BRAZIL

AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Portuguese 20 Jun 77 p 6

[Text] Brasilia -- The chief of the Armed Forces General Staff (EFA),
General Moacyr Potyguara, and the director-general of the European Space
Agency, Mr Roy Gibson, will sign an agreement in the Foreign Ministry today
for the installation and use of satellite tracking and telemetry facilities
in Barreira do Inferno in Natal.

According to the chief of the Foreign Affairs Division of the European Space
Agency, Mr Jean Arets, the agreement will permit France to utilize the
Barreira do Inferno site to check its satellites launched from the Kourou
base in French Guiana, while Brazil will have occasion to participate in
international space operations, will have the right to keep the equipment,
and will train its personnel in France.

Infrastructure

The European Space Agency will spend $130 million (1.82 billion cruzeiros)

on this project, known by the name of Ariane. Brazil, which is responsible
for supplying the infrastructure, will spend about 6 million cruzeiros on
the project, an appropriation that has already been released by the president
of the republic.

Project Ariane, which has been under study since 1975, will provide for the
transfer of space technology to Brazil, in addition to the right to keep the
European equipment to be installed in Barreira do Inferno, and the training
of Brazilian personnel in France,

The protocols of the agreement that is to be signed at 1230 today in the
presence of the foreign minister establish conditions for the use of the
equipment after the Ariane has been launched. The Ariane is a three-stage
rocket that will place European telecommunications, terrestrial, scientific
and meteorological research satellites into orbit at the end of 1979 and
the beginning of 1980.

In order to train Brazilian technicians in the field of launcher technology,
France has been receiving trainees for some time for the purpose of adapting
them to the European equipment that eventually will belong to the Brazilian
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The council decreed in this regard that no party would be permitted to
employ any person who is brought into the country by another company or
firm until at least 3 years after completion of the contract with the
original party.

Dr Muhammad 'Abduh Yamani added that the council discussed a group of

employee promotions, and approved the request of the minister for municipal
and village affairs to appoint Professor Ibrahim al-'Abd al-Rahman al-Mudaymigh
as deputy assistant mayor of Riyadh for administrative affairs. Dr Yamani
stated that the resolutions adopted by the council have been submitted to

his majesty for approval.

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ALGERIA

BRIEFS

NEW TV BROADCASTING STATION--En route from Algiers, Minister of Information
and Culture Redha Malek and Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Mohamed Zerguini arrived yesterday in Bechar, where they were greeted as
they stepped off the plane by the civilian and military authorities of the
governorate. Accompanied by their close associates, the two ministers went
immediately upon their arrival to Beni Abbes (seat of the district and
located 250 kilometers from Bechar), where they officially dedicated the
land-based satellite telecommunications station and the RTA [Algerian
Radio and Television] transmitter. This visit is endowed with exceptional
significance for the residents of Beni Abbes, who had been waiting somewhat
impatiently for this installation to be placed in service, inasmuch as it
will enable them to receive the television broadcasts as well as viewers in
the northern part of the country and thereby escape from the extreme iso-
lation that had characterized life in this district. The local population
has therefore welcomed this achievement with extreme pleasure. lastly, we
should mention that Redha Malek and Zerguini visited the post office, the
radio liaison center, and the construction site of a CEM [College of Inter-
mediate Studies] that will accommodate an enrollment of 800. The minister-
jal party was scheduled to return to Bechar at the end of the afternoon.
[Text] [Algiers EL MOUDJAHID in French 29 May 77 p 1] 10,992

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list of orders at the end of 1976 was up 17 percent over 1975),
and people in industry who, during a recent meeting of the
SITT /expansion unknown/, were somewhat more circumspect. "The
general export situation," feels Marc Lauvergeon, the new head
of the SITT organization, "has suffered from renewed aggression
by foreigners. Consequently, the amount of orders received is
lower than it was last year." ~

Norbert Segard, however, stresses the importance of the new
markets, those in Libya, Egypt, or even Australia. Also, contrary
to all the rumors which have been flying about, the new leaders

of LMT /Telephone Equipment Company/ "have apparently become
reasonably optimistic," concerning the well-known Soviet order

for the development of a plant with a capacity of 1 million
Metaconta lines.

The PTT secretary of state is delighted about the impact that
the 1976 meeting in France on electronic switching is having
abroad. Many countries are basing their decision on the French
selection; some even are going so far as to use France's speci-
fications.

Program funding came to 18.4 billion’ in 1976, and 24.8 billion
in 1977. For the 1978-1980 period, Norbert Segard states that
funding will be in accordance with the 7th Plan forecasts (105
billion spread over 5 years, in constant francs).

Forecasts Have Been Revised Upward

The forecasts for orders of lines have been readjusted, especially
for the space exchanges produced by LMT, Ericsson-France, and
CGCT /Telephone Construction Company/: from 1976 to 1980,
2,900,000 lines of this type will be ordered, including 400,000
lines in 1977 (concerning Metaconta, 179,000 orders will go to

LMT and 139,000 to the CGCT, the French subsidiary of Itt).

As to the EIO time-switching exchange, produced by GGt_/expan-
sion unknown/, 2,300,000 lines are planned between 1976 and 1980,
including 315,000 in 1977.

According to the PTT secretary of state, the number of space lines
is increasing not at the expense of the E10 lines, but rather

at the expense of electromechanical lines. Norbert Segard in-
dicates that. these readjustments were made at the request of

the industries involved, who prefer to move more quickly to
electronic production, in order to avoid having to hire addition-
al employees for électromechanical work, who would have to be
laid off later. Of 100 electromechanical workers, only two-thirds

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MALAYSIA

BRIEFS

JAPANESE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MALAYSIA--Japan is prepared to provide
more. technical assistance to help Malaysia in its social economic develop-
ment, the director of the Technical Cooperation Division of the Japanese
Foreign Affairs Ministry said in Kuala Lumpur on 27 June. He said the
technical aid will be given in the field of telecommunications, forestry,
maritime training, urban planning and economy. [Kuala Lumpur Domestic
Service in English 1130 GMT 27 Jun 77 BK]

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TURKEY

BRIEFS

EARTH SATELLITE STATION--Ankara--HURRIYET-~Bulent Erandac reports--It has
been announced that the first Turkish earth satellite station, which will
free Turkey from Greece's and Bulgaria’s interference with its communica-
tion with Europe and America and will make Turkey independent in the tele-
communications field, is under construction near Ankara. The satellite
station will be operational toward the middle of 1978. [Excerpt] [Istanbul
HURRIYET in Turkish 4 Jul 77 p 3 NC]

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“New media have often acted as a threat to the older media. When the phono-
graph came, those who represented live music feared for their future. Then
when radio came, the phonograph people felt threatened. When TV came, the
radio people felt threatened. The newspapers felt threatened by radio, and
TV caused both radio and newspapers to feel threatened," continued the prime
minister. "

Nordli pointed out that we today know that there is no necessity for pessi-
mistic fears when new values emerge. Radio music often stimulates the sale
of records. Mechanical music in the form of radio, records or tapes has made
music a valuable personal experience for many more people than could have been
reached by live music. Live music still represents a much smaller portion of
the total musical experience than before, but all music now reaches a much
larger audience than it once did," said Nordli.

The prime minister emphasized the demands that this situation places on those
engaged in the other media.

"Those responsible for our book market have a clear requirement to publish
the best in their professional and financial activity to fulfill their func-
tion as cultural leaders," said Nordli, who maintained that the Norwegian
publishing activity today satisfies the demand for the freedom of thought
and expression.

NRK Director's Position
Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 2 Jun 77 p 2
[Article by Broadcasting Chief Torolf Elster: "Satellite Broadcasting"]

[Text] While I was abroad--at an international meeting on satellite broadcast~
ing--the Norwegian press carried a lot of items on NRK's position on this
very question. Some writers mentioned the "guardian position" on broadcast-
ing.

Let me make it clear that NRK has expressed no opinion on satellite broadcast-
ing and has taken no position in this matter, which in reality is many
different matters. We expect that when the time comes we shall be asked to
give our points of view on the questions on which we can reasonably be ex-
pected to have an opinion. At that time we shall thoroughly evaluate those
questions.

The only thing that I have stated in several short telephone conversations
is that, in disucssions around the world, it has been pointed out--by media
investigators, politicians, and others--that there are a great many problems
involved. There is talk of economic and legal problems, of foreign policy

and cultural policy problems. It will be a matter for politicians to take a
stand on.

It is important that we know clearly what the matter involves. Direct broad-
casting by satellite involves--with one exception--the dissemination of the

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BRAZIL

TELECOMMUN ICAT IONS ACTIVITIES REPORTED
New Policy for Telecommunications Sector Advocated
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 16 May 77 p 20

[Text? Sao Paulo (0 GLOBO)--The only correct solution for the problems
of the sector will be a change in the orientation of the government, that
is, a reconsideration of the reasons that led to the cuts this year and
could also cause cuts in coming years. We are sure that the Minister of
Communications and the Brazilian Telecommunications Corporations
Zielebras7 also consider the cuts imposed on them as being very large,
and in addition to everything, unnecessary. The fact is well known that
the Ministry of Communications, as well as the companies of the Telebras
group, have possibilities of raising the necessary resources on the
national or international financial market to maintain a minimum rate
growth, The companies of the Telebras group are really self-sufficient
in this matter and are independent as far as receiving funds from the
Federal Government is concerned. Why then is not that type of thinking
reconsidered, maintaining an acceptable rate of growth although inferior
to original plans?

This question, asked by Siemens of Brazil, one of the principal suppliers
of telephone and telecomnunications equipment, reveals that the Opinion
of manufactur ing companies of the sector did not change after the speech
by Minister of Planning Reis Velloso Friday night in answer to the
greetings from the president of the Brazilian Electro-Electronic Industry
Association Abiree/, Manoel da Costa Santos. The manufacturers believe
that the government did not touch on the crux of the problem and it seeks
to ignore some questions such as the possibilities of unemployment. The
Ericsson company, for example, says that it sent the Ministry of Labor,
at its request, the changes in the level of employment in the companies:

@ year ago there were 11,082 employees; in December 1976 there were
10,971 and on 30 April there were 9,835 employees. And it adds: "We are

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SENEGAL

TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS REPORTED

Here BULLETIN DE L'AFRIQUE NOIRE in French 15 Jun 77 pp 17907-
1790

[Text7 National telecommunications systems are to be improved
in the following ways:

ae The Dakar-north axis project (installation of central
exchanges at Saint-Louis, Louga, Matam, Podor, Dagana,
Kebemer, and Richard Toll by May 1978; Thies-Richard
Toll-Bakel radio systems by September 1978; Thies-Saint
Louis, Louga,-Linguere TLB /expansion unknown/ lines
in April 1979).

b. The construction of Medina III in Dakar for January 1979.
ce.  Dakar-Thies and Dakar-Goree radio links,

d. The connection of Thiaroye-Pikine and the vicinity of
the free zone by 1979.

e. The Thies-M'Bour link which will be completed in July,
along with the Medina-Yoff link.

Work on the PANAFTEL network is now in progress. Outside of
the Kaolack-Banjul radio link opened last February, the

Ziguinchor-Bissau and Richard Toll-Rosso links are scheduled
for completion at the end of 1977 and in 1979, respectively.

Work on the Kaolack-Bohicon artery will begin during the second

quarter of 1973 /sic/ using a Canadian loan. It has been
decided to construct the Tambacounda-Mali artery.

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CONTENTS (Continued)

NORTH KOREA

TV Network Reaches 97 Percent of DPRK Households
(KONA, .28 Jun 77).....-.-

SINGAPORE
Briefs
Automatic Radiotelephone Network
Singapore-Indonesia Submarine Cable Link
THAILAND

Northeast Provinces To Have Overseas Microwave Link
(NATION REVIEW, 12 Jun 77) .......e008

EASTERN EUROPE
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Briefs
Press Agency in Prague
Czechoslovak, Algerian Radio, TV Protocol
LATIN AMERICA
BRAZIL

Agreement Signed With European Space Agency
(JORNAL DO BRAZIL, 20. Jun 77) ..cccccceccccveccvscees

Canadian Expert Advises Retention of Microwave
Communications
(O GLOBO, 12. Jun 77) ..ccccceeccccecscecececes

Telecommunications Activities Reported
(O GLOBO, 16, 20 May 77)..cscccesccecccescaesees

New Policy for Telecommunications Sector
Advocated
Technology Exchange With Italy To Be Discussed

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[Question] What will the Arab Space Communications Organization offer the
Arab world?

[Answer] The Arab space network will supply the necessary circuits .

for telephone, telex and cable communications and picture transmission, in
addition to channels for television and radio transmission in the Arab
countries in accordance with the regional requirements of 1980. It will
also take into consideration the reserve capacity needed for the expected
increase in communication traffic in the period from 1980 to 1990.
Moreover, the Arab space network will also meet some regional requirements
for television communication or television transmission within a certain
country. After the completion of this network, we expect that it will be
easy for any Arab citizen to contact immediately a fellow Arab citizen

in any part of the greater Arab homeland.

Three Artificial Satellites

[Question] Can you give the esteemed readers a brief idea about the
technical composition of the Arab space network?

[Answer] The network will consist of two parts: the so-called space
sector which will consist of three artificial satellites--a main and a
reserve space satellite. The reserve satellite can be used by some Arab
countries and all traffic will be transferred to this reserve satellite
should anything go wrong with the main satellite. The third satellite
will be based on land and will be ready to be launched into outer space
should the need arise. There will also be a control station in the kingdom
and this station will be the brain operating this network and will keep
up with the network's operations in any part of the Arab. homeland. The
second part of the network consists of the ground satellite [tracking]
stations. These stations will be built in all the Arab countries and they
will be able to receive and transmit simultaneously. The countries that
will use both the main and the reserve satellites will need more than one
station.

[Question] There is no doubt that this great work is a source of pride
for all the Arabs. What is Your Excellency's opinion of the effects of
this network on the future.

Links From Gulf to Ocean

[Answer] There is no doubt that the network will strengthen the ever-
lasting and firm relations among the Arab countries from the gulf to the
ocean and will help the exchange of cultural and religious programs among
these countries. The network will also facilitate direct telephone, telex
and cable communications among these countries. This will naturally
strengthen the ties of religion and language. The network's main objectives
also include education via television for remote parts of the Arab world
and provide for helping in the total elimination of illiteracy and in
spreading all phases of education, beginning with the elementary and

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Cooperation

Speaking to JORNAL DO BRASIL, Mr Jean Arets, who came to Brasilia to coordi-
nate the signing of the agreement, refrained from commenting on the present
Brazilian policy of looking to Europe for technological and scientific know-
how and the supply of military equipment to the detriment of its traditional
supplier, the United States. In his view, the signing of the agreement with
Brazil, the only Latin American country to have this type of contract with
the European Space Agency, is related merely to the agency's interest in
seeking cooperation with other nations outside the continent. In this con-
nection, the possibility has already been broached regarding the possibility
of the Europeans installing another base in Belem, if such an auxiliary base
should prove to be technologically necessary.

The agency spends about $500 million annually on its programs and will soon
install another project in Australia.

After the signing of the agreement, the French technicians responsible for
Ariane will speak about their programs to the Brazilian Space Activities
Commission (Cobae), attached to the EMFA and the Brazilian representative
agency in the space field.

The European Space Agency's board of directors is comprised of the represen-
tatives of 10 countries: France, Federal Germany, Belcium, Denmark, Spain,
Italy, The Netherlands, the British Commonwealth, Sweden and Switzerland.

In the specific case of project Ariane, France was delegated technical
authority to head the negotiations through the National Space Studies Center
(CNES), In the financial area, the French Government will defray 65 percent
of the cost of the project.

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sector if there were to be a reconsideration of the drastic decisions
made; Reductions, yes, but within a measure that does not compromise
either the balance of the telephone system or the situation of the
manufacturing companies. Brazil has a national telecommunications
systems that despite having improved much in the past i0 years, does still
not satisfy the needs of the country. It is important to understand that
this has been with economic growth rates that are relatively high.

“Despite the slowdown that is imposed on the country, telecommunications
must grow at least at a minimum rate in order to progress. To maintain
the system at a very low rate of growth means we are drawing away even
more from the desired telephone balance. In talking to the government

we do not have difficulties in explaining our problems and we are always
well treated. But what worries us is that while there is a dialog, it is
not leading to any solution because it is not enough that the government
understands our problems and says that it does. It is necessary that as a
result of that understanding, corrective measures be taken. And up to now
we have not seen this.''

Technology Exchange With Italy To Be Discussed
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 20 May 77 p 27

ftext7? Brasilia (0 GLOBO)--The president of the Societa Finanziaria
Telefonica per Azioni, which controls the main interests of the sector of
telecommunications in Italy, engineer Giorgio Villa, reported yesterday
that the next meeting of the Brazil-Italy Association for Telecommunications
Research and Industry will be held in Rio in November, when a policy by

the two countries for the sector will be defined in specific terms. With
respect to the problem of patents that may result from the agreement, he
declared that they will be joint property of Brazil and Italy but that

the patents already registered will continue to remain the property of

the present holders,

Villa emphasized the importance of a rapprochement between the two
countries and accepted the possibility that share control will remain
with the Brazilian government. The project now underway began in 1975,
when the first steps were taken during a visit by Ministers Azeredo da
Silveira and Euclides Quandt de Oliveira to Italy. In April 1976,
Italian Minister of Communications Giulio Orlando came to Brazil and
defined the line of conduct of the Italian government with respect to the
subject ''in the aspect of exchanging information with Brazil instead of
a pure and simple transfer of technology."

The president of the Societa Finanziaria Telefonica per Azioni said that
his company proposed the nationalization of Auso Eletronica e Tele-
comunicacoes Ltda, an Italian company operating in Brazil to the
Brazilian government.

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Radio and TV

Television makes wide use of the satellite to reach the whole northern part
of the country. While Intelsat (satellite for international use, including
Brazil) requires large receiving station antennas, the "Anik” requires anten-
nas of only 60 centimeters or 1 meter, facilitating transportation and instal-
lation of stations in hard-to-reach places. The range of each station varies
according to the capability of its tower,

The Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) radio and television network has 44
television and six radio retransmission stations. It uses five satellite
channels to broadcast the programs produced in Toronto (in English) and in
Montreal (in French) to the different parts of the country. Since Canada
is very large, with various time zones, the same program is not transmitted
at the same time throughout the country as is the case in Brazil. The pro-
duction centers broadcast to each region according to local time.

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ending with the university levels of education, so as to enable every
Arab to keep in constant contact with the latest accomplishments of mankind
in the fields of science and technology. This will undoubtedly enhance
the position of the Arab and Islamic nation, will strengthen the Arab and
Moslem youths and will bind their hearts together. It is a source of
pride that the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is chosen to be the
headquarters of this organization and of its control station. The
government of His Majesty King Khalid, the imam of the Moslems and the
pioneer of Islamic solidarity and justice, may God protect him, and of
his loyal crown prince, His Highness Prince Fahd, may God protect him,
has donated a piece of land for the organization's headquarters to be
built on.

I know. for certain that His Majesty King Khalid and His Highness Crown
Prince Fahd give their personal attention to this organization and follow
its work step by step.

[Question] When do you expect this organization to start actual work?

[Answer] In the next meeting in Alexandria, we will approve, God
willing, the organization's bylaws and regulations and will also decide
on the question of the nominations of the Arab countries for the post of
the organization's general director. Afterwards, the organization's
general assembly, comprising the Arab ministers of communications, will
meet to ratify these bylaws and regulations. We have actually begun the
formation of a nucleus of the administrative and technical agency. We
are looking for a temporary headquarters and we are exerting utmost
efforts to speed up the organization's work. As we have already stated,
the specifications for choosing the advisory body have been ready since
1 May 1977. This will be followed, God willing, by offers from the
expert companies in August. We have contacted some international organ-
izations, such as the International Telecommunications Federation and
(NASA), which is in charge of launching missiles, and others to begin
making the necessary arrangements. The Arab artificial satellite will
be a reality before long and it will be of service to all the Arabs and
Moslems.

(In conclusion, Dr 'Ubayd said) The success of the Arab Space Com-
munications Organization will create political and social dimensions of
significance to the entire Arab world.

The big dream will become a reality before long and the Arab artificial

satellite will become one of the most important factors linking together
this great and deep-rooted nation.

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THAILAND

NORTHEAST PROVINCES TO HAVE OVERSEAS MICROWAVE LINK
Bangkok NATION REVIEW in English 12 Jun 77 p 2 BK

[Excerpt] Northeastern residents will, beginning in September of this
year, be able to dial abroad directly through a microwave network follow-
ing the completion of an 83-million-baht scheme.

This was disclosed yesterday by director of the Communications Authority
of Thailand, Mr Chao Thongma, who said the project will also aim at
improving the quality of the local telephone link with foreign countries.

The northeastern telecommunications link, with Amphoe Bang Lamung in
Chonburi Province as the regional centre, will also have 80 to 100 telex
exchanges to boost international communications.

"The northeast is a major commercial, industrial and tourist centre.
Therefore, it is vital that we establish proper telephone connections,"
Mr Chao said.

Local telephone and telex contacts in the northeast "which at present are
far from efficient" will also receive a major boost when telecommunica-

tions centres are set up in Nakhon Ratchasima and Khon Kaen to link up all
the 16 provinces in that region.

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INTERNATIONAL

BRIEFS

SINGAPORE-PHILIPPINE CABLE--STC [Standard Telephones and Cables], the Brit-
ish subsidiary of ITT [International Telephone and Telegraph], has just ob-
tained a $48-million contract for supplying a submarine telephone cable,

1,500 nautical miles long, connecting Currimao, in the Philippines, with
Katong, in Singapore. This system, with a capacity of 1,380 telephone cir-
cuits, will be putin operation toward the middle of 1978. STC is responsible
for designing, manufacturing and laying the whole system, which includes manu-
facture of the cable, some 230 repeaters and terminal equipment. The largest
part of the order will be executed in STC's Submarine Systems Division plants,
at Greenwich and Southampton. [Text] [Paris ELECTRONIQUE ACTUALITES in
French 27 May 77 p 8] 10042

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After the construction of this network, it will be easy for the Arab
citizen to contact any part of the Arab world immediately and easily.

AL-RIYADH met with Dr Ibrahim Ahmad 'Ubayd, chairman of the Arab Space
Communications Organization's Board of Directors, who gave it his
first press interview on the organization's activity and on the time
of the initiation of its work in the space communications field.

Project's Story

[Question] (I asked Dr Ibrahim 'Ubayd) When was thought first given to
the Arab artificial satellite project and can you give us a short summary
of the history of this project?

[Answer] (The chairman of the Arab Space Communications Organization said)
The Federation of Arab Broadcasting Stations presented to the first
executive conference of the Arab Telecommunications Federation, held in
Cairo from 18 November to 2 December 1972, the Arab space communications
network project for the purpose of exchanging television and radio programs
between the Arab countries. The conference approved the idea which was
then submitted to the Arab Telecommunications Federation in order to hold
an emergency meeting for its members to make a decision on the issue no
later than December 1973. Unfortunately, this emergency meeting was never
held and the issue was again referred to the second executive conference
which was held in Alexandria from 18 to 31 August 1973. It was decided

at this conference that a special advisory committee would study the issue
and determine the number of cable circuits needed by the various Arab
countries between the years 1975 and 1980, taking into consideration the
use of an artificial satellite to insure these communications. The confer-
ence also decided to address an invitation to the Arab Broadcasting
Stations Federation to conduct a similar study, provided that the two
sides meet in the form of a joint technical committee in the first week of
February 1974. The special committee did not meet on schedule. However,
it met in Beirut from 16 to 26 April and its meetings were interspersed by
joint work sessions with the similar committee from the Broadcasting
Stations Federation to discuss the requirements of the Arab Broadcasting
Stations Federation in case the artificial satellite project is approved.
This meeting also decided to form an advisory committee to prepare the
final report and to submit it to the conference of commissioned delegates
which was held in Tunis in 1974. This advisory committee met in Lebanon
on 16 September 1974 and concluded its work by recommending the adoption
of the idea of setting up an Arab artificial satellite. The Tunis meeting
was held from 21 November to 7 December 1974,

Kingdom's Agreement
Because of the many items included in the agenda of the Tunis meeting, a

committee was formed to study the agreement submitted by the Saudi Arab
Organization [not further specified] and to present the results of its

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EL SALVADOR

BRIEFS

MICROWAVE STATION INAUGURATED--San Julian, El Salvador, 24 Jun--President
Arturo Armando Molina today inaugurated the country's first microwave sta-
tion in San Julian, 60 km west of San Salvador. The station, built at a
cost of more than $10 million, will link El Salvador with the rest of the
world by satellite. [Paris AFP in Spanish 0055 GMT 25 Jun 77 PA]

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CONTENTS (Continued)

SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

SENEGAL

Telecommunications Projects Reported
(BULLETIN DE L' AFRIQUE NOLRE, 15 Jun 77).......06.

USSR
Briefs
TV Retransmitter in Khabarovsk Kray
TASS-TAP Cooperation Protocol
WESTERN EUROPE
FRANCE
Nation's Telecommunications Burgeoning
(Helene Pichenot; L'USINE NOUVELLE, 2 Jun 77).....
Clare Company Consolidating Telecommunications Position.
(Jean Paul Amary; ELECTRONIQUE ACTUALITES,
27 May 77) ccccccccccescccrccecceccencsesecsncseece
NORWAY
Stands Taken on Satellite TV
(AFTENPOSTEN, 23 May, 2 Jun 77) ...cccececececscees
Prime Ministers Position
NRK Director's Position, by Torolf Elster ,
TURKEY

Briefs
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CONTENTS (Continued)

CUBA
Breifs
New International Telecommunications Enterprise
EL SALVADOR
Briefs
Microwave Station Inaugurated
PERU
Briefs

Broadcasting by Microwave
NEAR EAST AND AFRICA
INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

Progress in Setting Up Arab Artificial Satellite
Discussed
(Ibrahim Ahmad 'Ubayd Interview; AL-RIYADH,

© JUD 77) ec ccceeceecesereetencecteenenceteneeeeees

ALGERTA

Briefs
New TV Broadcasting Station

KUWAIT

Briefs
Kuwait 'AXE' Order

LIBYA
Briefs
Libyan Broadcasting Station
GDR Agreement With Libya
Project Expansion
SAUDI ARABIA

Microwave, Employment Decisions Announced
(AL-MADINAH, 17 May 77). .ccccccscccccveccccrecccces

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA

BRIEFS

PRESS AGENCY IN PRAGUE--The "Orbis" Press Agency was set up in Prague today.
Its task will be to inform the world public about socialist Czechoslovakia,
about our people's standpoints on major events at home and abroad, and to
promote strengthening of peace and friendship between peoples. The decision
is to set up the Orbis Agency was taken by the Presidium of the Czechoslovak
Society for International Relations, and Vladimir Vipler has been appointed

its director general. [Text] [Prague Domestic Service in Czech 1430 GMT 1
Jul 77 LD]

CZECHOSLOVAK, ALGERIAN RADIO, TV PROTOCOL--Prague, June 27, CETEKA--A protocol
on cooperation between Czechoslovak television and Algerian radio and tele-
vision for 1977-1978 was signed here today by central director of Czechoslovak
Television Jan Zelenka and RTA General Director Sheriet Rahman. [Text]
(Prague CTK in English 1528 GMT 28 Jun 77 LD]

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Participants in the Istanbul meeting accepted in principle the invitation
of the LIBYAN NEWS AGENCY OF THE ARAB REVOLUTION and the AUSTRIAN PRESS
AGENCY to hold the next conference in Tripoli and Vienna,

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Much Change

In addition to the Siemens Suggestion on how the government could pro-
ceed, there are Proposals from Ericsson do Brasil, perhaps one of the
companies that will be most affected by reductions in investments
because it began its expansion plan at the beginning of the decade of
the seventies with completion forecast for 1982, when it will have an
installed capacity of more than a million telephone lines. With the
world oil crisis, difficulties in importing in 1975 and 1976, it decided
to reduce its plans, and today its installed industrial capacity is
570,000 lines Per year. Telebras has not yet released its contracting
Plans for this year or the forecast of orders to be made, and the plans
of all the companies involved can only be made after the government makes

a determination.
At any rate, Ericcson believes that the funds retained by the National
Telecommunications Fund should be released to the National Development

Fund, thus allowing the integral application of the Telecommuni cations
Fund to the telecommunications sector itself. The government should also

communications but does not participate directly in these investments and
it established the following appropriations.

In investments:

1976--15.84 billion cruzeiros

1977--20.6 billion cruzeiros,

Capital outlays

1976--3 .33 billion cruzeiros

1977-*5.24 million cruzeiros

The 30=percent increase in investments is nominal and for that reason
there was a real decline due to inflation, "For the rest," declared
the Ericsson Company, “perhaps the time has come for the government to
Study the number of manufecturers located in the country,"!

Painting a picture of the sector, Siemens "like other companies of the

sector, shows concern because in addition to the general volume of orders
having been reduced on the initiative of the Ministry of Communications

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FRANCE

CLARE COMPANY CONSOLIDATING TELECOMMUNICATIONS POSITION
Paris ELECTRONIQUE ACTUALITES in French 27 May 77 p 13

{Article by Jean Paul Amary: "Clare Intends To Consolidate Its Position on
the Telecommunications Market With Its French Plant Specializing in Reed
Relays"]

[Text] Next September, the Clare Company (General Instrument group), special~
izing in manufacturing push buttons, keyboards and reed relays, is going to
start its industrial activity in France (see ELECTRONIQUE ACTUALITES for 24
September 1976). Initially, 2,000 square meters of building space, leased
fromthe Roubaix Woolen Mills (Masurel group), will handle this activity. The
personnel, which at that time, will amount to 30 persons, will probably be
increased to about 100 persons at the end of this year, according to Clare.
Subsequently, the number of personnel might even go as high as 300 or 400
persons. The Clare Company will occupy the buildings of the Roubaix Woolen
Mills for at least 2 years. Then, Clare is probably to take possession of

a new 5,000-square-meter plant, whose construction is scheduled on a plot of
land in the municipality of Proville, near Cambrai. Scheduled investments in
telecommunications are primarily the basis for Clare's decision to set up a
second plant in Europe and more especially in France.

Clare's entrance on the French market as a French manufacturer would, in fact,
enable that company to consolidate its position in that field. Right now,
telecommunications represent for Clare an appreciable part of its sales made
in France. J. L. Riviere, manager of CP Clare Electronique, the French sub-
sidiary of Clare, set sales at.60 percent of a turnover amounting to 45 mil-
lion francs in 1976 (about 30 percent of Clare's sales in Europe).

The French market is not the only objective of the new plant. In fact, pro-
duction will be intended for all Europe. For the first year of its operation,
Clare expects that 50 percent of its production will be exported to the var-
ious countries of the European Community.

The production of the Cambrai plant, more especially adapted to the require-

ments of the French market, will not cover all the products in Clare's cata-
log. This production will supplement the products of the Belgian plant.

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INDONESIA

BRIEFS

INDONESIAN, PHILIPPINE SATELLITE--Jakarta July 3 (AFP)--Indonesian Communi-
cations Minister Emil Salim and his Philippine counterpart Alfredo Juinio
have held exploratory talks on the openings of ferry links between Manado
(Northern Celebes) and the Southern Philippines and the use of the Indonesian
Satellite Palapa for Philippine telecommunications. The talks took place
during Mr Juinio's visit to Jakarta Thursday and Friday. Mr Juinio attended
the opening of the ASEAN Ports Sports Week in Tanjung Priok and also visited
the Palapa control station at Cibinong, West Java. Mr Salim‘said the pos-
sibility of increasing the frequency of Jakarta-Manila flights from once

to twice a week was also discussed. He said further talks would be neces-
sary on the percentage of fare reductions for the planned ASEAN-circle trips.
Indonesia would discuss with international telecommunications organizations
its differences. with Intelsat concerning the use of Palapa for regional tele-
communications, Salim added. [Text] [Hong Kong AFP in English 0921 GMT

3 Jul 77 BK]

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BRIEFS

NEW TV COMPLEX--A TV complex will be commissioned at Jullundur by the middle
of next year. It will produce mainly regional programs which will be relayed
by Amritsar Durdarshan [television]. This was disclosed by the information
and broadcasting minister, Mr Advani, during question time in the Lok Sabha
6 July. [Text] [Delhi Domestic Service in English 0830 GMT 6 Jul 77 BK]

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BRIEFS

TV RETRANSMITTER IN KHABAROVSK KRAY--[V. Vodolazhskiy report: "News From
Everywhere"] Troitskoye (Khabarovskiy Kray)--A new construction site has
appeared on the outskirts of this rayon center, construction of a tele—
vision retransmitter has begun here. It is being constructed by specialists
of a mobile mechanized column of the "Khabarovsklesstroy" Trust. The in-
habitants of Nanayskiy Rayon will already be able to watch television broad-
casts on two channels this year. [Moscow IZVESTIYA in Russian 26 Jun 77
Morning Edition p 4 LD]

TASS-TAP COOPERATION PROTOCOL--Moscow, July 1 TASS--Mahmoud Triki, president
and director-general of the Tunisian News Agency TAP, is currently in Moscow
at. the invitation of the Soviet News Agency TASS. While in the Soviet Union,
the Tunisian guest had meetings in TASS, the editorial office of the news-
paper PRAVDA and the Novosti Press Agency, and made sightseeing tours of
Moscow and Leningrad. TASS and TAP signed a protocol on expansion of co-
operation in the area of news exchanges. [Text] [Moscow TASS in English
0942 GMI 1 Jul 77 LD]

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INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

PROGRESS IN SETTING UP ARAB ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE DISCUSSED
Riyadh AL-RIYADH in Arabic 6 Jun 77 p 3

[Interview with Dr Ibrahim Ahmad 'Ubayd, Chairman of Arab Space
Communications Organization's Board of Directors, by Mansur ‘Ali Ahmad;
"Steps Begun to Link Arab World Via Artificial Satellites; Riyadh
Headquarters of First Arab Organization for Space Communications; Saudi
Expert Heads Organization's Board of Directors; Three Artificial Satellites
for Arab Space Network: Main Satellite, Reserve Satellite and Third
Satellite Based on Land; Ground Transmission-Reception Stations in All
Arab Countries"]

[Text] The issue of linking the Arab world via artificial satellites has
become a reality after it seemed like an impossible dream. Riyadh will be
the headquarters of the Arab Space Communications Organization and the
kingdom has been elected chairman of this organization's board of directors.
A meeting will be held in Alexandria next July to discuss the Arab Space
Communications Organization's bylaws and regulations. The meeting will
also discuss the Arab countries' nominations for the post of organization
general director. Thus the agreement submitted by the kingdom

contributed toward realizing the big dream of linking the Arab world via

a network of artificial satellites.

The Arab space network will consist of two parts: the space sector part
which comprises three artificial satellites--a main satellite, a reserve
satellite and a third satellite based on land and ready to be launched
should the need arise. The second part will consist of the ground
artificial satellite [tracking] stations. These stations will be present
in all the Arab countries and will be able to simultaneously receive and
transmit via the artificial satellite.

This Arab space network will provide the circuits necessary for telephone,
telex and cable communications and for picture transmission. Moreover,
the network will supply the channels needed to meet television and radio
transmission in the Arab countries in accordance with the regional re-
quirements of 1980.

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Thus, initially, the French plant is going to devote itself primarily to manu-
facturing dry reed relay capsules and shielded nonmolded mercury reed relays.
Most of these relays meet PTT [Postal and Telecommunications Administration]
specifications. Let us note, in this connection, that Clare is recorded on
the PTT preferential lists and it is aiming as being recorded on the GAM [ex-
pansion unknown] military lists.

For the present, shielded nonmolded reed relays are manufactured in Belgium at
the rate of 3 to 4 million a year. Sealed capsule mercury switch relays and
molded reed relays will continue, moreover, to be produced in the Belgian plant.

Up to now, on the European level, the capsules required for making the relays
were manufactured by the Belgian plant for mercury switches and reed relays,
but were imported from the United States for dry reed relays. In the new
European organization, Clare's Belgian plant is going to start manufacturing
dry reed capsules in September 1977. Moreover, the American company has
bought up, especially for this purpose, the machinery of the American Strom-
berg Carlson Company, which has abandoned the manufacture of reed capsules.
Some of these machines will probably be allocated to the Belgian plant, which
would represent, thus, 30 percent of the worldwide production capacity of dry
reed relay capsules by the company (100 million a year).

Clare's French plant will not be limited to manufacturing reed relays. In
fact, the establishment of a surge arrester production line is scheduled.
These components, manufactured in the United States up to now, cover a com-
plete range. A nonradioactive model, used at the subscriber's line head, has
already been approved by the PTT, it should be noted. It should be noted,

in this connection, that surge arresters represent one-fourth of the sales
made by Clare in France.

With regard to telecommunications, Clare products are already used or sched-
uled to be used in a number of items of equipment. Thus, its relays are in
the Metaconta and AXE-type space electronic exchanges and the type E10 time
exchanges. The company does not yet have models for crossing points of Meta-
conta exchanges for export and AXE, but the company is developing, at present,
a pressurized reed microrelay capsule for this purpose that will make it
possible to hold 600 volts between contacts. Clare also furnishes relays
for Pentaconta and CP 400 type electromechanical exchanges for peripheral
applications of the subscriber junction and converter type. Clare is also
present in other items of equipment for telecommunications. By way of
example, the following are to be noted among these items: OFE, MIC 1 and 2
transmitting equipment, microwave relay communications, public telephones,
keyboard stations and line concentrators.

Although telecommunications are Clare's main activity in France, peripheral
dara processing with alphanumeric keyboards are not to be overlooked, since
Clare sells around 15,000 keyboards a year in France, or close to a third
of the production of the Belgian plant.

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PERU

BRIEFS

BROADCASTING BY MICROWAVE--Lima, 3 Jul--Peru's National Broadcasting System
will begin transmitting by microwave on 28 Jul, on Peru's national holiday,
carrying President Gen Francisco Morales Bermudez speech. Max Arcadier,
general manager of the National Broadcasting System (ENRAD-Peru), made the
announcement to a local newspaper. He said this will put the nation's broad-
casting system among the most modern in South America. It will also cover
the entire nation in a network, Arcadier said. News bulletins will be the
first programs carried by the state's radio network, he added. These bul-
letins, of approximately 3 hours [as received] duration, will be heard
clearly. throughout the country, Arcadier pointed out. He also said that
Lima Domestic Service, the network's main station, will increase its power
to 50 kw in October, thus increasing five times its present power and at the
same time equaling that of Radio Union and Radio America. [Text] [Paris
AFP in Spanish 1737 GMT 3 Jul 77 PA]

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INTERNATIONAL

TASS CITES 'LZVESTIYA'ON ARAB-EUROPEAN NEWS AGENCIES CONFERENCE
Moscow TASS in English 1458 GMT 27 Jun 77 LD

[Text] Moscow, June 27 TASS--Today's IZVESTIYA carries an account of the
second Arab-European Conference of the Directors of Information Agencies.

It is said specifically that the conference discussed ways of increasing

the flow of information and photo news, development of ties and telecom-
munications between the participating countries. It also discussed questions
of assistance to Arab countries in training editorial personnel for news
agencies.

Representatives of Western information services at the Istanbul meeting made
persistent attempts to turn back to the old order in the field of information
which perfectly suited their interests and to revise some of the basic de-
cisions taken by the first Arab-European Conference of Information Agencies
in Tunis in November last. But these attempts failed. After a protracted
debate the Istanbul Conference approved a report reaffirming the basic
principles adopted in Tunis in order to create a new order in the field of
information and to strengthen the independence of the developing countries.

The Istanbul Conference stressed in its recommendations that European and
Arab information agencies will respect the principle of objectivity in news
reporting on each other's countries.

A special committee was set up, consisting of representatives of the
CZECHOSLOVAK NEWS AGENCY, the AUSTRIAN PRESS AGENCY, the DPA and the
information agencies of Libya, Jordan and Kuwait. The committee was in-
structed specifically to set dates and choose venues for the next two Arab-
European Conferences of Information Agencies to be held in 1978 and 1979
and to make preparations for them.

The leader of the ANADOLU NEWS AGENCY was included as a consultative member
of the committee from Turkey, the sponsor of the second Arab-European Con-
ference.



BRAZIL

CANADIAN EXPERT ADVISES RETENTION OF MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 12 Jun 77 p 11

[Text] Quebec, Canada -- Apparently it would be more economical for Brazil
to expand its microwave system, even in the difficult Amazon region, than

to adopt a domestic satellite system. Development of the existing traditional
method also has the advantage of creating more jobs and consequently of help-
ing the country's economy.

That is the opinion of engineer Marcel Desjardins, satellite specialist of
the Ministry of Communications of Quebec Province, a department that carried
out a broad study of the economic viability of the use of domestic communica-
tions satellites. Canada was the first country in the world to adopt that
option, launching the “Anik" in 1972.

"The satellite option," he went on, "would be more advisable if Brazil did
not have its present microwave network and was starting to install a national
telecommunications system practically from zero. The use of satellites has
a number of advantages from the technical viewpoint, with the installation
of mobile receiving stations anywhere in the country in only 6 hours. But
it is much more expensive, costing approximately $200 million.

The Only Solution

Similarly, F.C. Devlin, operations manager of Telesat (the company that
operates the Canadian satellite), when showing the 0 GLOBO special corres-
pondent the operation of the control center in Ottawa, agreed that conven-
tional methods are more economical but that they are impractical in the
immense area of northern Canada, that is permanently covered with snow and
has only a few, sparse settlements.

"Maintenance of microwave networks," he said, "would be impossible in the
snow-covered regions and many thousands of kilometers would have to be
covered to be able to take care of the small settlements and natural resource
exploitation sites. That is why Canada was the first country in the world

to adopt a domestic communications satellite system. This made it possible
to unite the country, carrying the various telephone and color television
services to the most remote regions,

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LIBYA

BRIEFS

LIBYAN BROADCASTING STATION-~Belgrade, 1 July (TANJUG)--The Zagreb Trans-
mitter Plant, operating as an intregal part of the Zagreb Radio Industry
"Riz", and its general representative "Invest-Import" from Belgrade have
concluded an agreement with Libyan Secretariat for Culture and Information
on constructing and completely equiping a broadcasting station in Libya
totalling 67 million dollars. This project will be constructed in Juara.
Under this agreement the Yugoslav organizations will complete this project
and put it into operation. This is the most important undertaking so far
in the successful cooperation over the years with Libyan partners. Other-
wise, "Invest-Import" and "Riz" have so far constructed and equipped radio
stations in Sheba, Bayda, Benghazi and Tripoli, totalling some 30 million
dollars. [Text] [Belgrade TANJUG in English 0915 GMY 1 Jul 77 LD]

GDR AGREEMENT WITH LIBYA--Tripoli--An agreement was signed in Tripoli on
Wednesday between the GDR State Committees for Broadcasting and Television
and the State Organization for Radio and Television of the Libyan Arab
Socialist People's Jamahiriyah with regard to cooperation in this field.
[Text] [East Berlin ADN International Service in German 1407 GMT 29 Jun 77
LD]

PROJECT EXPANSION--The General Organization for Post and Telecommunications
has signed an agreement with the Japanese Neon Electric Company to expand
the centimeter wave project at a cost of 6,166,626 Libyan dinars. ‘The
expansion contract includes the addition of two relays, each of whose
capacity is 960 telephone and telegraph channels, in addition to a channel
for transmitting visual and audio programs to different areas. It also
includes a new telephone and telegraph relay in addition to a channel for
audio and visual broadcasting to cover the areas of Maradah and Marsa
al-Burayqah. It was agreed that the period for supply and construction
would be 18 months from the signing of the contract. [Text] [Tripoli
AL-JIHAD in Arabic 10 Jun 77 p 1]

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SAUDI ARABIA

MICROWAVE, EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS ANNOUNCED
Jiddah AL-MADINAH in Arabic 17 May 77 p 1

[Article: "Approval of Microwave Project at a Cost of More Than 1,500
Million; Decisive Resolution of Problem of Employees Breaking Contract With
Firms; Council of Ministers Meeting Chaired by Prince Fahd"]

[Text] Riyadh, SAUDI NEWS AGENCY. The Council of Ministers held a meeting
at 1900 yesterday evening, and was chaired by His Royal Highness Prince

Fahd ibn 'Abd-al-'Aziz, crown prince and deputy prime minister. The meeting
ended at 2140.

After the session, Dr Muhammad 'Abduh Yamani, the minister of information,
stated that the council had listened at the start of the session to a
report by the minister for post and telegraph regarding the microwave
project for television and telephone and telegraph communications in the
kingdom. The council approved the immediate implementation of the project
by an American consortium represented by the Electric Company, at a cost
of 1,536,179,000 riyals.

The Council of Ministers also listened to a report by the minister of

higher education on the project for the fourth stage of the university
complex for the petroleum and mining university, which was approved. The
project covers the research institute building, computerized data programming
center, student housing, a gymnasium, chemical warehouses, and a residence
for assistant instructors.

In his statement to the SAUDI NEWS AGENCY, the minister of information said
that the council also listened to a report by the minister of trade
regarding complaints he had received from certain companies and firms which
were suffering considerable losses as a result of the actions of some
personnel who are brought in from abroad under contract to work for these
companies and firms, but who leave or go to work for other firms, after
their original sponsor had paid the cost of their transportation and training
or the job in the kingdom.

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He explained that the plans of Auso include a production three times
greater than present production, but existing infrastructure allows
assurance that 'Wwhen the situation becomes normal, installed capacity
will be adequate for needs.!'

He declared that 1,800 microwave channels will be delivered (ordered

by Brazilian Telecommunications Company) by the end of 1978, and that
the construction of 960 similar channels will be initiated to be con-
cluded in 1979. He also said that his company has already placed a rural
radiotelephone system in operation in Brazil.

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INTERNATIONAL

TASS Cites 'IZVESTIYA' on Arab-European News Agencies Conference
(TASS, 27 Jun 77) ...cccceccseveees

bec c cece een eee eeeseee 1

Briefs
Singapore-Philippine Cable 3
ASIA
INDIA
Briefs
New IV Complex 4
INDONESIA
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are needed in space switching, and only. 50 percent for all-

electronic switching. Marc Lauvergeon said: "Our industry has
already made enough investments in buildings and plants. Our em-
ployees are not going to increase in the years to come." This

may be why, among the potential job creators, the_government
wants_to give a favorable place back to the PME Zexpansion un-
known7. This is why Norbert Segard has just issued a real appeal
to the PME: "The very large amount of money that we are spending
and’ that we will continue to spend on researeh is also intended

for you; you have ideas, we have needs and some means; contact
us."

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FRANCE

NATION'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS BURGEONING
Paris L'USINE NOUVELLE in French 2 Jun 77 -p 44
/Erticle by Helene Pichenot7

ffext7 Just a_year ago the PTT /Postal and Telecommunications
faministration7, after a good deal of wavering and uncertainty,
completed the restructuring of the telephone switching industry.
Now, 1 year later, what has happened? Norbert Segard, secretary
of state for the PIT, explains:

"By the end of 1977, we will have reached the 10 millionth sub-
seriber, and we are in a good position to achieve our 1982 goal,
which is 19.3 million subscribers," he said, while recognizing
that the demand for line installation is growing at a rate larger
than forecasted. "Demand is 34 percent above the forecasts of
the priority action plan."

However, the increase in telephone equipment is being done on
all levels, including rural lines, which will increase from
60,000 in 1975 to 186,000 at the end of 1977, and public phone
booths: over 41,000 will be in service by next December. As to
industry, its structure has greatly changed. "Now, 84 percent
of the telephone switching network is French," said Mr Segard.
"Moreover, export agreements, such as with Telinter, a company
set up between CGE /General. Electric Company/ and Thomson, have
been signed." On this subject, Mr Segard likes to mention his
trip to Sweden, where an agreement very favorable to the French
was negotiated between Thomson and IM-Ericsson concerning areas
of influence for exports.

However, a slight divergence has arisen between the secretary of
state, who feels that 1976 was an excellent year for exports (the

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NORTH KOREA

TV NETWORK REACHES 97 PERCENT OF DPRK HOUSEHOLDS
Pyongyang KCNA in English 1611 GMT 28 Jun 77 OW

[Text] Pyongyang, June 28. (KCNA)--The television network has rapidly ex-
panded in our country to reach 97 percent of the households, a high level
in the world.

At the Fifth Congress of the Workers Party of Korea, it was decided to
enable 90 percent of the households to see television by establishing the
TV relay system during the six-year plan for the development of the na-
tional economy. Today this target has been surpassed by far.

The great leader Comrade Kim Il-song who is concerned to make all people
lead a happy life, enjoying the benefits of modern civilization, set forth
the original policy of broadening the television network throughout the
country as one of the ways ro eliminate the distinctions in the living
conditions between town and country, and wisely guided the work for its
implementation. He did not spare funds but mobilized even planes to build
relay towers, paying close attention to all problems, big and small, a-
rising in this work. Thus, modernly equipped TV broadcasting stations and
TV broadcasting towers not inferior to those of foreign countries in height
and output have been built in our country. And hundreds of relay stations
have been set up on high mountains.

Our country has many steep mountains and deep valleys. But, unlike the TV
broadcasting system of the capitalist countries where it has been expanded
mainly in the urban area, our country has established the chuche-based broad-
casting system to enable the people in the remote mountainous area and even
dwellers on the islands far away from the capital to see television.

Our country has gone over from the black and white television to the color
television whose system now covers 73 percent of all TV service area.

The number of TV sets increases year after year.

Our country has large-scale modern TV equipment production bases and electron
tube ‘factories. The broadening of the television network throughout the



SINGAPORE

BRIEFS
AUTOMATIC RADIOTELEPHONE NETWORK--The automatic radiotelephone network, sup-
plied by Thomson-CSF [General Wireless Company] to the Singapore Telecommuni-
cations Administration, has just been placed in operation. This network is
derived from the networks of Paris and of the large regional metropoles devel-
oped for the French PTT Administration. The Singapore network is a multiple-
access multichannel network, operating in the UHF band. It is provided with
four transmitting/receiving centers with a power of 100 watts, connected to a
telephone exchange consisting of a logical unit for management and control of
communications. Starting today, close to 200 vehicles traveling all over the
territory have access, through this system, to the national and international
telephone network. The numberof subscribers should increase rapidly and soon
ships in the port zone of Singapore will also be able to be connected. This
system makes it possible to furnish subscribers with a very reliable and high-
performing service and its modular construction makes future expansion ex-
tremely easy. [Text] [Paris ELECTRONIQUE ACTUALITES in French 27 May 77
p 8] 10042

SINGAPORE-INDONESIA SUBMARINE CABLE LINK--Singapore and Indonesia today
signed a memorandum of understanding to build the $20-million submarine
cable linking the two countries. The signatories were the secretary of
state for communications, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, and the Indonesian minister
of communications, Dr Emil Sali. Mr Ong said the cable link will represent
the second segment of the ASEAN submarine cable network. [Singapore
Domestic Service in English 1132 GMT 29 Jun 77 BK]

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KUWAIT

BRIEFS

KUWAIT 'AXE' ORDER--Kuwait has just awarded LM Ericsson a $7-million (35 mil-
lion francs) contract for supplying three AXE-type electronic exchanges. The
version selected by Kuwait is the one with a time connection network. Deliv-
eries of this equipment will take place in the next 2 years. Kuwait is the
fifth country to adopt AXE, after France, Finland, Sweden and Yugoslavia.
According to the Swedish company, choice of this exchange was preceded by

a thorough evaluation of all the electronic switching systems proposed by

the world's largest producers. [Text] [Paris ELECTRONIQUE ACTUALITES in
French 27 May 77 p 8] 10042

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where not even that reduced plan can be reached, at least not in 1977.
Up to now no orders have been made and if the situation continues, there
will be serious difficulties in maintaining a proper production planning,
and therefore, an economic-financial balance that is sufficient for the
Operation of the companies .!!

Siemens prefers rot to use the expression "frustration" with respect to
this situation but it guarantees that ''together with other firms of the
sector we have alerted the authorities, about the national tele-
communications system or about the situation of the manufacturing compa-
nies. Up to now there is no willingness on the part of the government

According to the Ericsson company, which details the consequences of non-
discrimination in orders and the decline in the volume of orders at the
short and medium range for the concessionaires as well as for the indus -
tries of the sector, in the short range, the telephone companies will be
forced to reschedule the contracts already signed in order to comply
with their new financial Programs and will have to postpone their con-
tracting plans for coming years, In the medium range, it is expected
that once more there will be overloading, noisy dialing malfunctions,
interurban trunklines that are always busy, longer waits for telephone
lines, and the return of the blackmarket in telephones. In the industry,
there will be 6 decline in the industrial rate of growth which will
result in increases in costs, dismissal of skilled personnel who were
trained for long periods, financial difficulties due to a decline in a
cash flow and subsequent indebtedness. In the medium range there wil]
also be the need to train Personnel again, when new orders come, with
the accompanying costs. At the same time, the industry will be Pressured
once more to provide quicker service when we all know that to slow down
is easy but to speed up requires more time and costs more money.!'

In the companies which manufacture telephone and telecommunications
equipment, the period for manufacturing items is established at 2 years,
Thus anything that is contracted for in one year will not be produced
until the following year. Based on that premise, therefore, the Ericsson
foresees orders of 70 Percent of what had been originally forecast,

Siemens goes even further and believes that orders will be made only
at the end of the year and that due to the long cycles of planning and
orders of parts for manufacture, it will be difficult to make a balanced

scheduling for 1979 and that in the best of hypothesis this year will be
very difficult.

Improve Prospects

The Siemens believes that there will only be good prospects for the

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Clare expects to develop a number of new products, both for telecommunications
and for data processing. Thus, in the field of push buttons, the company is
studying a low-profile reed relay push button, whose price should prove to be
very competitive in comparison with traditional electromechanical push but-
tons, taking industrialization into account. In addition, 2 years from now,
the company expects to put out a capacitive keyboard -- for mass production
applications -- that will probably be very competitive (around 30-percent pro-
fit) in comparison with traditional technologies. Finally, in the field of
push buttons, it should be noted that luminous push buttons with one or two
switches and a small lamp, recently proposed by the company for local exchange
switching, have a very competitive price (less than 20 francs).

In the relay sector -- representing around 60 percent of the turnover of Clare
France -~ the company is also developing new products. Thus, at the end of
1977, the company will probably be in a position to supply shielded reed re-
lays with alternate outlets, in the dry or mercury version interchangeable with
each other. These relays, developed in Belgium, might be manufactured in
France subsequently. The company is also developing a mercury reed relay
capsule without preferential positioning. Clare expects to manufacture this
product within 2 years, in order to set competitive prices with regard to the
traditional mercury reed relays. Moreover, Clare is studying a mercury
switch that would make it possible to manufacture 2, 4 and 6 RT contact
relays competitive with traditional electromechanical relays. The company
also expects to put out a triac-controlled mercury reed microrelay.

It should be pointed out, finally, that Clare has already developed a one to
six contact bistable reed relay -- manufactured at present in the United
States -- that might soon be manufactured in Europe, and also a mercury reed
relay controllable directly by C/MOS.

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study to a special executive conference covered for this purpose in Kuwait.
This conference was held in Kuwait on 17 May 1975 and the draft agreement
was discussed at this conference. It was agreed to present the final
form of the agreement to the Arab communication ministers’ meeting to
ratify it. All this shows that great efforts were exerted. However,

the Arab communications ministers conference was later held in Cairo

and the main agreement was ratified. The kingdom was represented at the
meeting by Dr ‘Alawi Darwish Kayyal. At this point, the dream of linking
the Arab world via artificial satellites began to turn into a reality.
The agreement stipulates that the organization's headquarters and the
control stations will be located in the kingdom.

Executive Steps

[Question] What are the practical steps taken since the agreement was
signed to realize this dear wish of the Arabs to have their own artificial
satellite?

[Answer] The organization's Board of Directors held a meeting and I was
unanimously elected its chairman. The Board of Directors was formed with
the following as members: Kuwait, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Jordan, Tunisia
and the United Arab Emirates. At the meeting, the board also approved
the formation of two committees, one technical and the other adminis-
trative. The kingdom has had the honor of forming two committees [sic],
one a technical committee to make preparations for concluding a contract
with an expert establishment to draw up the project's plans and
specifications and to supervise implementation and an administrative-
financial committee to prepare the organization's bylaws and regulations.
The two committees met in Cairo on schedule and the results of their
studies were submitted to the second meeting of the Board of Directors
which was held in Riyadh last month when the suitable formula for inviting
tenders from the expert companies was approved. In fact, this tender was
advertised in local and international newspapers and we began to hand out
the invitation [tend forms] as of 1 May 1977. We expect the expert
companies to submit their offers by 1 August [1977]. The administrative-
financial committee has completed its approval of the qualifications that
should be possessed by the organization's general director. These
qualifications have been transmitted to all the Arab countries which
have been given a period of two months, beginning on 1 May 1977, to submit
their nominations for the position.

A Meeting in July
[Question] When will the next meeting of the Board of Directors be held?
[Answer] It will be held in Alexandria on 9 July [1977], At this meeting,

the remaining bylaws and regulations of the organization and the nominations
by the Arab countries to the post of general director will be discussed.

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National telecommunications projects scheduled during the
Fifth Plan are primarily: .

ae The installation of 23 automatic central exchanges at

Tambacounda, Kedougou, Bakel, M'Bour, Joal, Popenguine,

Tivaouane, M'Boro, Fatick, Nioro du Rip, Kaffrine,
Birkelane, Koungheul, Foundiougne, Sokone, M'Backe,
Touba, Daroumousti, Sedhiou, Kolda, Velingara, Bignona,
and Cap Skirring.

b. The construction of the following communications links:

Thies-Bambey-Diourbel; Bambey-Diourbel; Ziguinchor-
Bignona; Ziguinchor-Oussouye; Ziguinchor-Sedhiou-

Kolda-Velingara; Kaolack-Kaffrine; Kaolack-Foundiougne 3

Foundiougne-Saloum islands; Bakel-Kidira.

Cc. Ferlo will become less’isolated through the use of
these air lines: Linguere-Koungheul; Linguere-
Renerou-Matam; and Renerou-Tambacounda.

d. The installation of telex central exchanges at Thies,
Saint-Louis, and Dakar.

e. A new central exchange will begin operating in Dakar
at Ponty (10,000 -lines) by early 1981 at the latest;
it may possibly be financed with an IBRD loan.

The following developments were récéritly made in international

telecommunications:

a. The complete modernization of the "decametric wave"
network for communications warranting the use of
direct circuits via satellite.

Db. The start of service in April 1972 of the ground satel-

lite telecommunciations station at Gandoul (capacity:
°300 telephone channels; television equipment). The
number of circuits has increased from 20 in 1972 to
70 now.

ee. The recent start of service on the Casablanca-Dakar-
Abidjan undersea cable (total cost: 14 billion CFA
African Financial Commmity. monetary unit/ francs
which should be amortized "in a few years." In 1976,
Tele-Senegal made 280 million in profits.

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CUBA

BRIEFS

NEW INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENTERPRISE--A new enterprise specializ-
ing in international telecommunications has been inaugurated by MINCOM [Min-
istry of Communications]. Identified by the acronym ENTELCUBA (International
Telecommunications Enterprise of Cuba), it provides the country with long-
distance telephone service to other countries through the National Telephone
System and telegraphic messages (telegrams) to anywhere in the world. The
telegrams can be handed in at post office windows. In some places, this
service is also available by telephone. ENTELCUBA also offers international
telex service for organizations and enterprises and radiotelegraphic service
to ships sailing at any latitude, facilitating the exchange of messages of
all kinds, whether commercial or related to the operation of ships or private,
for the benefit of crewmembers. The enterprise also provides every type of
international communication, including the following: coastal telephone and
telegraph service through the National Coastal System; press and radiophoto |
service for the country's media; telegraph, telex, and telephone lines leased
for special use; and color television transmissions from any country for the
ICRT [Cuban Radio and Television Institute]. To provide its various services,
ENTELCUBA is linked by direct circuits to the following countries: Argentina,
Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Colombia, Spain, the United States, France, Jamaica,
Mexico, Poland, the GDR, the PRC, the USSR, Venezuela and, through them, to
the rest of the world. One of the means used by the enterprise in providing
its services is satellite transmission. For this purpose, it uses the Carib-
bean Ground Station, part of whose exterior can be seen in the photograph
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BRIEFS

CABLE TV ENGLISH CASTS--Tokyo, June 29 KYODO--Cable television carrying only
English programs will make its debut next Monday in Tokyo's Shinjuka area

in Japan's first such venture for general subscribers. Tokyo Cable Vision
(TCV) will relay English programs of Japan Cable Television (JCIV)--now
being supplied to hotels, apartment buildings for foreigners and foreign
embassies in Tokyo--to about 1,800 general subscribers in Shinjuku. TCV
plans to continue the broadcasts on Channel 2 free of subscription fees for
6 months on a trial basis preparatory to beginning permanent operations.

The two stations will carry the same programs, featuring 2 hours of overseas
and domestic news daily and three movies with original sound a week. The
programs will be sponsored by airlines and other businesses. There will

be broadcasts from 7 A.M. to 10 A.M. and from 6 P.M. to 1 A.M. daily. [Text]
[Tokyo KYODO in English 0338-GMT 29 Jun 77 OW]

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NORWAY

STANDS TAKEN ON SATELLITE TV
Prime Ministers Position
Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 23 May 77 p 3

{Text] Prime Minister Odvar Nordli in a holiday speech at Lillehammer took
a strong position against those who want to put limitations on satellite
transmissions of TV programs from abroad.

"I cannot see how we in a free society can establish limitations in this
area," said the prime minister at the joint meeting of the Norwegian Publishers
Society and the Norwegian Booksellers Society. Nordli emphasized that he con-
sidered it difficult to take any other position in this manner than that which
now applies to foreign radio programs which we receive.

"I do not believe we can confine the people's reception to NRK programs when
the technology can bring us a number of others," determined the prime minister.

Nordli explained, moreover, that the government does not intend to interfere
with and impose on the Norwegian publishing activity, even if doing so should
enhance public participation in the use of textbooks which have a small market.
The prime minister made it quite clear that he is not an advocate of public
interference in these areas.

"We have tried to adhere to the positive values of our cultural policies.
We must also be willing to endure the inconveniences which this position of
freedom must create for those who at present are on the defensive regarding
TV," asserted Nordli.

"I do not know whether it is any advantage in the broadest sense to be able
to spend much of one's time on not only Norwegian programs, but also on a
whole series of other programs. But I cannot say how we in our free culture
shall be able to establish limitations in this area. Moreover, it has not
been considered any cultural threat that parts of Ostland and Sorland have
been subjected to indoctrination by Swedish and Danish TV programs, and that
viewers in Ost-Finnmark have even been indoctrinated with Soviet TV," said
Nordli.

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broadcasting country's own radio and TV programs to one's own area. In other
words it is merely a matter of a new method of sending programs to the same
public that now receives them. Generally in most countries there is presently
no great interest in, and no need for, such broadcasts. Norway, however, has
a special position among the countries of Europe. If we want the TV Program II
we must receive it via satellite. Thus it will be a question of deciding
whether we have the resources and need for it.

That is, as mentioned above, the one exception to the principle that the
satellite shall merely transmit the national programs within the nation. By
participating in the International Teleunion, Norway has received access to
satellite broadcasts which will be able to cover all of Scandinavia. The
idea is that this will give the people of Scandinavia a chance, through a
"common Scandinavian TV-market," to learn to know one another better. The
manner in which this is to be done must now be considered with great care.
The result must indeed not be that the Scandinavian people will get to view
fewer programs of their neighbor countries than they now view through the
Scandinavian program exchange.

It was NRK that made the first concrete proposal to use satellites to send

the Scandinavian TV program to the neighboring countries. What is now urgent
is that we in our own country take the time for a broad and thorough discussion
of how this can best be done. There will be talk of quite considerable in-
vestments, and we have many unsolved cultural problems.

Quite certainly, broadcasting via satellite will come. But there is little
reason to expect it before 1985. In the fall of 1980 a European satellite

will be launched for test transmissions. It will be up to the government to
decide what place NRK will have in these developments, which, with the years,
quite easily will be capable of creating an entirely new broadcasting situation.

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country is being successfully realized with our own powerful material and
technical means.

Our country where the nationwide wire broadcasting system was established
long ago will successfully be covered with the TV network.

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