding contests.

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LEBANON

BRIEFS

PM RECEIVES BBC OFFICIAL--Prime minister Dr Salim al-Huss today received
the BBC's Arabic section director, David (Berman). Information Ministry
Director General Dr Charles Rizo and ministry adviser Radwan Mawlawi at-
tended the meeting. The discussions during the meeting dealt with the
relations, cooperation and exchange of programs between the Lebanese Radio
and the BBC. A meeting was then held with the Lebanese Radio director,
Kazim al-Haj 'Ali. The details of the cooperation plan and the exchange
of various radio programs and material between the two radios were studied
during the meeting. [Text] [Beirut Domestic Service in Arabic 2200 GMT

22 Oct 77 NC]

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GREECE

BRIEFS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY--The charter for the establishment of a com-
pany to undertake the creation of an industry for the manufacture of elec-
tronic telecommunications equipment in Greece was signed today at ETVA
[Hellenic Industrial Development Bank]. The company will be an incor-
porated company with a share capital of 400-million drachmas to be covered
55 percent by ETVA and 45 percent by OTE [Greek Telecommunications Organi-
zation]. The charter that was signed today implements Prime Minister
Karamanlis' promise for the establishment of an industry for telecommuni-
cations equipment through which Greece now enters the electronic stage of
its development. The industry will be capable of planning and manufactur-
ing new electronic telephone centers of advanced technology. The final
investment will amount to 1.1 billion drachmas and the new plant will em-
ploy in the final stage about 1,000 people. [Text] [Athens Domestic Ser-
vice in Greek 1230 GMT 13 Oct 77 AT]

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CONTENTS (Continued)

MONGOLIA

MONTSAME, CTK Sign Cooperation Agreement
(MONTSAME, 17 Oct 77)sccveccevcecscncceccacscaseisecves

Document Signed
CIK Director General Received

Briefs
Communications Advances

NORTH KOREA

DPRK Accuses ROK of Jamming
(KCNA, 19 Oct 77)ecsccscecscssesccssevesncreecccssseeee

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Briefs
Minister to Albania, Italy

VIETNAM

Briefs
New Wired Radio Stations

EASTERN EUROPE

EAST GERMANY

Legal Order on Amateur Radio Service Published
(GESETZBLATT DER DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN
REPUBLIK, 6 Sep 77)sssscscssescescsvsesercesccsesssnecs

NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

INTER~ARAB AFFAIRS

Briefs
Iraqi-Iranian Commmications Talks Held

NORTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS

Briefs
Cairo-Tunis Telex Link

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10

12

13

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IRAN

BRIEFS

NEW RADIO TRANSMITTERS--According to the engineering department of the
National Iranian Radio and Television Organization, a new radio transmitter
with a capacity of 100 kilowatts will become operational on 26 October in
Tabriz. This will be in addition to another 100-kw reserve transmitter
made available recently. Moreover, beginning 31 October Jiroft transmit-
ting station will be broadcasting with a 20-kw transmitter. The two trans~
mitters will be carrying the first network's programs. In addition to the
above transmitters, Yazd radio transmitter will be boosted by 10 kilowatts,
thus increasing its capacity to 20 kw. This change will also take place
as of 26 October. On 31 October, Marivan transmitter will also receive
another 10-kilowatt boost, thus making it a 20-kw transmitter. The trans-
mitters in both Yazd and Marivan will carry the first network's programs.
[Excerpt] [Teheran Domestic Service in Persian 1000 GMT 23 Oct 77 LD]

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EAST GERMANY

LEGAL ORDER ON AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE PUBLISHED

East Berlin GESETZBLATT DER DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN REPUBLIK in German
Part I No 27, 6 Sep 77 pp 325-329

[Amateur Radio Order of 1 August 1977 issued by GDR Minister for Posts and
Telecommunications]

[Text] Order on Amateur Radio Service--Amateur Radio Order 1 August 1977

On the basis of Article 68 of the Law of 3 April 1959 on Posts and Tele-
communications GBI (legal gazette] I, No 27, p 365), the following order
to promote amateur radio in the German Democratic Republic is issued with
the agreement of the heads of the appropriate central state organs and the
chairman of the central board of directors of the Society for Sport and
Technology (GST):

General Provisions
Article 1. Range of Legal Force

This order is in force for the amateur radio service in the German Democratic
Republic.

Article 2. Definitions

(1) Amateur radic service refers to radio communication practiced among
radio amateurs for training purposes, for technical studies and for the
continued technical development of radio communications.

(2) Radio amateurs are duly authorized individuals who, for public benefit
and because of technical interest, engage in radio technology and the opera-
tion of amateur radio stations. The training of citizens of the German
Democratic Republic as radio amateurs, as well as the organization and
support of the radio amateurs is the duty of the Society for Sport and
Technology.

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Article 18. Record-Keeping

Amateur radio stations must keep records of radio communications and the
radio amateurs conducting them.

Article 19, Interruption of Participation in Amateur Radio Service

(1) In substantiated cases, a radio amateur may interrupt his participation
in the amateur radio service for the duration of up to 3 years without
expiration of his license.

(2) If the interruption exceeds 6 months, the license certificate is to be
deposited with the appropriate bezirk directorate of the German Post Office
together with a statement of the reasons. If the amateur radio station
remains in the possession of the radio amateur, a permit for its possession
will be issued by the bezirk directorate of the German Post Office for

the duration of the interruption. The radio amateur must. prevent operation
of the amateur radio station through technical measures.

Limitation and Expiration of the License

Article 20. Limitation of the License

(1) For collective state and security reasons and with the consent of the
heads of the appropriate central state organs:

1. Conditions of operation may be limited or changed;

2. Suspension of amateur radio operation may be ordered;

3. Special regulations may be issued.

(2) The notification of license holders of amateur radio stations with
regard to the rules mentioned in Paragraph 1 is given through the bezirk

directorate of the German Post Office.

(3) The license holder of the amateur radio station is obligated to follow
such directives without delay at his own expense.

Article 21. Expiration of the License

(1) The license expires under the following conditions:

1. Through relinquishment;

2. With the abandonment of residence in the German Democratic Republic;

3. Upon expiration of 2 years following issuance of the license certificate
if the radio station designated therein has not been reported for clearance
within this period;

4. Upon interruption of participation in the amateur radio service of more

than 3 years;
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Article 6. Obligations of License Holders

(1) The transmitting sets designated in the license certificate may be
manufactured, taken possession of, erected or sold only when the license
has been granted. This also applies to changes'in these sets that affect
the conditions of the license.

(2) Operation of the transmitting sets of an amateur radio station may begin
only after clearance through the German Post Office. Before the clearance,
atest operation of up to 4 weeks is permissible with the consent of the
bezirk directorate of the German Post Office in whose sector the amateur
radio station has been erected.

(3) The manufacturers of industrially produced amateur radio sets must apply
for the testing of a manufactured sample by the Ministry for Posts and Tele-
communications or by the state testing organ authorized by the ministry.

The testing is subject to a fee. Manufacturers must carry out mass produc-
tion in strict accordance with the model and supply all sets manufactured
with a test seal of the Ministry for Posts and Telecommunications.

(4) The radio amateur responsible for the amateur radio station must be in
a position at any time to produce the radio sets designated on the license
certificate. He is responsible for seeing to it that the radio sets are
protected against unauthorized use as well as any damage and are operated
according to regulation, and that no radio communications are undertaken
that are counter to state and social requirements for order and security.

(5) If amateur radio stations of the GST are operated for training purposes
to qualify for an amateur radio license, this must take piace under the
supervision of an authorized and appropriately licensed GST instructor for
amateur radio. He assumes responsibility in accordance with Paragraph 4.

Article 7. Examinations

(1) The examination according to Article 4, Paragraph 1, to obtain the
amateur radio license must be taken before an examination commission con-
sisting of an official delegated by the Ministry for Posts and Telecommuni-
cations as chairman and at least three GST experts who have had more than
1 year of experience as radio amateurs.

(2) The examination is given in accordance with the examination conditions
that are established separately by the minister for posts and telecommunica-—
tions. It is subject to a fee.

Frequency Ranges, Types of Transmissions and Technical Conditions

Article 8.

(1) Radio amateurs may conduct amateur radio operations on the basis of the
licenses and authorizations granted to them in accordance with the frequency
ranges and types of transmissions stipulated in the appendix, observing the
technical conditions listed there.

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KUWAIT

DIRECT TELEPHONE DIALING INSTALLED
Kuwait AL-RA'Y AL-'AMM in Arabic 18 Aug 77 p 5

[Article by Muwafaq Bani al-Marja: "Direct Telephone Dialing From Kuwait to
the Rest of the World Will Begin in September: Will Direct Dialing Be Avail-
able Only to the Elite or Will It Be Available to All Consumers?"]

[Text] Hello Nations!!

A favorite phrase that was popularized by actor Tawfic al-Daqn but which
will be on the tongue of every Kuwaiti come the start of next September!
Hello nations; hello London; hello Bahrain; hello Iraq, Qatar, Emirates and
Japan!!

It 1s a direct telephone dialing which connects the customer in Kuwait with
all states and nations without the need for assistance or waiting.

For purposes of testing, direct dialing began a few days ago with Bahrain.
Cables are being connected with agreed upon countries and exchange centers
are being transformed to realize this modern service. Inevitably, develop-
ment is accompanied by difficulties. Since car phones have caused an "in-
crease" in disruptions, can direct dialing phones lead to the "internationali-
zation of disruptions?"

Also, the enjoyment of this modern service requires a deposit of no less
than 1,000 dinars, which will make the service limited to the able few; what
about the general population? Is the service for the elite or for the masses?

Direct Telephone Dialing Has Begun With Bahrain

A few days ago, direct dialing experiments began with Bahrain, and work is
briskly underway to adapt the exchange centers to the new equipment in order
to be able to connect directly with the world by early next September.

During a tour of the wire and wireless communications building with Mr Faysal

Yusuf al-Majid, vice-president of telephone engineers, and Mr 'Abd-al~Rahman
al-'Awdi, director of operations, we met engineer Muhammad al-'Aryan,

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culture and information" at the puppet National Assembly, it notes, is a
crafty ruse to cover up the criminal act of his clique in jamming against
us and to shift the responsibility on to others by misleading public

opinion.

The Pak Chong-hui clique resorts to such false propaganda to incite hostile
feelings and sow the seeds of discord within the nation and thus freeze
division and stay in puppet power, the commentary says and stresses:

The Pak Chong-hui clique should not pin hopes on their foolish act and
should immediately give up jamming against us.

If the puppets persist in jamming, defying our repeated warnings, they
will be held wholly responsible for the consequences arising from it.

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Beep Beep

In order to alert a person who is traveling in a car or even on foot, one
merely dials from any telephone a special call number in the usual form of
a ten digit long distance number. This number includes the 00 or 01 which
give access to the Eurosignal service, then an area code which differs
according to the region in which the traveler is assumed to be located, and
finally five figures representing the private number or code of the receiver
to be called. If one is not sure in which region the traveler is located,
one merely makes a second call to a neighboring region. Traveling through
the telephone system, the call corresponding to the number composed arrives
at a "base network" where it is recorded by a "paging exchange." Here a
minicomputer makes various tests. If everything is in order, the normal
telephone charge is billed to the account of the caller, who simultaneously
hears a message: "Eurosignal, eastern France, call recorded." He can then
hang up his receiver. At the same time, the paging exchange commands the
emission of a radio signal which is simultaneously released from several
transmitters, in order to guarantee good radio coverage. Obviously the
simplicity of the system makes it impossible to check whether the call has
been received.

"In order to receive the call," M Guillot continues, "the receiver must be
in the 'wait' position and tuned to the right channel. So when one
changes regions and thus base networks, one must also change channels.
Anyway, it is impossible to forget this adjustment. An automatic alarm
system, called an 'out of range' alarm, is triggered if one has not made
the adjustment, and the carrier of the receiver cannot stop this alarm
without correctly tuning his instrument. The receiver can be assigned one
of four numbers, corresponding to an equivalent number of signal lights
which can be turned off only manually. Thus in case the user has been
momentarily away from the instrument and has not been able to hear the
characteristic 'beep beep,' he is informed upon his return that he has
been paged. He has only to take the action agreed upon with the caller,
most often to return the call."

The operating principle of the instrument is very simple: while it is in
the "wait" position, the instrument constantly compares the numbers
emitted by the antennas of the Eurosignal network with the number or
numbers which it has in its memory. In case these are identical, a sound
signal lasting three to five seconds is emitted and then repeated thirty
seconds later. At the same time the signal light corresponding to the code
being called lights up. There is only one problem: the instrument cannot
receive a signal if the signal is emitted at the very time when the

carrier of the receiver is passing through a tunnel. It is for this reason
that the call is repeated at intervals of thirty seconds.

"Nevertheless," concludes M Guillot, "the Eurosignal system is already an

advantageous product for the client. It does not require installation,
it can be carried everywhere, and the monthly fee is relatively modest.

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INTERNATIONAL

SFRY-PRC TALKS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATION HELD IN BELGRADE
AU270823Y Belgrade BORBA in Serbo-Croatian 24 Oct 77 p 4 AU

{rext] Belgrade--The Yugoslav manufacturers of telecommmications installations and
equipment have an opportunity to participate in the realization of the PRC plan for
modernizing its post and telecomunications networks. This was stated in the final

talks between the Yugoslav and Chinese delegations headed by Bosko Dimitrijevic,

member of the Federal Executive Council and president of the Federal Comittee for
Transport and Commmications, and Chung Fu-hsiang, PRC minister for posts and tele-
commmications, respectively. Chinese Ambassador in Belgrade Chang Hai-feng also
participated in the talks. It was pointed out that among other things, the promotion

of cooperation in the field of posts and telecoammications is also of essential importance
for the further developazent of relations between the two countries. Expressing readiness
to develop this cooperation, members of the Chinese delgation--on the basis of what they
had seen during their visits to the manufacturers of telecoumunications equipment in
Belgrade, Zagreb and I. jubl jana--highly appraised Yugoslav achievements in this field.

The possibilities to advance cooperation in the field of air and sea traffic and in
shipbuilding were also discussed in the talks.

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NORTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

CAIRO-TUNIS TELEX LINK=~Tunis {TAP)--A direct telex link between MENA in
Cairo and TAP in Tunis has been established through the two agencies’
offices in Paris. [Tunis TAP in French 1300 GMT 21 Oct 77 LD]

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Seventy ski trips to eleven camps were organized by the ASPTT union for
young employees from nine regions. Other trips to three camps were
organized by the PTT credit union. Employee organizations (especially the
ASPTT) also organized Wednesday ski trips for the children of employees.

Twenty ski camps operated during the winter. Improvements were made in
half of them; the capacity of four chalets was increased: at Lelax (Ain),
at Rousses (Jura), at Mont-Dore (Puy-de-Dome), and at Sainte-Eulalie
(Ardeche) .

The camps at Vallon Pont d'Arc (Ardeche), Villecresnes (Val~de-Marne) ,
and Beaulieu-Ste-Assise (Seine-et-Marne) were also greatly extended. A
new camp was purchased at La Couronne-Carro (Bouches-du-Rhone); its
rearrangement will be completed in 1977.

Finally, sports equipment was improved in 47 cities. And 39 marinas
are operating in 17 regions.

Statement of Norbert Segard on PTT Social Action Policy

"The social action budget, which amounted to 100 million francs in 1970,
will reach 600 million francs in 1978.

This large budgetary increase is the expression of our desire to under-
take a real social action policy within our administration.

I place great importance, as I have said on Many occasions, on the
development of an ambitious social action program.

It is only right for the great technical development and progress presently

being experienced by the PTT also to have an affect on its employees, in

order to make their social and professional introduction to the organization

as easy as possible and to improve their living and working conditions. ,

The large budgetary resources I have been able obtain for this area will
make possible an increased effort, especially for housing and for the
social facilities connected with places of employment.

The activities and efforts which have been undertaken will be pursued,
both in areas that are more or less concerned with professional activities
and in the areas of health, housing, and leisure activities; this social
action policy should result in personal fulfillment in work for each of
the employees under my direction. This remains one of the basic conditions
for the proper operation of this great public service agency."

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NOMBRE TOTAL DE PLACES AU 31 DECEMBRE 13100
(LOGEMENT DES NOUVEAUX AGENTS)
| APRES FERMETURE DES EQUIPEMENTS TROP VETUSTES) 00
|
i
9800
wn |
7800
1972 1873 1374 1875 1816

Figure 2. Total number of places for the lodging of new employees as of
31 December, after closing of the quarters that are too old.

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MONTANT DES PRETS ET SECOURS ACCORDES AUX AGENTS
(EN MILLIONS DE FRANCS)

45

a

1 | |

1972 1973 1978 1975 1978

Figure 3. Total amount of loans and aid granted to employees (in millions
of francs) .

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The transmitter output stage is to be fully modulated for that purpose, with
multiple tone modulation being permissible.

2. Types of Transmissions

For amateur radio stations of the GDR the following types of transmissions
are permitted, depending on the scope of the license in every case:

A Amplitude modulation

Al Telegraphy through keying in and keying out without modulation
through an audio frequency

A2 Telegraphy through keying in and keying out of one or several
amplitude-modulating audio frequencies or an amplitude-modulated
emission

A3 Telephone, double side band

A3A Telephone, single side band, reduced carrier

A3J Telephone, single side band, suppressed carrier

A4J Narrow-band television
single side band, frequency-modulated auxiliary carrier

A5 Television, double side band

ASC Television, residual side band

F Frequency or phase modulation

Fl Telegraphy, radio teletype
Frequency re-keying without modulation through an audio frequency;
one of two frequencies is emitted at any given time.

F2 Telegraphy, radio teletype
Keying in and keying out of a frequency-modulating audio frequency
or a frequency-modulated emission

F3 Television, maximum modulation index 1

F4 Narrow-band television, maximum modulation index 1

The operation of amateur radio stations in transmission types A5 and ASC
is permitted only above 430 MHz and in transmission type F2 only above
144 MHz.

Transmission types A4J, A5, ASC and F4 must be applied for separately.
Application must be made through the Society for Sport and Technology to
the Ministry for Posts and Telecommunications.

3. Additional Technical Conditions

(1) Amateur radio transmission stations must be equipped with proper
frequency control installations whose measuring accuracy for the frequency
ranges below 500 MHz must be at least 1 x 10-4,

(2) Amateur radio transmitters must be capable of reducing the direct

current input power of the transmitter output stage to a volume of = 50 watts.
The power reduction must not be made through circuit mistuning.

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CONTENTS (Continued) Page

WESTERN EUROPE

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS .
LM Ericsson Concern To Modernize Australia's Teleu
commun ications
(DAGENS NYHETER, 14 Sep 77) .esseccsecacesccscceucsens 41 .

Order's Public Relations Value, by Alf Norrman
Hope for Employees, by Agneta Carlsson

FRANCE

Status of Telecomputer Technology Viewed
(MESSAGES DES POSTES ET TELECOMMUNICATIONS,

Sep 77)eceveccacscecssscncecesssssscseseesscncessseus 46

Eurosignal System Continues National Expansion
(MESSAGES DES POSTES ET TELECOMMUNICATIONS,

SEP 77) isccscsccvssscccsvsscsseevecessessssscesessecs

54

PIT's Social Action Policy Detailed
(MESSAGES DES POSTES ET TELECOMMUNICATIONS,

SEP T7)scvcccsvccccvsevscsessvssensssssecsecsecsseses 58
GREECE

Briefs
TeLlecommunications Industry 66



CONTENTS (Continued)

EGYPT
Briefs
Radio Stations Constructed in Egypt
IRAN
Briefs
New Radio Transmitters
.
KUWAIT
Direct Telephone Dialing Installed
(Muwafaq Bani al-Marja; AL-RA'Y AL~'AMM, 18 Aug 77)...
LEBANON
Lebanese Phone Difficulties Discussed
(LORIENT LE JOUR, 17 Sep 77)esssccsecsceccccscsceceees
Briefs
PM Receives BBC Official
MOROCCO
Briefs
Agadir Broadcasts Interrupted
QATAR ©

Qatar To Build New Radio Stations
(GNA, 22 Oct 77)ececssvecccscecescrsvsscvcssevcucsssees

USSR

Molniya~3 Communication Satellite Launched
(TASS, 28 Oct 77)sscccaccssccseccscccsccncecscesseseces

Briefs
Latvian Radio, TV Tower
TV Cover in Turkmenistan
Orbita Communications Station
New Television Tower
Satellite TV for Torgo

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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

* BRIEFS

MINISTER TO ALBANIA, ITALY--Peking, 11 Oct 77 (Hsinhua)--A Chinese Posts
and Telecommunications delegation led by Chung Fu-hsiang, minister of posts
and telecommunications, left Peking by air this evening for a friendly visit
to Albania and Italy. It was seen off at the airport by Vice-ministers of
Posts and Telecommunications Shen Kuang and Chu Chun-ho, Albanian Ambassa-
dor to China Behar Shtylla and first secretary of the Italian Embassy here
Faustino Troni. [Text] [Peking NCNA in English 1839 GMT 11 Oct 77 OW]

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INTERNATIONAL

ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES PRC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIAL

AU261UUSY Rome ANSA in English 0820 GMT 26 Oct 77 AU

{Text] Rome, October 26 (ANSA)--Italian Prime Minister Guilio Andreotti received the
Chinese Postal and Communications Minister Chung Fu-hsiang at Palazzo Chigi Tuesday
evening.

Chung Pushsiang, who is currently in Rome at the head of a delegation of experts, was
accompanied by the Chinese ambassador to Rome and by Italian Postal and Communications
Minister Vittorino Colombo,

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(4) Music transmissions are prohibited,
Article 12. Call Signals

(1) At the beginning and end of every transmission or radio connection, the
assigned call signal is to be transmitted and repeated during the transmis-
sion as often as possible, but at least every 15 minutes.

(2) The use of false or misleading call signals, as well as the operation
of an amateur radio station without a call signal, are prohibited.

(3) The established recognition signals for amateur radio direction-finding
contests, according to the appendix, are valid as call signals. The follow-
ing paragraphs 4 through 8 are not applicable to amateur radio direction-
finding contests.

(4) Amateur radio operation for training purposes proceeds under the
assigned training call signals of the GST amateur radio station.

(5) If the amateur radio station is set up and operated at an authorized
second location, the symbol "/a" (alternative) is to be inserted after the
assigned call signal corresponding to the notice of clearance.

(6) In transmissions from other than the authorized fixed location, the
symbol "/p" (portable) is to be inserted after the call signal.

(7) In transmissions from an amateur radio station which is being used as
a mobile radio station, the symbol "/m" (mobile) is to be inserted after
the call signal.

(8) In transmissions from an amateur radio station which is being operated
aboard a boat or ship, the symbol "/mm" (maritime mobile) is to be inserted
after the call signal.

Article 13. Temporary Location Changes

Temporary location changes of amateur radio stations extending beyond a
period of 48 hours must be reported. The notification must be in the hands
of the appropriate bezirk directorate of the German Post Office at least

3 days prior to the location change.

Article 14. Operation of Other Amateur Radio Stations

(1) Radio amateurs may operate other authorized and cleared amateur radio
stations of the German Democratic Republic in accordance with the licenses
granted to them by the Ministry for Posts and Telecommunications. In such
cases, the personal call signal is to be inserted after the call signal
of the amateur radio station used.

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9 November 1977

TRANSLATIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

No, 19

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

IM ERICSSON CONCERN TO MODERNIZE AUSTRALIA'S TELECOMMUNICATLIONS
Order's Public Relations Value

Stockholm DAGENS NYHETER in Swedish 14 Sep 77 p 26
[Article by Alf Norrman: "IM Receives Record Order. New Customers Waiting"]

[Text] IM Ericsson will be the one responsible for the modernization of
Australia's telecommunications network. That country's communications
minister, Eric Robinson, reported Tuesday that at the recommendation of the
state telephone company Telecom Australia his government had selected LM's
computerized AXE exchange system.

The decision will bring orders in the billion range for LM Ericsson in the
80 and 90s. But up to 80 percent of construction will be shifted to
Australia. There is no current talk of new investments or employment oppor-
tunities in Sweden. But the LM concern's profits will increase. This at
least is what Tuesday's buyers expected at the Stockholm stock exchange,
where the company's stocks sold for 14 kronor more than the day before.

-- But the most important thing in all this is, after all, its public rela-
tions value.

That is what IM Ericsson's information chief, Nils Tengberg, tells DAGENS
NYHETER.

Tengberg points out that the Australian experts put 20,000 man-hours into
testing AXE systen.

-- The peoples at Telecom Australia are known to be both skillful and
decisive. Now that they have made up their minds, their decision will have
an effect on decision-makers in other countries too, he thinks.

Director Tengberg sorts through the business involving the AXE system which
is “in the air" right now.

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PORTUGAL-GUINEA-BISSAU TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATION--Important talks have
been held in Lisbon between delegations of the State Commissariat of Posts
and Telecommunications of Buinea-Bissau and representatives of the Portuguese
firm Radio Marconi. The talks are aimed at drawing up a general agreement
on cooperation and friendship between the governments of the two countries.
The talks envisaged the possibility of increasing the technical assistance
granted by Radio Marconi to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau in the field of
telecommunications. Various technicians have recently visited Guinea-Bissau
to give assistance to the shortwave installations there. Another team

is getting ready to help in the setting up and running of the telecommunica-
tions support office for the press office, which is to be installed in time
for the third PAIGC congress in the second half of November. [Lisbon Overseas
Service in Portuguese 1200 GMT 1 Nov 77]

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INTERNAT LONAL

BRIEFS

INDONESIAN-SAUDI AGREEMENT-~Riyadh, 11 Oct, (ANTARA)--The Indonesian News Agency
ANTARA and the Saudi Arabian news agency SPA signed an agreement of coop-
eration during a ceremony at the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Information
here on 10 October. The agreement was signed by Ismail Saleh, the general
manager of ANTARA and Dr Abdul Aziz Khoja, Saudi Arabian vice minister of
information on behalf of the SPA News Agency. The signing ceremony was
attended also by Sheikh Abdullah Uleil, director general of the SPA News
Agency, S.A.M. Alaydrus, from the Indonesian Embassy, who was representing
the ambassador, and Ginandajar from the Indonesian State Secretariat. Ac-
cording to the agreement the two news agencies will exchange newscasts
and experiences. SPA is expected to monitor ANTARA newscasts in Saudi
Arabia, while ANTARA will do the same with SPA News Reports in Indonesia.
Ismail Saleh, who is touring Middle Eastern countries as a member of
President Soeharto's party will also sign a similar agreement with the
Middle East News Agency (MENA) this week. [Jakarta ANTARA in English

0700 GMT 11 Oct 77 BK]

CANADA AIDS GHANA--Accra, 13 Oct, GNA--Canada has granted Ghana 6.25 mil-
lion dollars for the construction of a satellite station, Mr Eric Dwemoh,
Ghana's commissioner for transport and communications, disclosed here yes-
terday. He was speaking to newsmen after his return home from Montreal,
Canada, where he led Ghana's delegation to the triennial assembly of the
International Civil Aviation Organization (IACO). Mr Dwemoh said negotia-
tion for the construction of the 13-million dollar project had almost been
awarded to a Canadian firm, Spar Technology, he added. [Text] [Accra GNA
in English 1140 GMT 13 Oct 77 LD]



FRANCE

EUROSIGNAL SYSTEM CONTINUES NATIONAL EXPANSION

Paris MESSAGES DES POSTES ET TELECOMMUNICATIONS in French Sep 77 pp 11-12

[ text] Preceded at the end of 1975 by the official opening
of the first network for northern France, the introduction
a few weeks ago of the eastern zone, soon to be followed
by the east central and southeast zones, offers a consider-
able advantage for the Eurosignal paging system. The
extension of the network to cover all of France will take
Place gradually between now and 1980, a period in which
other European countries will probably follow the example
of France and the FRG. In France itself the potential
market has been estimated at more than 80,000 receivers.
The essential problem is to make this new technique known.

It is often necessary to reach a person who is traveling. Wouldn't a
company want to inform its deliverymen or its repairmen that a change
has been made in the route of a previously planned trip? Wouldn't a
doctor feel reassured if there were a method of calling him in case of an
emergency at his home? The radio telephone (see MESSAGES No 253 Feb 77)
can provide solutions to most of these problems. But in many cases such
equipment, which is relatively expensive for an individual, is not
justified. It would be sufficient for the person being paged to receive
a simple signal to which the caller and the person being called had
previously given a particular meaning.

"This is the principle of the Eurosignal system," explains M Jacques
Guillot, section chief at the Directorate for Commerical Affairs of the
General Directorate for Telecommunications, "with the understanding of
course that such a procedure does not allow a reply, much less a conversa-

tion. -Thus the receiver, which simply acts as a recorder, can be much smaller.

Designed to be used either in a vehicle, in which case it makes use of the
outside antenna, or in a pocket or a handbag, the receiver is powered by
the automobile battery or by a little independent storage battery built
into the instrument."

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QATAR

QATAR TO BUILD NEW RADIO STATIONS
Doha GNA in Arabic 0745 GMT 22 Oct 77 NC

[Text] Doha, 22 Oct--A new Qatari radio transmitting station will be
built by next year in al-Khisah area near Doha at a cost of about 22 mil-
lion Qatari riyals.

‘Abd al-Rahman al-Mu'addawi, the director of Qatari radio, has stated that
a new 10-kilowatt FM station has been built in al-Khisah and that another
250-kilowatt shortwave station will be built next year. The transmissions
of this station will be beamed to Europe and North Africa. He said that
a third 100-kilowatt station will also be built in the same area, in addi-
tion to two 5-kilowatt stations for local broadcasts.

In a statement to the QNA correspondent, al~Mu'addawi said that a new
750-kilowatt transmitter has arrived in Doha. It will be broadcasting
simultaneously with the al-'Arish transmitting station. He added that an
FM antenna, which currently covers part of the Gulf area, will be installed
to cover the whole area.

He noted that work has begun for the construction of a new broadcasting
house, which will consist of four stories and eight studios, one of which
will have a stage, near the present radio building. He said that the new
building, which will be completed within the next 2 years, will cost 32
million Qatari riyals. He said that the present radio building will house
the facilities for English, Urdu and Persian beamed broadcasts in addition
to the popular broadcast [Al-'Idha'ah Ash-Sha'biyah].

The Qatari radio director concluded his statement by emphasizing that an
automation system in the Qatari radio studios will be introduced next
year.

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INTER~ARAB AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

TRAQI-IRANIAN COMMUNICATIONS TALKS HELD—-Hamid Sa‘id, technical adviser

at the Communications Ministry, returned to Baghdad today after leading a
technical delegation on a l-week visit to Iran. During the visit the dele-
gation held talks with Iranian officials on linking the two countries by a
telephone network capable of transmitting 600 simultaneous telephone calls.
This will meet the increased requirements over the coming 20 years. Such
a network will also provide a number of countries in the area with links to
Iran and Afghanistan via Iraq. [Text] [Baghdad INA in Arabic 1100 GMT

13 Oct 77 JN]

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-- Saudi Arabia. Here LM went in this spring together with the Netherlands'
Philips on a tender for the expansion of the country's entire telephone
systen.

Tengberg refuses to specify a total sum. But there has been speculation
that the expansion may total 20 billion kronor. .

Among its competitors in this are the American ITT and the West German Siemens,
number 1 and number 2 in the world in telephone business.

ITT is among the companies which LM has now beaten in competition in Aus-
tralia. In the final round there were only LM and the U.S. company.

-- The Netherlands. The government: here is expected to come to a decision
in the fall. The tender which LM entered was, exactly as in Australia, for
the modernization of the country's entire telephone network.

So first there must be a decision which broadly speaking only involves the
choice of a system. After that there are orders in the multibillion class,
stretching over several decades.

According to the information which IM's management now has, ITT and Siemens
are supposedly already beaten. LM and the home-country company Philips are
still in the running.

-- Iran. Here, as in Saudi Arabia, we are dealing with an oil-rich but under-
developed country which is to build up an entire telecommunications system.

Orders, then, in the multibillion class which the major companies will com-
pete for. But the government has still not issued a call for tenders.

It is not yet possible to say in greater detail what the Australian Govern-
ment decision involves. LM Ericsson considers the accepted tender a frame-
work agreement, a choice of system.

-- We will immediately enter negotiations with Telecom Australia, says
Tengberg. It has been 2 years since we delivered the offer, and today we
do not know exactly what they want from us.

One of the big question marks is whether construction will take place under
LM's own control or under license.

But if LM manufactures it itself, that will be done in Australia. In LM's
daughter company, which will in that case require large investments.

-- At first everything will be manufactured in Sweden. Afterwards con-
struction will gradually be expanded in Australia, says Tengberg.



(3) Regardless of clearance. of the amateur radio station by the German
Post Office, antenna, ground wire, power supply and reception installations
must be executed in accordance with prevailing GDR norms (TIGL), archi-
tectural provisions and safety rules for workers.

4. Additional Conditions for Amateur Radio Direction-Finder Units

(1) These installations may be operated only within the following frequency

ranges: 3,500 ... 3,800 kHz [kilocycles per second in transmission type Al
144... 146 MHz in transmission type A2.

(2) The admissible direct current input power of transmitters for amateur
radio direction-finding contests may not exceed 10 watts.

(3) Sole admissible identification signals of emissions are MOE, MOI, MOS,
MOH, MOS and MOT.

8970
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Essonne department, gave encouraging results. Around 50 attendants were
recruited in this way; they were able to care for around 60 children.

Administrative aid for the expense of caring for children less than three
years of age increased from 7 F to 8 Fa day, and it was extended to
handicapped children of up to ten years of age. As for the day care

of children from six to fourteen years of age on Wednesdays [when there is
no school] and during short vacation periods, a new center was opened at
Saint-Apollinaire near Dijon; meanwhile, two properties were acquired for
the construction of day camps, one at Mornant in the Rhone department, the
other at Montfermeil in the Paris region.. Finally, aid for the placement
of children in day camps not run by the PTT was increased from 8 F to 9 F

per day.
Leisure and Vacations

Children's camps: in 1976, three new holiday camps were opened--Catus
(Lot), Saint-Julien-Chapteuil (Haute-Loire), and Luc-en-Diois (Drome), which
accommodated nearly 400 children from different regions. At the same time,
the policy of dealing more extensively with other organizations and
renovating leased quarters was pursued. Thus two new camps for teenagers
were installed in quarters not belonging to the PTT at Matemale (Pyrenees-
Orientales) and Bel-Air-Saint-Clement (Allier). Similariy, the Aynac camp
in the Lot department made it possible for some teenagers from the Paris
region to learn horseback riding. In the summer a decrease of 7 percent

in the frequency of visits to the holiday camps was observed, but there was
an increase of 25 percent for the teenagers’ camps.

Family vacations: achievements in the area of family vacations are essen-
tially due to the "PTT vacations" association, which builds and runs the

23 family vacation homes. In 1976 they accommodated 71,000 persons. An
investment subsidy made it possible to construct the new Montricher-Albanne
house, to acquire and arrange the Zoriona Hotel at Hendaye, and to make
considerable improvements in the homes at La Londe~les-Maures, Hauteville-
sur-Mer, and Frejus. A financing subsidy was paid to meet the interest

on loans contracted for the construction of new establishments.

For its part, the PTT credit union opened its 5 vacation homes and its
2 family camps.

The allowance for the stay of children less than 16 years old in family
vacation homes increased to 9.10 F per day.

Sports and leisure: In 1976 the 7th plan for sports equipment was put

into effect. The total amount spent on programs planned with the ASPTT
{prr Employees] union is greater than 50 million francs. Gymnasia and
multipurpose platforms have been built in the automatic sorting stations

of the Paris region. Finally, action was undertaken on the spot to improve
or make more comfortable the existing installations in various cities in
the provinces (Limoges, Lyons, Brest, Poitiers, Lille, Grenoble, and Tours).

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INTERNATIONAL

NONALINED RADIO CONFERENCE PREPARATIONS REPORTED
AU261757Y Belgrade Domestic Service in Serbo-Croatian 1400 GMI 26 Oct 7 AU

{Summary] The preparatory meeting for the First Conference of Radio Broadcasting organi
zations of Nonalined Countries will conclude in Sarajevo today. Dorbrosav Culafios vice
president of the Federal Executive Council, will greet the conference at its opens ce
Session tomorrow on behalf of the Federal Executive Council. Delegates to the conferen
are now arriving in Sarajevo from all parts of the world. Miha jlo Miljanic reports

from Sarajevo:

repara! 11 remains to be done now is
th tory work is now nearly completed. “What sti!
te anternien the text of the declaration of the Conference of Radio Broadcasting Organi-

zations of Wonalined countries.

The text 1s being edited just now and will be adopted at the last session of the prepara-
tory meeting this afternoon. The other two documents, that is, the action Program and
the decision on coordinating cooperation, were ratified and adopted at the session last
night." An exhaustive report has been also prepared on all the work of the preparatory
work group and its delegations. Thus, all documents will be prepared by tonight to be
submitted to the plenary session of the conference tomorrow.

A review of the preparations for the conference shows that “everything accomplished so
far has been achieved with a considerable unity of views, even on those details on which
views had originally differed, and that views have been easily and painlessly harmonized.
A readiness has been expressed, on the basis of the principles of voluntariness, demo-~
cratic methods and equality, for full cooperation between radio broadcasting organizations
of nonalined countries and for establishing a new international system in the field of
information based primarily on justice. Thus, it can be freely concluded that all
preparatory work has been very successful and fruitful."

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(3) Amateur radio stations are transmitting and receiving sets which are
manufactured, erected and operated by radio amateurs, also including the
use of sets manufactured by industry. They may be manufactured, erected
and operated as fixed, mobile or portable radio stations.

Prerequisite for and Granting of Licenses
Article 3. License Obligation

(1) The erection and operation of amateur radio stations, as well as the
manufacture, sale or ownership (possession) of transmitters of amateur
radio stations is subject to licensing in accordance with the provisions
of the Law of 3 April 1969 on Posts and Telecommunicatione and the imple-
menting regulations issued thereto.

(2) Amateur radio stations consisting of only one receiving set are not
subject to licensing by the Ministry for Posts and Telecommunications.
However, they must be registered with the German Post Office.

(3) Licenses are subject to a fee.

Article 4. Application for Licenses, Issuance and Scope of the License

(1) The licenses are to be applied for through the Ministry for Posts and
Telecommunications. Applications by juveniles not having reached the age
of 19 must include the written consent of their legal representative.
Applicants for a license for erection and operation must demonstrate their
aptitude as radio amateurs by passing an examination.

(2) The license is granted in the form of a license certificate subject to
conditions. The conditions of the license are a component part of the
license certificate.

(3) The license is not transferable.
Article 5. Stipulations for Citizens of Other States

(1) A license to erect and operate amateur radio stations can be granted to
citizens of other states if the applicant possesses a valid amateur radio
license of his state. A further prerequisite is that an agreement concerning
the recognition of this license exists between the Ministry for Posts and
Telecommunications and the communications administration of the other state.

(2) Citizens of other states who do not possess an amateur radio license of
their state may be granted a license if they stay in the German Democratic
Republic for longer than 1 year. The prerequisite is that they meet the
standards set for radio amateurs and have demonstrated their qualification
by means of the examination.

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panels, brochures, and illuminated displays will present the services
presently offered as well as the objectives endorsed by the minister of
the PTT. Attendants will explain the material presented to visitors.

Obviously the telecomputing and special systems subdirectorate [TRS]

of the DGT will have the place of honor. In particular, it will present
the audiographic teleconference system, which makes it possible for
several groups of people located in different cities to participate in

the same meeting, thus enabling them to avoid long trips. Other things
than can be explained include the advantages of the future Transpac
telecomputing system, the facilities of the Tictac system (an integrated
terminal including a television set and a push-button telephone), and

the projects of the STT section in the area of touristic telecomputing.
But the public will also be informed of the efforts made to develop the
telephone system, especially production, automation, the quality of
service, public phone booths and automatic international traffic. The
public can also become familiar with Eurosignal, the system for contacting
persons on a trip, which is intended to cover all the countries of western
Europe; simple telephone answering services and recorders, which can be
rented on particularly attractive terms; new push-button and color
telephones, and the Contempra telecopiers which rapidly transmit documents
by means of the telephone system; the telex, one of the best methods of
communication for the commercial sphere; and finally, the new telephone book
composed by photo offset processes.

In addition, the effort to modernize ‘the postal directorate will be
illustrated by panels and photographs. Demonstrations will be performed
with recent and little known equipment. Thus, the public will see the
operation of a mail sorting machine, the prototype of GAPA { Automatic
Stamp Machine], an automatic ticket vendor, and a printer that continually
puts out "mailers," those new envelopes coming from across the Atlantic,
which are frequently used by the Treasury. The visitor will be advised
on the best method of presenting his mail and he will learn about the new
facilities for insured packages. Finally, the businessman will be able
to learn about the advantages of the various products offered by the
Money order system, including the exchange of magnetic tapes, the optical
letter check, the automatic withdrawal, and the letter of credit.

- Information

For additional information, contact one of the following addresses:
Commercial Agency for Telecomputing and Special Systems {actrs], 32
boulevard de Vaugirand, 75731 Paris Cedex 15, telephone (1)-551-63-11;
Center for Promotion of Telecomputing, 8 boulevard de Vaugirard, 75738
Paris Cedex 15, telephone (1)-567-70-97.

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Housing

Rental: the rental housing compound provided for the employees includes
47,600 apartments, of which 29,000 are located in the provinces.

In the Paris region, the total demand increased by 40 percent between 1975
and 1976 because of great pressure on the PLR-HLM [ Low-cost Housing Program]
units (+90 percent); 3900 of the 7350 requests were satisfied. This total
number of grants is 200 less than the total for 1975.

Acquiring property: the total of 30 million francs devoted to this type
of aid in the Paris region made it possible to grant 1118 loans at an
average rate of 3 percent.

In the provinces, a sum of 15 million francs obtained under the exceptional
social action program made it possible to notably increase the number of
beneficiaries and the amount of loans, by the intermediary of the PTT
credit union.

Restaurants and Cooperative Stores

In 1976 twenty~one company restaurants, including ten in the provinces and
eleven in the Paris region, opened. These new restaurants provide 2840
additional places, 1620 in the provinces and 1220 in the Faris region.

The 177 company restaurants served more than 24 million meals of which

4 million were served to customers outside the PTT. This represents an
increase of 1 million meals; it was essentially produced by PTT customers,
for whom the average price of a meal after the refund is 5.50 F in the
provinces and 5.80 F in the Paris region.

PTT employees took 1.2 million meals in inter-agency restaurants, and
550,000 meals in the 94 cafeterias and refectories. In addition to these
establishments there are 924 refectories and 90 cafeterias which are not
connected with a company restaurant.

The 80 cooperative stores saw their turnover increase by 20 percent, under
the influence of price increases and increased sales.

Health

Two new health examination centers were added to the 30 already in
existence, while three additional agreements were signed between the PTT
and the Social Security Administration in the provinces.

There are 99 infirmaries, including those at Rennes and Toulouse, which
were created in 1976, and 75 first aid stations (in comparison with 41
in 1975).

The improvement in working conditions was especially evident in the

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Among these conditions are:

--Payment of a deposit of 1,000 dinars or offering a collateral in that amount.
--Payment of all telephone due bills prior to connecting the service.
--Customer responsibility for all outside calls charged to his phone number.

--Payment of all due bills which will be itemized within 15 days upon the re-
quest of the Ministry of Communications.

--Payment of 50 dinars to reinstall the service in the event it was discontinued
by the ministry. The customer has the right to request charges of each call
made at the end of that call but a fee of 100 fils will be added to the charges.

The customer can request that the direct dialing service be discontinued
temporarily and a fee of 2 dinars will be charged if the service is requested

again.
Direct Telephone Dialing

The new system of overseas communication through the direct phone dialing
between customers in Kuwait and other countries that possess this system is
considered among the most modern in the world. Beginning in September it
will allow the customer to call whomever he wishes in each of Iraq, Bahrain,
Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Britain, and Japan. During the first half of
September communications will become possible with West Germany, Switzerland,
Greece, Spain, Italy, and the United States. As for the other nations of

the world, direct communications with them will be arranged with each consecu-
tively as soon as the necessary technical capabilities become available to

each of them.

How To Call the World?

Regarding the manner by which to call a nation in the world through direct
phone dialing, it is as follows: The customer dials (00) to connect with
the international exchange at the central building in Kuwait of the wire
and wireless communications. He then dials the number for the country he is
calling, followed by the number of. the city in that country and finally the
number of the customer in that city. If the customer wishes to obtain
charges information at the end of his call he should dial (09) instead of

(00).
Numbers of the First Stage Nations

The international numbers of states that could be dialed directly beginning
next September are as follows:- Iraq, 964; Bahrain, 973; Qatar, 974; Britain,
44; Japan, 81; Spain, 34; Italy, 39; United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi), 979;
United Arab Emirates (Dubayy), 962; West Germany, 49; Switzerland, 41; and
United States, 01.

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Advice to Customers

Customers are advised of the necessity to be sure of the number of the country
or city and of the number of the party before dialing the overseas call. Also
they should be sure that the dialing begins with the number (00) or (09) in
order to connect with the international exchange. The customer is also to
guard his phone against misuse as he is responsible for charges of each call
made over his telephone.

Direct Dialing for the Elite or the Masses?

One final point remains before concluding this discussion on the topic of
direct telephone dialing. It is that the requirement of 1,000 dinar deposit
is an exaggerated figure. It is a condition which will prevent thousands of
customers from benefiting from this modern service and the benefit is limited
to the able few. If the use of this service by all or most customers is to
inconvenience the few, we would say that the inflated amount of the deposit
is justifiable. But communication technicians have testified that the equip-
ment possesses wide capabilities for meeting all the demand and that it will
make it simpler for the employees of the international exchange to perform
their duties more effectively [if the equipment is utilized to the extent of
its capacity].

Will then the matter of deposit be reviewed and be reduced to make it within
the means of the various segments of the population?

8907
cso: 5500

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countries. A great diversification of the market is also observed. If the
speed of transmission of terminal installations is used as a reference,
there is a general trend toward higher rates. These needs have guided DGT
policy in the area of data transmission.

“In the beginning," recalls M Picard, "these needs were very marginal. It
was unreasonable to create a special system. Therefore we tried to use as
well as possible the infrastructure set up for the telephone system and the
telex system. Then because the need became greater and more varied, and
also because the characteristics of the traffic are different from those of
the telephone, we introduced one by one a certain number of special
services."

So in the beginning, telecomputing used the telephone and telex systems,
which had the advantage of already being in existence.

Using the Telephone

The use of a telephone line requires an adaptation for data transmission.
The signal produced by a teleprinter, a computer, or a terminal is actually
a series of electric signals having two possible values: 0 or 1. The
unit of this electric signal is called the "bitl." ‘he signal is composed
of bit sequences transmitted at a regular rate. The transmission speed is
therefore expressed in bits per second. But it is difficult to transmit
this signal as it is over an ordinary line, except for short distances?,
because it is rapidly weakened and distorted. That is why it is transformed
into an analog signal like speech. This operation takes place in a
converter. One converter at the transmitting end to modulate the signal
produced by the computing equipment and another converter at the receiving
end to restore the original signal are sufficient to do telecomputing over
an ordinary commercial telephone line.

This system is advantageous for limited amounts of information transmitted
at limited rates, and for local connections which are not charged by the
minute. For example, many pharmacists will soon be able to use a small
terminal every evening to order the medicines they need. At the other end
of the telephone line, the computer processes all the orders, making the
Procedure easier and safer to manage.

However, the nature of the line between the telephone exchange and the
subscriber, and the commutation system, do not allow high levels of
performance. The transmission speed cannot be much greater than 2400 bits
per second. Noise, which is a simple nuisance in telephony, is a source
of error in telecomputing. The use of special connections or permanent
links between two or more installations, borrowed from the general
infrastructure of the telephone system, makes it possible to reduce some
of these constraints. Nevertheless, the peculiarities and the changes

in the needs of telecomputing led the DGT to introduce special services.

Thus in 1969 the commutated telex system, which had previously operated

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5. Upon resignation by radio amateurs of the German Dewocratic Republic
from the GST;

6. Through revocation by the Ministry for Posts and Telecommunications.
(2) If the license expires, the license certificate must be immediately
returned to the appropriate bezirk directorate of the German Post Office.
In this connection, orders issued by the bezirk directorate of the German

Post Office concerning the further disposition of no longer authorized
radio stations are binding.

Final Regulations

Article 22. Fees

Fees are charged in accordance with the amateur radio tariff regulation.
Article 23. Transitional Provision

License certificates issued prior to the effectiveness of this order remain
valid until 31 December 1979,

Article 24. Right of Control

The German Post Office is authorized to control compliance with the stipula-
tions of this order, by amateur radio stations in particuiar.

Article 25. Effective Date
(1) This order becomes effective on 1 January 1978.
(2) Simultaneously the following orders will no longer be in force:

1. The order of 22 May 1965 on the Amateur Radio Service--Amateur Radio
Order--(B1. II, No 58, p 393);

2. Order No 2 of 2 December 1974 on the Amateur Radio Service--Amateur
Radio Order--(GB1. I, No 64, p 613).

Berlin, 1 August 1977

[Signed Calov, state secretary; for the minister for posts and telecommunica-
tions

Appendix to preceding order
Frequency Ranges, Types of Transmissions and Technical Conditions

1. Frequency Ranges, Input Capacities and Limits of Secondary Emissions

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"It is part of the PTT's job," explains M Picard, "to provide raw
materials in the form of transmission equipment. But should we be
satisfied with setting up and using these raw materials while letting
others take advantage of them to make a finished product, or should we
on the contrary make the finished product ourselves? If e perfected
product is offered in the case of numerical connections, Transpac is
clearly a finished product with considerable added value."

"Will the policy of the DGT be the same for domestic telecomputing?"

“We have some plans but before pursuing them we must find out whether
the public really needs them. It was different in the case of Transpac
because the market already existed. If we had not satisfied the demand,
others would have done it instead, and we would have been only the
providers of the raw materials."

Data Transmission by Packets

In the Transpac system data sequences coming from a terminal or computer
are cut up into fairly short sections called packets; these packets are
accompanied by headings which identify them so that they can be directed
to the chosen destination.

The packets are ready to be taken over by a transmission system equipped
with commutators--computers capable of recognizing the presence of a
packet, examining the headings contained in each packet, detecting possible
errors in transmission, and pointing the packets toward the right path--
and high speed transmission lines connecting the commutators.

It can easily be imagined that packets from different sources can thus be
reordered behind one another on the internal connections cf the system;
the transmission arteries are used to their maximum capacity and each
data sequence uses that fraction of the total capacity o= the artery that
is necessary for it.

Once they arrive at their destination, the packets are "freed" from their
headings and their messages are thus automatically restored.

The PTT and SICOB

SICOB will be held, as it is every year, at the exhibition hall of the
National Center for Industry and Technology [CNIT] at Puteaux (Hauts-de
Seine). The exhibit will be open from Wednesday 21 September 1977 to
Friday 30 September, with the exception of Sunday 25 September, when it
will be closed all day. The first three days--Wednesday 21, Thursday 22,
and Friday 23 September--are reserved for professional visitors. Thus the
public can see the PTT stand on Saturday 24 September, and then from
Monday 26 to Friday 30 September. To get there, you can take the metro
(RER), the train (Saint-Lazare station) or the bus (lines 73 and 174).
The PTT stand will be located on the third level in zone F. Exhibition


increase in the number of resting places (815 instead of 800) and
recreation centers (132 as opposed to 130).

Aid to Employees

This area includes all the aid (moral or material) that is given to active
or retired employees to help them to overcome the uncertainties of life.

Monetary aid: the budgetary readjustment obtained in 1976 made it possible
to increase the maximum amount of an administrative loan from 2500 F to
4000 F and that of ordinary relief from 1000 F to 1500 F.

Around 1300 employees took advantage of the special allowance for classes
in the mountains, at the seaside, or in the country. In addition, 30,000
tuition allowances and 23,000 vacation allowances were made.

Two thousand loans were granted to young couples, for a total of 9 million
francs, while 6000 checks were addressed to employees in the armed services.
Miscellaneous aid (aid to orphans, to unwed mothers, to invalids, and for
the placement of handicapped children) amounted to 1.2 million francs.

We recall the creation of an administrative aid fund for retired persons
who are living in family vacation homes.

Aid to employee organizations continued actively. It involved the
attribution of new facilities in the form of equipment, premises, and
Personnel to the organizations. The amount of operating subsidies was
also notably increased.

Social workers and social representatives: among the 262 social workers

at work in 1976--one for every 1600 employees--57 were attached to the tele-
communications directorate. Seventy-three of those who worked for the
Postal directorate actually helped employees of both branches.

The system of social respresentatives includes around 7000 employees, of
whom 1000 are located in the Paris region. Their principal role is to

_ relay information between the administration and the employees.

Child Care

The care of young children remains an area of concern to the extent that
solutions are not offered by the community, on the national or local level.
In order to relieve the difficulty of reserving a place in the public day
nurseries (only 22 cribs have been attributed, increasing to 162 the number
of places reserved in public day nurseries), it was decided to construct a
company day nursery with a capacity of 60 Places in Paris (Boulevard Brune).

The experiment of recruiting accredited attendants from among the wives of
employees or female employees who are available, which was tried in the



JPRS 70124
9 November 1977

TRANSLATIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

No. 19
ConTENTS PaGE
INTERNAT ONAL
Nonalined Radio Conference Preparations Reported
(Belgrade Domestic Service, 26 Oct TT) cccvcccccescseeees 1
Italian Prime Minister Receives PRC Communications
Official
(ANSA, 26 Oct T])asucscsececessssseesseteeesecscesssese 2
SFRY-PRC Talks on Telecommunications Cooperation Held in
Belgrade .
(BORBA, 24 Oct Ta ceeveneececceccssacneceseesssenecees 3
Briefs

Indonesian~Saudi Agreement
Canada Aids Ghana
Portugal-Guinea Bissau Telecommunications Cooperation

UPS

ASIA
INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

Telecommunications Delegation Leaves for Cambodia
(NCNA, 29, 30 Oct Ty evevevenccanessenecccececesssceeeees 6

Led by Chi Tuischau
Arrives in Phnom Penh

PRC Trade Delegation Departs Laos
(NCNA, 30 Oct TT) eccceeccceeseseeeesccccsccessssetesesace 7

- ae {III - INT ~ 140]



NEW TELEVISION TOWER--Vilnius--A 326-meter television tower has been
assembled. It is the highest structure in Lithuania and forms part of a
complex designed for three television and four radio channels. The aerial
was assembled in stages inside a reinforced-concrete column and then
gradually pushed upward. The Vilnius tower will serve as a model for
similar constructions in Tallinn, Sverdlovsk, Baku and other cities.
[Moscow Domestic Service in Russian 0700 GMT 22 Oct 77 LD]

SATELLITE TV FOR TORGO--The settlement of Torgo, on the BAM [Baykal-Amur
Main Line] route, has begun to receive television programs from Moscow.

It is the second populated point in the Yakut ASSR to receive central
television programs with the aid of the "Ekran" satellite. [Moscow Domes-
tic Service in Russian 1030 GMT 24 Oct 77 LD]

cso: 5500

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USSR

MOLNIYA-3 COMMUNICATION SATELLITE LAUNCHED
LD281315Y Moscow TASS in English 1245 GMT 28 Oct 77 LD

[Text] Moscow, October 26 TASS--Under the programme of development of communications
systems with the use of earth's artificial satellites, the Molniya-3 communications
satellite was launched today in the Soviet Union on a high elliptic orbit. The satellite
carries onboard relay equipment operating in the centimetre wave length. It is meant for
ensuring functioning of a long-range television, telegraph and radio communications
system in the Soviet Union, for beaming programmes of the USSR Central Television on
points in the Orbita network and for international cooperation.

The satellite was put into an orbit with the apogee of 40,764 kilometres in the Northern
Hemisphere and the perigee of 478 kilometres in the Southern Hemisphere, The period of
the sputnik's revolution is 12 hours 15 minutes, Inclination of the orbit is 62.8 degrees,
{Moscow TASS International Service in Russian at 1234 GMT repeats all orbital figures
vertabim] Besides the equipment for relaying TV programmes and ensuring long-range
multi-channel radio communication, the satellite carries equipment of the control

complex, as well as systems of orientation, correction of the orbit and energy supply.

cso: 5500

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Evouynon pu aupceT socaL
(Or Asie EFS)

wr wm 7 85 ims

Figure 1. Increase in the social action budget (in millions of francs).

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MONGOLIA

MONTSAME, CTK SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT
Document Signed
Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in Russian 1510 GMT 17 Oct 77 OW

(Text] Ulaanbaatar, 17 October (MONTSAME)--A new cooperation agreement be-
tween MONTSAME and the Czechslovak Press Agency (CTK) was signed here today.
The document was signed by S. Purebjab, chairman of the State Information,
Radio, and Television Committee of the MPR Council of Ministers and director
general of MONTSAME, and 0. Svercina, director general of CTF.

The agreement envisages principles for all-round cooperation between the press
agencies of the MPR and the CSSR which will raise the business ties between
the two fraternal agencies to a qualitatively higher level.

CIK Director General Received
Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in Russian 1506 GMI 17 Oct 77 OW
[Text] Ulaanbaatar, 17 October (MONTSAME)--S. Sosorbaram, secretary of the
MPRP Central Committee, today received Otakar Svercina, director general of
the Chechoslovak Press Agency (CTK), and signed a new agreerent on coopera~
tion between MONTSAME and CTK.
The meeting, which passed in a warm and cordial atmosphere was attended by

S. Purebjab, chairman of the State Information, Radio, and Television Com-
mittee of the MPR Council of Ministers and director genera: of MONTSAME.

cso: 5500



“The launch of Caducee helped us to know our business, not only on the
technical level, but also in marketing. This is what made it possible for
us to create Transpac, for telecomputing is a competitive field in which
the time factor is essential. It was important not to get behind for two
reasons: first, in order to have an industry that could compete with
other countries; and then, because if we had not been capable of doing it,
the need for data transmission would have been met by private systems
created by the largest companies."

At first, Transpac required a great effort for standardization. Ina
telephone system, the PTT provides everything, including the telephone
itself; in telecomputing, its never supplies the terminal equipment. Whence,
the necessity of establishing a limit and standards. This job was
especially difficult because specialists in two fields---telecommunications
and computing--had to be brought into agreement, although their interests
and working and thinking methods are different. Moreover, it was unthink-
able to define a purely French standard, for computing companies are in
the habit of working on the international level, and because it was
advantageous to be able to offer international data transmission services.
Here again it was necessary to act quickly, because’ the CCITT (inter-
national Consultative Telephone and Telegraph Committee] hes a plenary
meeting every four years. If the October 1976 meeting had been missed,
the operation would have been jeopardized.

"A team of qualified persons began to consider the problem of standard-
ization at the beginning of 1975, and visited many countries like the
United States, Canada, and Japan in order to arrive at a consensus. The
achievement of this team is even greater in view of the fact that certain
groups were not in favor of a standardization. But their efforts were
recompensed by the official approval of standard x-25, presented by
France, at the CCITT meeting last October."

Gratifications never come singly, and the action performed with Transpac
has just received the support of our European partners. Since the EEC

had decided to create a scientific and technical data system called Euronet,
it was appropriate to have a transmission system to give access to the data.
The EEC entrusted the production of such a system to a consortium of the
PTT agencies of the member states. The system chosen after consultation
among the European countries is practically identical to Transpac.

A Finished Product

Thanks to the technique of commutation by packets (see below) Transpac
offers an efficient, reliable and economical transmission method. Transpac
makes it possible to connect various pieces of equipment operating at
different speeds. In this case, the Transpac system itself takes care of
the speed conversion. In addition to Transpac, the DGT is working on the
introduction of high speed numerical connections which will be used for
telecomputing but also for high speed telecopying (press facsimiles) or
for videoconference connections.

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Moreover, in addition to the recent opening of new reception zones, the
imminence of national coverage and compatibility of the system among the
European countries will allow considerable development of the system,
especially in professional areas in which it is imperative to reconcile
travel and communication."

Time and Money

"We are gaining both time and money. Before, we asked our repairmen to
call us several times a day so that we could give them new instructions.
Now the roles are reversed; there are no more unnecessary calls, because
when a change in plans is necessary we give them a signal to contact us."

M Christian Barrier is a commercial engineer in a large Parisian company,
Idex Chauffage, which is located in Boulogne-Billancourt and specializes in
the production and installation of heating and air-conditioning systems for
large apartment complexes and public buildings. On the advice of a
colleague, M Jean-Paul Lebras, an employee of the same company, he had his
repairmen equipped with the Eurosignal equipment. For a year they have been
using fifteen instruments every day, under conditions which M Lebras himself
calls "a rough test."

“At first we had several breakdowns, and five instruments had to be
exchanged. We don't whether they were faulty or poorly handled. Afterwards
things settled down. Some instruments are mounted on the dashboards of

the cars, but some employees prefer to have them always within reach. That
is what complicates things because, since we often work three or four floors
underground where the heating systems are installed, some calls never reach
their destination.*"

The net result however is definitely on the positive side.

"Each instrument is assigned a single number, and for the price of a radio-
telephone we have equipped all our repairmen with a tool which is obviously
useful. What more can we ask?"

Synonymous with an Emergency

"I became acquainted with the system through the trade journals, It
provided a solution to a problem which has been my principal concern for a
long time: reaching one of my principal co-workers, the head of the repair
service, at any time and as quickly as possible." As technical director of
the Alsatian Supermarket Company--one of the largest food wholesalers in the
Strasburg region, which supplies most of the supermarkets and large stores
from Strasburg to Paris with fruit, meat, and vegetables--M Leon Zaehringer

*In such a case it would be better to leave the instrument in the car. Upon

returning to the car, the repairman could see if a call had been received.

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NORTH KOREA

DPRK ACCUSES ROK OF JAMMING
Pyongyang KCNA in English 1059 GMT 19 Oct 77 OW

[Text] Pyongyang, 19 Oct, (KCNA)--Commenting on the jargon of the "minis-
ter of culture and information" of the Pak Chong-hui clique at the puppet
National Assembly that we are "sending jamming waves to some areas" of
South Korea, NODONG SINMUN today says:

This is a tricky propaganda utterly reversing black and white.

They are so foolish if they think they can convince people that we are
jamming someone's waves, the commentary says, and adds: It is none other
than the Pak Chong-hui clique who do jamming in our country.

The commentary goes on:

Hating the successful progress of socialist construction in the northern
half of the republic and the happy life of our people, the South Korean
puppets are desperately trying to undermine them at any cost and even send
jamming waves to the northern half to disturb the waves of our radio and
television, whic are intimate friends of our people in their daily life.

This 1s a dastardly act intended to harass the political and cultural
life of our people, a despicable act contravening publicly recognized
international law and international usage and an unpardosable challenge
to human civilization.

The Pak Chong~hui clique are deadly afraid that the just struggle of our
people for socialist construction in the northern half and the independent
and peaceful reunification of the country is widely known to the people
through electric waves every moment. This is why the puppets are trying
so desperately to bar it.

This is a fact. But the puppets are carrying on a fantastic false propa-

ganda, which reminds us of the old saying that the guilty party files the
suit first, the commentary says. The tongue-wagging of the "minister of

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This serial report contains translations from
to worldwide political, economic and technical
computers, and satellite communications. Coverage will be worldwide with focus

on France, Federal Republic of Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, the USSR,
People's Republic of China, Sweden, and the Netherlands.

the world press and radio relating
developments in telecommunications,

17. Key Words and Document Analysiay 17a. Descriptors

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The Arab Satellite a Qualitative Leap

He [vice-president of telephone engineers] said that the Arab satellite can
contribute towards the realization of this qualitative leap of developed
cable and wire-less communications.

Will the Difficulties Be Internationalized?

In an answer to a question concerning the possibility of direct outside calls
from a car phone, he said that this is possible if the ministry wished it.
The procedure, however, requires organization and linkage. Regarding the
fear of "internationalizing the difficulties," he said that the plates and
safeguards that specify the direct responsibility of the customer of all that
goes on through his phone will insure the prevention of this irresponsible
tampering; and that he has great confidence in the prudence of customers and
their willingness to use the system properly in a manner which will realize
the common interest.

The Possibility of Accommodating All Customers

Regarding the capacity of the international exchange to accommodate all
customer requests for the new service he said, "Our capabilities are sufficient
to satisfy any request that meets the conditions, thus reducing the pressure
on the international exchange, even if the requests came from all the customers
in Kuwait."

Direct Dialing Phones Are Eavesdropping Free

At the end of the discussion he asserted that it is impossible for the user
of the direct dialing phone to experience what the users of car phones ex-
perienced; namely, picking up phone conversations over the radio. He added
that the direct dialing telephone is not wireless and no instruments are
available to pick it up.

With respect to car phones, the Ministry of Communications has made available
certain equipment which is being installed and which will prevent eavesdropping
on phone conversations by radios.

A Modern System for Overseas Calls

The modern system for phone service realizes a number of gains to customers.

In addition to allowing the customer to call any country in the world with no
hinderance and in a direct and immediate manner, it also provides this modern
service at a lower cost whereby the customer is charged by minute rather than
by the call (3 minutes). This, in addition to its reliance upon an accurate

accounting system as a result of the use of electronic equipment.

Conditions To Benefit From the New System

The Ministry of Communications has set certain conditions for the use of the
direct cialing system that must be met prior to approving customer application.

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(2) Radio amateurs participating in national or international contests in
amateur radio service are authorized to operate another amateur radio station
under the call signal of the radio amateur responsible for this amateur
radio station--without giving their own call signal. Notification by the
responsible radio amateur concerning the participating radio amateurs must
be submitted in writing to the appropriate bezirk directorate of the German
Post Office at least 8 days prior to the beginning of the contest.

(3) Radio amateurs with a license to erect and operate their own amateur

radio stations may, upon recommendation of the GST, be given permission

to operate at amateur radio stations of the GSR under their own call signals. .
Permission is entered on the license certificate by the appropriate bezirk
directorate of the German Post Office. Operation in this case must also

take place with insertion of the symbol "/a" (alternative).

Article 15. Measures Against Interference

Amateur radio stations are to be erected and operated in such a way that they do

not affect radio and other telecommunications. service. If nesessary, special
technical and operational orders will be given by the German Post Office to
prevent interference by the amateur radio station concerned.

Article 16. Message Reception and Telecommunications Secrecy

If messages coming from telecommunications installations are received by radio
amateurs that are not destined for them, the contents of the messages, as well
as the fact of their reception, must not be conveyed to others. Excepted

are the following:

i. Emergency calls;
2. Messages which the law requires to be reported to the police;

3. Messages which are received in connection with radio interference and
can help in determining the source of interference;

4. Violations by others of amateur radio service regulations.
Article 17. Procedures for Emergency Calls and Reportable Messages

(1) Upon reception of an emergency call, the amateur must immediately
interrupt his own radio communications and observe the emergency call. If
the emergency call remains unanswered, the appropriate local state organs
must be immediately informed concerning the contents of the emergency call.

(2) Messages received that are required by law to be reported must be
immediately brought to the attention of the appropriate state organs.

(3) Radio interference as well as violations of the rules of the amateur
radio service are to be reported to the German Post Office together with

the facts of the case.

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At least 80 percent of the construction will be shifted there, he thinks.
The construction in Sweden will not bring any new investments in Sweden.
-- We already have the capacity required, director Tengberg says.

The 1650 people --750 in Norrkoeping, 150 in Aelvsioe south Stockholm, 650
in Oestersund and 75 in Karlstad -- who are presently working on the elec-
tronic exchange system, should suffice, he thinks. y

Other IM plants in Sweden will not be involved. More conventional exchanges
are manufactured there.

_ The size of the order is another question mark. The news cable from Aus-
tralia spoke Tuesday of 500 million Australian dollars - a mere 2.5 billion
kronor.

-- I think the sum seems unrealistic, says Tengberg.

He thinks that between half a billion and a billion dollars sound more
realistic.

-- In addition we should remember that we are speaking of orders which are
spread out over both the 80s and 90s, Tengberg says.

Background

The AXE system was developed by the semi-state development company Ellemtel.
Since 1972, LM Ericsson and Televerket (the Swedish Telecommunications Ad-

' ministration) have together invested half a million kronor.

IM was responsible for 80 percent of the costs, Televerket for 20.

The first electronic exchange was inaugurated in Soedertaelje in the spring.
Station number 2 is now being installed on the Aland islands.

Televerket has ordered or will order 14 stations from LM. This has been
promised by the government, in order to stimulate employment.

But otherwise it is probable that Televerket will build its own AKE
stations, when the time also comes to modernize the Swedish telecommunications
network,

IM's hopes are therefore abroad.

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EGYPT

BRIEFS

RADIO STATIONS CONSTRUCTED IN EGYPT--A group of Egyptian and Japanese experts
have completed the construction work for 21 wireless stations which were in-
cluded in the microwave project, The project aims to connect Cairo by radio
and television with North and West Africa and will cost approximately 10
million pounds, Construction which began 3 years ago will be completed this
December, These stations were set up between Cairo, Alexandria, Matruh and
Al-Sallum where it will be possible to transmit all wire, wireless, radio
and television waves along the northwest coast, [Text] [Catto AL-AHRAM

in Arabic 26 Sep 77 p 4]

cso: 5500

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MOROCCO

BRIEFS

AGADIR BROADCASTS INTERRUPTED--This is to inform listeners in the Agadir
area that in view of the work being carried out on the transmitter center
in Ayat Mallul, radio transmissions on 251 meters, 11902 KHZ--devoted to
French, Spanish and English programs--will cease to operate as of today
until 15 November. Listeners in the same area are also informed that in
view of the work being carried out at Ayat Mallul transmitting station,
broadcasting of our programs on the national frequency of 321 meters, 935
KHZ, will cease daily between 0500 and 1245 [GMT] until 29 October. [Rabat
Domestic Service in Arabic 2000 GMT 17 Oct 77 LD]

cso: 5500

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For the amateur radio service of the GDR the following listed frequency
ranges, input capacities and limits of undesired secondary emissions are
permitted.

Use of the frequency ranges and the maximum permissible input capacity depend
on the scope of the amateur radio license issued.

Admissible limits

Admissible of secondary emissions
direct current (dB)* [decibels] in the
Frequency ranges input power frequency range
(MHz) [megacycles] (W) [watt] = 40 Miz > 40 Maz
3.5 oe. 3.8
7.0 we. 7.1
14.0... 14.35 500 40 60
21.0... 21.45
28.0... 29.70
144.0 ... 146.0 500 60 60
430.0 ... 440.0 7
5,650.0 ... 5,670.0 100 not established

10,000.0 ... 10,500.0
Admissible Direct Current Input Power

The maximum permitted direct current input power is the power supplied to the
output electrode of the transmission output stage with single tone modulation
and full modulation.

Admissible Limits for Secondary Emissions

Secondary emissions are emissions on one or several frequencies outside of

the required band width, whose level can be reduced without influencing the
transmission of the message concerned. Secondary emissions include harmonious,
parasitic and mixed-frequency emissions. The admissible limit is the minimum
ratio between the field intensities of the effective signal and the secondary
emissions concerned, measured in the direction of maximum reflection of the
emissions.

* Regardless of the specifications, the secondary emissions are to be kept
to the lowest value consonant with the condition of the equipment and
which excludes interference with other radio services, including radio
broadcasts and television. For the admissible limits of industrially
produced amateur radio sets, the conditions contained in the manufacturing
licesnes are valid.

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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS DELEGATION LEAVES FOR CAMBODIA
Led by Chi Tui-chau

Peking NCNA in English 1512 GMT 29 Oct 77 OW

[Text] Peking, Octoher 29, 1977 (HSINHUA)--A telecommnications delegation of the People's
Republic of China led by Chi Tui-chau, deputy director-general of telecommunications

of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, left here today on a frtendly visit

ts Democraties Cambodia at the invitation of its government,

Arrives in Phnom Penh
0W302008Y Peking NCNA in English 1722 GMI 30 Oct 77 OW

(Text ] Peking, October 30, 1977 (HSINHUA)--The telecommunications delegation of the
People's Republic of China led by Chi Tui-chao, deputy director-general of the tele-
communications of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, arrived in Phnom Penh
yesterday for a visit to Democratic Cambodia at the invitation of the Government of
Democratic Cambodia, according to a broadcast of Radio Democratic Cambodia today.

The delegation was warmly greeted at Pochen Tong airport by many cadres of the Foreign
Ministry and the Committee of Communications of Democratic Cambodia, Tsao Kuei~sheng,
counsellor of the Chinese Embassy to Democratic Cambodia was present on the occasion,

The broadcast said that to consolidate and develop cooperation in the field of posts

and telecommunications between the two countries, the telecommunications delegation of
the People's Republic of China will hold talks with the delegation of the Committee of
Communications of Democratic Cambodia, Mey Prang, president of the Committee of Communi -
cations gave a banquet yesterday evening in honour of the delegation, Speaking at

the banquet, Mey Prang and Chi Tui-chao both highly praised the great revolutionary
friendship and ever-growing militant solidarity between the two parties, peoples and
governments,

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FRANCE

PTT'S SOCIAL ACTION POLICY DETAILED
Paris MESSAGES DES POSTES ET TELECOMMUNICATIONS in French Sep 77 pp 19-22

(rext] With an annual increase of 15 percent, the
social action budget of the PTT [Postal and Tele-
communcations Administration] reached almost 451
million francs in 1976, or 2.94 percent of the
company's payroll. In a period of two years, its total
increase has been nearly 130 percent. In 1978 it will
reach 600 million francs. More than three-quarters of
the investment expenses (204 million francs) in 1976
were devoted to lodging, the remaining quarter being
divided among the purchase and construction of
buildings for social programs (an increase of 27 -
percent from 1975), equipment (+55 percent) and
subsidies (+62 percent). Operating funds increased
to 176 million francs.

Reception and Lodging of New Employees

In 1976 more than 18,000 new employees were engaged in the Paris region
alone. This spectacular increase (+30 percent) cannot help but cause

some difficulties. Efforts were essentially concentrateé on the improvement
of the briefing of the beginners previous to their hiring and on their
reception the first day; the essential problem is to provide for their
lodging on acceptable financial terms.

The compound with furnished quarters grew by 1600 places in one year, thus
reaching a total of 13,100 places. However, these places are not equally
comfortable. That is why a large renovation program has been undertaken; it
affected 2300 places and was accompanied by the closing of the oldest
quarters.

We point out that 9000 new employees have benefited from the employer's

contribution to their lodging expenses (a maximum of 100 F per month for
six months).

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There, LM Ericsson has already received orders for three stations in France
and one in Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia is to modernize its entire telecommunications network with AXE
stations. But the stations are to be built under license in Yugoslavia.

According to the latest available figures LM Ericsson has 84,000 employees.
Only 30,000 of these work in Sweden.

French Court Examines LM Ericsson

The French Stock Exchange Commission called Tuesday for court examinations

of LM Ericsson's French daughter company. The case has been passed to the
state prosecutor. As part of the rebuilding of the French telephone network,
the company recently became a daughter company of the French Thompson~Brandt

group.

The attention of the commission was particularly directed to a loss of 50
million kronor in the first half of 1976, which led to the investigation of
the accounts for previous years. The commission particularly noted the
closing accounts for 1975 which showed a profit of 20 million kronor. The
results for 1973, 74 and 75 were reported in different ways and could there-
fore not be compared, the commission maintains.

Director Nils Tengberg at LM said Tuesday that the whole thing came about
because the company had switched its methed of billing. The new method was
gradually introduced in France during recent years on the advice of the
company's French accountants, who maintained that the method was in accord-
ance with French practice even if it was not supported by the law.

Hope for Employees
Stockholm DAGENS NYHETER in Swedish 14 Sep 77 p 26
[Article by Agneta Carlsson]
[Text] The giant order will be important to LM Ericsson in Olofstroem, in
the event that the electronic system which Australia has ordered is produced

at the LM Ericsson plant which is already doing such production.

So says Mats Joensson, the chairman of the workshop club at IM Ericsson in
Olofstroen.

-- Already now we have a certain movement of production within LM, so the
thought is not unreasonable. But it is naturally hard to say today whether
it will happen. The concern could just as well move the electronics con-
struction abroad, Mats Joensson concludes.

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FRANCE

STATUS OF TELECOMPUTER TECHNOLOGY VIEWED
Paris MESSAGES DES POSTES ET TELECOMMUNICATIONS in French Sep 77 pp 4-7

[Text] sicop 77 [ International Exhibition of Computer,
Communications, and Office Equipment] is opening its
doors. As it does every year, the PTT [Postal and
Telecommunications Administration] is presenting a
sample of its recent or future products. Among the
latter, the public can make the acquaintance of
Transpac, a public data transmission system, which
will become operative in June 1978. Transpac, whose
technique has been approved by our fellow members

in the EEC, is the result of the efforts made by the
telecommunications directorate [per] in the area of
telecomputing, in order to satisfy the needs of the
French economy.

"I should like to reserve two second class seats on the train from Paris to
La Rochelle, leaving Friday at 0800."

"That's very easy. Would you prefer a non-smoking compartment? Would
your like a window or a corridor seat?"

The SNCF [French National Railroads] employee in charge of reservations
transcribes the information received from the "travel applicant" on a
machine that resembles a typewriter. Then he places a preprinted card, with
blank spaces, above the keyboard. There is a short wait and then, as if an
invisible hand were striking the keys, the machine crackles and writes on
the card the numbers of the reserved seats.

This transaction, which will be commonplace in the future and which already
no longer amazes the public, is one of the many applications of telecomputing.
As its name indicates, telecomputing covers the range of methods that make
it possible to "do" long-distance computing. It appeared in France around
1965, and is the result of the union of telecommunications with computing.
It thus combines two major operations: data processing (its computing side)
and data transfer (its telecommunication side).

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MONGOLIA

BRIEFS

COMMUNICATIONS ADVANCES--Ulaanbaatar, 23 Oct--D.. Gotob, MPR minister of
communications, says that as a result of Soviet aid during the past 15
years the capacity of telephone exchanges in the country increased 6.7
times, the number of telephone and telegraph service stations 1.7 times
and the length of telephone channels 4.9 times. Major tasks have been
put forward in this field by the 17th MPRP congress. It is planned to
increase the length of intercity telephone channels 1.7-2 times and the
capacity of telephone exchanges 30 percent. A decisive role in this re-
gard will be played by the construction of a radio relay line from
Ulaanbaatar to Bayan Ologey with Soviet aid. [Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in
Russian 0521 GMT 24 Oct 77 OW]

cso: 5500