ARGENTINA

BRIEFS

RADIO BARILOCHE INCREASES POWER--San Carlos de Bariloche, 18 Oct--LU 8 Radio
Bariloche is increasing its transmitting power today by inaugurating a 25 kw
equipment and extending the antenna from 107 to 126 meters. The station has
also incorporated a modern 12-channel console with six turntables, new direc-
tional microphones, modern recorders and an antenna coupling system. [Buenos
Aires Telam in Spanish 0156 GME 19 Oct 78 PY]

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installation includes a special "red button" coupling to give a ship in
distress priority over all other communications via the satellite system.

What Director Otterlei and his colleagues are now waiting for is the es-
tablishment of a ground station in Europe. Today, communications, from a
Norwegian ship in the Pacific, for example, to the shipowner ashore travel
via an American ground station and in the conventional way from the United
States to Norway. These are long and expensive jumps. Otterlei believes
that a European ground station will open the gates to the world market as
concerns installations for satellite communication.

Plans are afoot for a ground station at Eik in Rogaland, and the British
are also planning one. Possibly, Norwegian-British cooperation will be
established, with the Norwegian station covering the satellite over the
Indian Ocean, while the British station, which does not "see" that far
east, will handle the satellite over the Atlantic.

According to prognoses, about 4600 ship installations for satellite com
munication will be in use by 1990.

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

ZBS TO HOST NONALINED COUNTRIES BROADCASTING CONFERENCE

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 7 Oct 78 p 2

[Text]

CSO:

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ZAMBIA Broadcasting
Services, is to host the
second co-operative com-
mittee of the broadcast-
ing bodies of non-aligned
countries — group of
experts conference.

Announcing this in Lusaka
on Thursday, ZBS director.
Mr Edgar Chellah, said the
conferetce would be opened
on Monday by the Minister,
of Information, Broadcasting
and Tourism, Mr  Unia
Mwila.

Mr Chellah said directives
to form this organisation
were given by heads of state
at the fifth non-aligned sum-
mit conference in Colombo,
Sri Lanka, in 1976.

“The formation of. this
organisation has marked an
important stage in the grow-
i co-Operation of non-
aligned countries in the field
of mass-communication and
the increasing awareness of

the need to encompass all
fields of information in @
well co-ordinated — manner,
Mr_Chellah said.

The director said the group
of experts at this conference
will concern itself with the
task of determining broad-
-casting problems that will be
debated at the next confer-
ence to be held in Geneva
next year.

The conference which will
be held at Mulungushi Hall
will be attended by delegates
from Algeria, “North “Korea,
India, Iraq, ‘Kenya, Nigeria,
Tunisia,  Yugoslavia‘*"and
Zambia’ with Gambia, Tanza-
nia, Congo and Indonesia as
observers.

Mr Chellah said the dele-
gates will leave for Arusha
after the conference to
attend another meeting of
broadcasting engiteers which
opens on October 16, . of
which Zambia is one of the
chairmen.

He said the conference
would be of benefit to Zam-
bia,— Zana,



BRAZIL

DIGIBRAS ESTABLISHES CENTER TO. SUPPORT SOFTWARE INDUSTRY
Rio de Janetro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Portuguese 7 Oct 78 p 17

[Text] By the end of this year, DIGIBRAS [Brazilian Digital] will have its
center to support the development of programs and computation for industrial
use in operation. The announcement was made yesterday by the head of the
company, Jose Cladio Beltrao, who said that the measure was part of the po-
licy to back the development of the Brazilian software industry.

The purpose of the center is to place machines ‘and documentation at the dis-
posal of the interested firms. The first machine acquired was a COBRA-700
computer manufactured in the country with technology from the British com-
pany, Ferranti; and, in the future, an MB 8000 is scheduled to be purchased
from J.C. Melo, and has just been approved by CAPRE.

DIGIBRAS is still studying a model to back the development of programs with
commercial applications; but the company already has decided on two courses
of action: The first is for support to software firms in acquiring machines.
Since DIGIBRAS cannot provide financing, the only way of aiding such firms
would be by participating in the capital.

Mr Jose Claudio Beltrao explained: "We could eventually buy the machine and
turn it over to the companies for a while; and this would be a kind of share
in the stock. We cannot participate in all of them; so we are studying how
to select them." DIGIBRAS' second course of action is the creation of a cen-
ter similar to the one which will be opened by the end of the year, but which
would have commercial applications.

Next week, the technicians from DIGIBRAS and SERPRO will begin discussing with

Fujitsu an association among the three companies for the purpose of producing
medium-sized computers in the country.

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CONTENTS (Continued)
EASTERN EUROPE
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Briefs
New TV Transmitter Planned
New Telephone Exchange
New TV Transmitter
LATIN AMERICA
INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS

Briefs
Inter-American Telecommunications Meet

ARGENTINA
Briefs
Radio Bariloche Increases Power
BRAZIL
CAPRE Urges Domestic Participation in Medium Computer
Market
(JORNAL DO BRASIL, 7 Oct 78) .....---- pee e ee eee

EMBRATEL Purchases First Minicomputers From COBRA
(O GLOBO, 4 Oct 78) .ersceceeeeeves eee o

DIGIBRAS Establishes Center To Support Software Industry
(JORNAL DO BRASIL, 7 Oct 78) ...-++e+----e sees

CUBA

High Quality of PCM 30-32 System Demonstrated
(GUERRILLERO, 22 Jul 78) ....eeeeeeeeeees seen eens

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

Minister Asks for Fair Share of Frequency Spectrum
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 10 Oct 78) ......---0-- seen cane

Results of Meeting Will Help To Improve Radio Signals
(ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL, 12 Oct 78) ......-- peewee eee

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BRAZIL

CAPRE URGES DOMESTIC PARTICIPATION IN MEDIUM COMPUTER MARKET
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Portuguese 7 Oct 78 p 17

[Text] Brasilia--Yesterday, the chairman of the plenary council of CAPRE
[Coordinating Committee for Electronic Processing Activities], Mr Elcio Costa
Couto, declared that he favored a policy for marketing medium-sized computers
of a type similar to the minicomputers, claiming that if the Brazilian mar-
ket does not provide for those interested in producing the medium type, the
preference would be for companies with a majority of native capital or joint-
ventures.

Advocating a majority participation of native firms and the opening of the
technological "package" on the part of foreign companies in the case of com-
puters, he announced that the Coordinating Committee for Electronic Process-
ing Activities (CAPRE) would not decide on the approval of the native and
foreign plans that have been submitted until after a critical analysis is
made of the profile of the medium-sized computer market.

To date, CAPRE has in its portfolio three plans for the production of medium-
sized computers: one from IBM (100 percent foreign capital), one from Bur-
roughs (without a definite breakdown of shares) and one from an association
of Honeywell Bull and CCC (French) with Brasilinvest [Brazilian Investment].
Two more should be added to these: that of Fujitsu, in association with SERPRO
[Federal Data Processing Service] and DIGIBRAS [Brazilian Digital], and that
of Univac.

The chairman of the CAPRE council thinks that, in the case of the medium-sized
computers, the expedient of the CDE's [Economic Development Council] Resolu-
tion 5, which regulates the category of minicomputers, should be applied,

the basic terms of which are: a. a higher index of nationalization in the
equipment; b. access to the foreign market; c. opening of the total technolo-
gical package to the native company in the case of joint-ventures; and, d.
majority control of capital in the hands of Brazilian residents.

The Companies

With regard to the approval of the large-sized computer offered by IBM, Mr
Costa Couto explained that, in principle, the index’ of nationalization should

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MINISTER ASKS FOR FAIR SHARE OF FREQUENCY SPECTRUM

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 10 Oct 78 p 5

[Text]

INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

MINISTER of Information, Broadcasting and Tourism, Mr Unia
Mwila, has called on non-aligned broadcasting engineers to fight
for a fair share of frequency spectrum currently being dominated
by advanced countries.

' Officially opening the
second conference of
non-aligned broadcasting
experts at Mulungushi
Hall "yesterday, Mr
Mwila urged the dele-
gates to use everything
in their power to obtain
a fair share of the fre-
quency spectrum to
effect better reception
in member countries.

He said Zambia has
had for a long time faced
the problem of powerful
broadcasting stations in
other countries interfer-
ing with her own radio
reception.

The minister said that it
was the duty of the group
of engineers to examine at
length all questions relating
to the control of certain
bands of frequencies or cer:
tain technical _ means of
broadcasting by use of satel-
dite. v4-. . .

* He called on the delegates
to study the- problems of
linking satellite in order to
exchange programmes of
cultural and educational
nature among non-aligned
countries.

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“You must debate all pro-
blems of economic, cultural,
scientific and political rela-
tions among developed and
developing countries because
as broadcasters you must
assume a position of leaders,”
Mr Mwila said,

He said that the broad-
casters should form a frori
against powerful and rich
nations who mount propa-
ganda against the liberation
movements.

Powerful

He appealed to the dele-
gates to present a strong
case agaiNst the powerful and
rich nations at their third
conference to be held in
Arusha soon.

The minister said it was
the duty of broadcasters in
non-aligned countries to
streDgthen their contribution
to the liberation struggle of
all oppressed peoples.

“It is our duty in the spirit
of non-alignment to streng-
then our own contribution to
the. struggle, of those, peoples
still under oppression _ by
giving radio stations which
represent them the necessary
facilities required to fight
colonialism,” Mr Mwila said.

He said a number of non-
aligned ‘countries, especially

Zambia, were still facing
problems of broadcasting
stations implanted outside
territorial boundaries inter-
feririg with their own.

“[ feel that you should
concern yourselves with the
question of implementation
of foreign broadcasting sta-
tions in the territories of
developing. countries, espe-
cially those stations. whose
harmfulness is felt on the
olitical as well as technical
vel.” he said.

Not only did these stations
disturb the broadcasting pro-
grammes of developing coun-
tries but also propagated
neo-colonialism from which
the states concerned and
liberation movements suffe-
red.

He said as experts of the
non-aligned countries, they
should view this situation as
one of domination and an
infringement of national
sovereignty.

lt was also necessary, he
said, for the 1979 Geneva
conference ‘to discuss’ “the
question of respecting the
rights of countries fighting
for independence and reserve
the frequency spectrum for
their riational radios after
independence. — Times
Reporter/Zana.

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BRAZIL

EMBRATEL PURCHASES FIRST MINICOMPUTERS FROM COBRA
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in Portuguese 4 Oct 78 p 31

[Text] Yesterday, EMBRATEL [Brazilian Telecommunications Company] signed a
contract for the purchase of 10 minicomputers with COBRA [Brazilian Computers
and Systems Ltd], in a transaction involving the sum of 64 million cruzeiros.
This is the first purchase made by the state company from COBRA. The con-
tract was signed by Carlos Augusto Rodrigues, representing COBRA, and Haroldo
Mattos, on behalf of EMBRATEL.

The first unit will be delivered in November and, by September, EMBRATEL will
have received the 10 minicomputers. They are to be sent to Rio de Janeiro
and Sao Paulo (two apiece), Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Recife, Porto Alegre,
Salvador and Belem.

The minicomputers are to be used in the direct-dial, long-distance service.
According to a report from EMBRATEL, at the present time 30 million DDD con-
nections per month are béing made. For the billing service (a comparison of
the records of the telephone making the connection and the one receiving it),
the company currently has 12 minicomputers which were purchased in 1-73.
These are glutted in view of the volume of the demand.

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NORWAY

SHIP-BOARD SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS READY FOR MARKET
Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 23 Sep 78 p 36
[Article: "Norway Sells Satellite Communications System to Merchant Vessels"]

[Text] The first, and for the present the only, Norwegian-produced ship
installation for satellite communication is ready for the world market.

Some days ago the installation, made by the Electric Bureau Division of
United Marine Electronics [UME], Asker, was approved for use in the maritime
satellite communications system Marisat. UME is already in communication
with several ship owners interested in acquiring the equipment, priced at
about 350,000 kroner.

The Norwegian ship equipment is the first in Europe to be approved for use
in the Marisat system, which next month will be world-encompasing. At that
time Japan will open an earth station which will provide merchant vessels
with communications via a Marisat satellite that covers the entire Indian
Ocean.

Heretofore, only the satellites over the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans
have been available to merchant vessels because earth stations have been
in existence only on the east and west coasts of America.

An optimistic Hakon Otterlei, managing director of United Marine Electronics,
tells us about the Saturn ship installation and the market possibilities

the equipment has: "If the negotiations we are ready engaged in are suc-
cessful the series of 10 stations we are now producing will be too smali,"
he says. According to Otterlei, UME will be able to produce about 500
terminals annually.

The UME does not seem much concerned about competition, primarily from
American producers of similar equipment. The UME chooses to depend upon
the good reputation abroad of Norwegian maritime electronics.

The Saturn ship installation provides instant telex and telephone communi-

cation between ship and shore via satellite, thereby bypassing the long
waiting time often connected with communication via shortwave radio. The

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA

BRIEFS

NEW TV TRANSMITTER PLANNED--Another television transmitter in South Bohemia
will be'built on Marsky Hill near Vimperk. Its 90-meter high antennas will
cover the remaining part of Sumava with a quality television signal. [Prague
LIDOVA DEMOKRACIE in Czech 12 Oct 78 p 4 AU]

NEW TELEPHONE EXCHANGE--The new telecommunications building in Ceske Bidejovice,

one of the most modern and largest in the CSSR, was put into operation on

10 October in the presence of Josef Korcak, CPSZ Central Committee Presidium

member and Czech Premier, Vlastimil Chalupa, CSSR Minister of Communications,

and other party and state representatives. The new building cost almost |
KCS 260 million and is equipped with an automatic memory and a transit ex-
change from Hungary, as well as the PK 202 combined telephone installation |
produced by the Tesla Karlin Plant. [Prague RUDE PRAVO in Czech 11 Oct 78 |
p 2 AU]

: dejov television transmitter,
TRANSMITTER--Test operation of the Bardej
Seich will supply 200,000 people with the CSSR 2d. television program, began
on 13 October. [Bratislava SMENA in Slovak 14 Oct 78 p 1 AU]

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translation for the nearly 1,000 delegates in attendance), Minister Quandt
de Oliveira discussed Brazil's participation in the INTELSAT system.

He said that the country “has for a long time suffered from a great shortage
of communications facilities but, during the past 15 years, special emphasis
has been placed on the development of a modern. telecommunications system.
Although a great shortage still exists in the urban telephone service, pri-
ority has been attached to the implementation of the international services
and the interurban long-distance service,

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FRANCE

MANUFACTURERS EXHIBIT NEW PABX TELEPHONE LINE EQUIPMENT

Paris LE FIGARO in French 22 Sep 78 p 26
[Article by Rene Veran Honorat: "The 'Boom' in Private Telephony" ]

[Text] Calling an addressee in Mexico by simply "dialing" three digits on
the touch-tone panel or rotary dial of one's telephone instrument, knowing
one's telephone costs station-by-station, setting up 3-way telephone conver-
sations, automatic re-calling of a party whose line was busy or did not
answer--these among others are some of the features being offered by the pri-
vate telephone exchanges on display at SICOB [International Data, Communica-
tions and Office Organization Exhibit].

Abbreviated dialing, centralized accounting, 3-way conferencing, line group-
ing, privacy and lockout--such is the new vocabulary of telephony.

Private telephony consists of the telephone systems of offices, plants,
workshops, warehouses, It starts with a couple of PTT lines and ends with
installations capable of serving several thousand offices in one or several
establishments, There are intercom switchers (a few lines, a few stations)
and automatic exchange switching systems, It is an industry in which we
find large French industrial groups specializing in electronics and computer-
ization, but also small quasi-handicraft type enterprises, each solidly
occupying a slot in the market, new enterprises created around a new product
or technology,

It is the most closely government-regulated industry in France, The materiel
it produces must be approved by the PTT after subjecting it to examination
of its characteristics in minute detail, Installers must undergo rigorous
tests of their technical competence for licensing, Their installation plans
must be approved in each case by the PIT and their installations checked by
PIT before being put into service,

PME [Small and Medium Business]: A Market for 70,000 Exchanges
Supplier-customer relationships are also codified and monitored, A rigor

that one would like to see applied to the relationship between PTT and its
subscribers,...

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BOTSWANA

BRIEFS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT STUDIED--The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Works and Communications returned on Sunday from Malawi after a four day
discussion tour with Malawian authorities. Mr Kedikilwe was accompanied by
Dr Disele of Posts and Telecommunications and Mr Russel, Planning Officer in
the Ministry. The purpose of the trip was to enable the Botswana delegation
to explore and develop further insight into the problems of telephone and
telecommunications, ranging from viability, appropriate technological
amenities, organisational structure and a suitable financial regime. The
Permanent Secretary further commented that this kind of exploratory tour on
matters of mutual interest was fairly common as other Government authorities
often come to Botswana to discuss issues on which they feel we may have a
particular contribution to make. Mr Kedikilwe also toured the Multi-Country
Posts and Telecommunications school in Blantyre where some eight Posts and
Telecommunications officers are currently under-going various courses. [Ex-
cerpts] [Gaborone DAILY NEWS in English 20 Sep 78 p 2]

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

GENEVA NONALINED BROADCASTING CONFERENCE PLANNED
Arusha Meeting Ends
Belgrade TANJUG in English 1300 GMT 20 Oct 78 LD

[Text] Arusha, 20 Oct (TANJUG)--In anticipation of the 1979 Havana nonalined
summit, the nonalined broadcasting organizations are intensively preparing
proposals for developing nonalined countries' cooperation in broadcasting.

In the closing stage of its meeting in the Tanzanian town of Arusha, the
committee for cooperation among nonalined broadcasting organizations focused
on solidarity and cooperation in developing broadcasting organizations in the
less developed countries and training their technical and professional staffs
and the promotion of cooperationin radio and television programming.

The committee has drawn attention to the absolute disregard for the nonalined
and developing countries and (?their) interests in preparations for the forth-
coming Geneva preparatory talks on wave-length frequency distribution. The
nonalined broadcasters therefore insist that a nonalined representative be
among the Geneva meeting's vice-chairmen and a nonalined expert appointed to
head a working committee.

An important form of cooperation among the nonalined broadcasting organiza—
tions is joint coverage of major events as practiced at the Belgrade non-
alined Ministerial Conference this summer. At the Arusha meeting Yugoslav
Radio-Television was commended on its assistance to representatives of the
other eleven nonalined broadcasting organizations participating in the pool
coverage of the Belgrade nonalined Ministerial Conference. The nonalined
broadcasting organizations will continue joint coverage not only of nonalined
gatherings, including the Havana summit, but also of other major internation-
al events of special interests to the nonalined.

The Arusha participants welcomed the nonalined proadcasters' working con-
tacts with UNESCO. The nonalined broadcasters insist on UNESCO's engage-
ment in the development of communications and broadcasting systems in the
developing countries.



CONTENTS (Continued)

Broadcasting Time Asked for Africa Liberation Movements
(ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL, 11 Oct 78) ..ssseesseeeeeeeees

BOTSWANA

Briefs
Telecommunications Development Studied

KENYA

Briefs
Telecommunications Development

TANZANTA
Tanzanian Daily Comments on Arusha Conference on Broad-

casting
(Dar es Salaam Radio, 17 Oct 78)

WESTERN EUROPE
FRANCE

Manufacturers Exhibit New PABX Telephone Line Equipment
(Rene Veran Honorat; LE FIGARO, 22 Sep 78) .......

NORWAY
Ship-Board Satellite Communications Systems Ready for
Market
(AFTENPOSTEN, 23 Sep 78) ..-eeeeeeeee Sete e eee enee

New Type VOR Air Traffic System Begins Operation
(AFTENPOSTEN, 28 Sep 78) ..--seeeeeeeeees tree eeeee

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INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

INTER-AMERICAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS MEET--Delegations from American Air Force
telecommunications departments today began formal discussions in Santiago.
The delegations had been attending work sessions since Monday. Chilean Air
Force Commander Gen Fernando Matthei welcomed the delegations from all over
the continent and emphasized the importance of cooperation among the air
forces. The session will continue until next Tuesday. [Santiago Chile
Domestic Service in Spanish 1630 GMT 19 Oct 78 PY]

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

QUANDT ADDRESSES THIRD MEETING OF INTELSAT ASSEMBLY OF PARTIES

Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Portuguese 10 Oct 78 p 7

[Text] Yesterday, at the opening of the INTELSAT's [International Organiza-
tion of Telecommunications by Satellite] Third Assembly of Parties, the min-
ister of communications, Mr Quandt de Oliveira, said that he was firmly con-
vinced that the success of INTELSAT is a result of operations which "are
strictly business-like, transcending political and regional interests." He
claimed: "So long as it is managed according to these principles, it will
continue to render proper service."

The Assembly (chaired by Governor Faria Lima) at the Hotel Sheraton includes
70 delegations from countries that are members of the organization, and will
conclude on 13 October. Immediately after the opening, the delegates gather-
ed in secret sessions to discuss the compatibility between the space communi-
cations systems, an increase in the limit on capital investments by the signa-
tories and general regulations regarding the ayproval of ground stations.

Guidelines

Yesterday, the chairman of the INTELSAT's executive organ, Chilean Santiago
Astrain, directed the work done by the chair; and, according to his assis-
tant, A. Caruso (from Kenya), the purpose of the 5-day Assembly will be to
review the activities of the commercial satellite system since the last meet-
ing, which was held during 1976 in Kenya, in addition to devising guidelines
and plans for the next 2 years.

Minister Quandt de Oliveira stated that this meeting was "a general assembly
of shareholders (there are 102 member nations, and 70 delegations arrived),
without any specific problem except those of an administrative nature;" and
he compared it to a general session of stockholders of a corporation. Dur-
ing these 5 days, the general secretary of the Ministry of Communications,
Mr Romulo Vilar Furtado, who is also head of the Brazilian delegation, is
scheduled to be acclaimed a member of the INTELSAT Board of Governors.

The opening session, set for 1430 hours, began 20 minutes late on account of
Governor Faria Lima who, at the end of the ceremony, apologized for the in-
voluntary delay that he had caused. In his speech (with a simultaneous



CUBA

HIGH QUALITY OF PCM 30-32 SYSTEM DEMONSTRATED
Pinar del Rio GUERRILLERO in Spanish 22 Jul 78 p 1

[Text] The complex new PCM 30-32 communications system, capable of handling
30 telephone conversations at once with just two lines, according to the
general assessment of specialists who have worked with it, has proved its
high quality and reliability in meeting its objectives during the first
year of operations.

In keeping with the large-scale plans for developing communications in Cuba,
work was begun in Pinar Province on automating telephones through dialing
systems and while the infrastructure was being completed other equipment,
such as the PCM 30-32, was installed and tested.

The PCM 30-32, identified in Spanish as MIC, is based on a scientific

principle which uses modulation of coded impulses and eliminates any possible
interference during conversations.

Diring July and August of 1977, with the objective of linking the cities
of Pinar del Rio and Consolacion del Sur, the system was installed on an
experimental basis. Today, a year later, technicians are recognizing the
extremely high quality of the system.

One of the many economic advantages of the system is that now 30 calls can
be handled on just two lines. Previously there were 20 lines between Pinar
del Rio and Consolacion with capacity for 20 conversations at once. The
system represents a saving of 18 lines and sets of signal boosters.

Also the service is better, with high quality, efficiency and freedom from
the constant risk of breakdown and need for adjustments. Also, maintenance
is simplified.

Modulation of the coded impulses is done through integrated circuits which

measure the human voice within 100 milliseconds, encode-it and send it in
the form of impulses to the receiver which decodes it, and vice versa.

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Decisions on the index of nationalization of the product and its marketing
abroad also remained pending, and willbe made on the basis of the agreements
to be concluded regarding the payment of royalties and the prices of the im-
ported components. The Japanese agreed to an accelerated rate of national-
ization of the product, but they want to negotiate the other two items first;
because, the more components that are produced in Brazil, the less the cost
of the development of technology will be offset by the prices of the imports.

The Japanese also agreed.to make considerable exports from Brazil, but they
want other benefits in exchange for this. The exports will have to be large
to meet another stipulation of the Brazilians: equilibrium in the balance of {
payments involving the enterprise. For this purpose, of course, Fujitsu will
have to allocate for Brazil markets which are used by the home offices or
other branches. Participation limited to a third of the joint-venture capi-
tal was at first accepted by the Japanese; but, depending on the negotiations
on the other points, they want to have a larger share.

Mr Wando Borges stressed the fact that, if the joint-venture materializes,
it will not necessarily mean that it will be approved by CAPRE, which has
other plans under consideration, including some with a majority share of
national capital, such as the Honeywell-Bull one.

Fujitsu Accepts Minority Participation
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Portuguese 14 Oct 78 p 16

[Text] Yesterday, the board of directors of the Federal Data Processing Ser-
vice [SERPRO] disseminated an official memorandum stating: "The Fujitsu group
has agreed to a minority participation in the establishment of the medium-
sized computer factory, for which it will contribute capital and full-scale
technology."

The memorandum notes: "The factory to be built in the country will serve the
domestic market, reserving part of its production for the international mar-
ket." It emphasized that the Fujitsu computers meet the needs of users of
IBM machines without any problems, and that the Japanese firm made a commit-
ment to SERPRO to transfer semiconductor technology to any national group
capable of assimilating it.

Agreement

The SERPRO memorandum states that, at the meetings held in Rio from Monday
to Wednesday of last week, "There was agreement in principle on the equip-
ment to be manufactured, the technological content, the production capacity
and the speed of nationalization."

It added that, in the forthcoming negotiations between the SERPRO and DIGI-
BRAS directors and those of Fujitsu, “The other details will be discussed,
such as the prices and terms for imports of the necessary components."



WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

BRAZIL-JAPAN MEDIUM COMPUTER JOINT VENTURE FINALIZED
Royalties, Component Prices Discussed
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in Portuguese 12 Oct 78 p 29

[Text] The payment of royalties and the prices of imported components are
some of the aspects of the plan for the joint-venture manufacture of medium—
sized computers which remained unresolved after 3 days of meetings between
the president of SERPRO [Federal Data Processing Service], Mr Moacir Fiora-
vante, and the president of DIGIBRAS [Brazilian Digital], Mr Wando Borges,
and the head of the Japanese firm,Fujitsu, Mr Shiro Yoshikawa.

The Messrs Moacir Fioravante and Wando Borges also announced that the Japan—
ese would send technical officials to discuss in depth the points that are
still pending. After the notes on the feasibility plan have been taken, new
negotiations will be held on the directorship level.

After 3 days of negotiations, Mr Wando Borges said that the Japanese were
greatly interested in forming a joint-venture but, as a negotiating tactic,
they maintain a cool attitude during the discussions. He added that the
heads of Fujitsu are not concerned about CAPRE's [Coordinating Committee for
Electronic Processing Activities] approval of the IBM plan; because the plan
that has been approved is for the manufacture of large computers which are
not in competition with the medium-sized computers that they want to manu-
facture.

Mr Moacir Fioravante announced that the Japanese agreed to make available the
package of technology for the manufacture of computers, but that they are
charging a high price for this. He said that the Japanese have required

the payment of royalties at rates that are prohibited by the INPI [National
Patent Institute]. This payment would be to cover part of the costs of de-
veloping the technology that would be transferred. The president of SERPRO
claimed that the requested payment of royalties cannot be accepted, but that,
in compensation, an increase in the prices of imported components is being
negotiated. In this way, the technology developed in Japan would be partial-
ly paid for, not through the remittance of royalties, but rather by the im
porting of components at higher prices.



TANZANIA

TANZANIAN DAILY COMMENTS ON ARUSHA CONFERENCE ON BROADCASTING

Dar es Salaam Radio in English to Central and Southern Africa 0400 GMT
17 Oct 78 LD/EA

[Text] The government newspaper, THE DAILY NEWS, comments on the meeting of
the nonalined countries’ broadcasting organization.

THE DAILY NEWS says: The 4-day meeting in Arusha is an important one. It
is being attended by 10 countries which form the cooperation committee of
the broadcasting organization of nonalined countries. The committee was
established last year to study various problems of broadcasting, with the
aim of curbing the dominant external influence in disseminating information.

The newspaper says: As the situation stands today, nonalined countries are
being reduced to mere passive recipients of biased, inadequate, distorted
information from the so-called advanced countries. For example, prime
listening time in Africa is bombarded by such big radio stations as the
British Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Moscow, Voice of America and Radio
South Africa--to mention only a few.

All these broadcasters, says THE DAILY NEWS, are engaged in a political,
ideological competition to influence Africa.

The newspaper suggests that this should be challenged. It says: the non-
alined countries, therefore, must fully identify and affirm the national and
cultural identity if they are to redress this serious imbalance in communica~
tion. All in all, says THE DAILY NEWS, developing countries will have to
step up efforts in training radio and TV journalists and technicians, while
investing for the creation of a new infrastructure. It concluded that co-
operation is essential and all countries should avail themselves fully of
the scientific and technological breakthroughs already made in the broad-
casting field.

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KENYA

BRIEFS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT--The French Thomson-CSF Company will furnish
Kenya more than 100 million francs of telecommunications and radio broadcast

materiel according to a contract signed by the Kenyan and French governments.

This contract, the first one deriving from the cooperation agreement signed
by the two governments in May 1976, which granted Kenya a credit of 150 mil-
lion francs for the improvement of the country's telecommunications, will
enable the "Voice of Kenya" radio station to cover the entire country. It
also includes the construction shortly of a new satellite telecommunications
earth station 50 kilometers from Nairobi, at the city of Longonot, where an
earth station was built in 1970 to access the Intelsat network. The new
station will link Kenya directly with the West African countries without
having to transit European countries as at present. [Text] [Paris DEMAIN
L'AFRIQUE in French 12 Sep 78 p 83] 9238

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The Arusha meeting endorsed the proposal for the second conference of the
nonalined broadcasting organizations to be held in Sierra Leone next fall.
The first conference was held in Sarajevo, capital of the Yugoslav consti-
tuent Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Members of the Yugoslav delegation to the Arusha meeting were today received
by Tanzanian information minister, Isaac Sepetu.

The Arusha meeting ended today. Taking part in it were the delegations of
the 12 member-countries of the Committee for Cooperation among the nonalined
broadcasting organizations and observers from five other nonalined countries.

Closing the Arusha meeting, the host of the meeting, Tanzania information
minister, Isaac Sepetu, assessed the meeting's (2conclusions) as affirming
the nonalined countriest resolve to promote their cooperation in broadcast-
ing and in this way to contribute to strengthening the nonalined movement.

Indian Delegation Plans
Delhi ISI in English 1453 GMT 21 Oct 78 BK

[Text] The special preparatory meetings (SPM) of all the study groups of
the International Radio Consulative Committee (CCIR) will be held jointly
in Geneva for 4 weeks from 23 October 1978. These meetings will prepare
the technical basis for the World Administative Radio Converence (WARC 79)
which will be held in Geneva in September 1979. This conference will be
under the aegis of the International Communication Union for undertaking a
general review of radio regulations, including the table of frequency
allocations.

Effective Indian participation in the SPM is considered to be very important.
It will project the views of the Indian administration on several techni-
cal and operating aspects concerning several categories of radio communica-
tions and steer documents submitted by India through various stages of SPM.

The Indian delegation--led by T. V. Srirangan, wireless adviser to the govern-
ment, and consisting of 10 other members drawn from various ministries and
departments of the Government of India as well as from autonomous bodies-—

is leaving for Geneva on 22 October to participate in the meetings.

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vary between 25 and 30 percent; although negotiations should be held in order
to arrive at a more exact determination of the participation of native com-
panies in the plan.

B/158, the technical designation for the plan, represents the technological
sophistication of the model currently manufactured by IBM, B/148, so as to
keep pace with the trends of updating in the computer industry.

Plan MB 8000, of J.S. Melo, which CAPRE approved, will operate in the area
of minicomputers, competing with the similar model currently manufactured

by COBRA [Brazilian Computers and Systems Ltd], namely, B/700. An additional
explanation from CAPRE notes that the MB 8000 and B/700 are models used in
the control of industrial processes, a specific branch of minicomputers, and
do not affect the overall market of the other three native firms authorized
to manufacture minicomputers.

It is likely that, at the next meeting of CAPRE, in 20 days, approval will
be given for the production of large computers. The plan was not released
along with that of IBM simply because of the lack of sufficient information
from a technical standpoint with which a critical analysis could be made by
the Council. IBM, on the other hand, supplied the technical data; and it
was not necessary to postpone the approval at the cost of hampering the ex-
pansion of its industrial park in Campinas (Sao Paulo).

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Pilot Captain Arne Berntsen, chairman of the air safety committee of the
Norwegian Commercial Pilots' Association, tells AFTENPOSTEN that the
Konnerud installation will give pilots a far safer initial position for

the approach to Fornebu than was possible before. "The Doppler VOR provides
greater accuracy than an old-fashioned radio beacon, and when in addition
there is a rangefinder in the same location, navigation is far more certain.
Further, the Drammen Doppler VOR will be of great assistance to air control
and provide greater flexibility in handling of traffic."

“What, then, is left of the desires of the air line pilots as concerns
Fornebu?"

"We would like to see the main runway lengthened out to Torvoya [Island]
and leveling of the end of the runway out toward Snaroya Road. We desire
good lighting of the runway, and an instrument landing system (ILS) for
approaches from the east would in our opinion reduce the noise level::over
certain parts of Oslo and provide better regularity and flexibility in the
traffic. As concerns the runway lighting, it is of a kind that would not be
accepted elsewhere. Today, there is a large gap without lighting between
Torvoya and the end of the runway, an unfortunate situation, in particular
during poor visibility or after dark," says Captain Berntsen.

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INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

RESULTS OF MEETING WILL HELP TO IMPROVE RADIO SIGNALS

Lusaka ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL in English 12 Oct 78 p 3

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important for all th

*INFORMATION. Broadcast-

‘ing .and Tourism. permanent
secretary. Mr Andrew Chitu-
Jang’oma. has said that Zam-
bia will continue to co-operate
with.-other countries in all
fields .of common interest in
-order ‘to. maximise services to
all respective countries and
people.

Mr Chitulang’oma said this
yesterday when he closed the
2nd meeting of co-operation
committee of the broadcasting

, bodies of non-aligned countries

at Mulungushi Hall.

Mr Chitulang’oma also: said
that the seminar was important
in that it will enhance human
understanding which was an
important process in the pro-
motion of world peace.

“Your presence here is a
clear_manifestation of your
respéct and appreciation of the
leadership of President
Kaunda for which I thank you
‘so much.” he said.

He: called on seminar parti-
cipants to take decisions
discussed at the conference
seriously because they were

: aligned countries to have a

common strategy at the world
administrative radio confer-
ence in Geneva next year.

He also added that results of
the meeting will contribute
greatly to the improvement of
radio and television signals in
most areas of developing coun-
tries.

He reminded seminar parti-
cipants’ that’ despite meeting
together as professionals from
different countries to discuss
business, they were also
required to know each other
better as members of one fam-

ily.

“You are all here striving to
serve mankind. We should.
therefore. all the time work in
this good spirit you have ref-
lected here - of sharing and
exchanging ideas for improv-
ing the quality of life in our
time and for generations to
come.” he said.

Mr. Chitulang’oma thanked
delegates for the spirit of co-
operation shown throughout
the duration of the meeting
and hoped that a good report
will be submitted to the co-
operation committee in Aru-
sha, Tanzania next week.

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6 November 1978

TRANSLATIONS ON. TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

No. 58

CONTENTS PAGE
WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

Geneva Nonalined Broadcasting Conference Planned
(Various sources, 20, 21 Oct. 78) ....eeseeeeeeeecs 1

Arusha Meeting Ends
Indian Delegation Plans

Quandt Addresses Third Meeting of INTELSAT Assembly of
Parties
(JORNAL DO BRASIL, 10 Oct 78) .........- eee eeeeeee 3

Brazil-Japan Medium Computer Joint Venture Finalized
(JORNAL DO BRASIL, 12, 14 Oct 78) ........-- tenes 5

Royalties, Component Prices Discussed
Fujitsu Accepts Minority Participation

ZBS To Host Nonalined Countries Broadcasting Conference
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 7 Oct 78) ..ccececcseeeseeeeeeee 8

Briefs
Nonalined Countries Broadcasting Pool
GDR Networks to PDRY
Radio Meeting in Zambia
Nonalined Broadcasters Conference
Proceedings of Broadcasters Conference

CcOowNuLw

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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Briefs .
PRC Delegation to Geneva 11

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WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

NONALINED COUNTRIES BROADCASTING POOL~-Dar es Salaam, 21 Oct (TASS)--A meet-
ing of the Committee on Cooperation of Broadcasting Organizations of Non-
alined Countries ended here. Its participants advanced the proposal to
create a pool of broadcasting and television organizations of nonalined
countries to spread in the world truthful, objective and prompt information
on different meetings, conferences and other important events. The committee
urged nonalined countriés with developed broadcasting services to give ma-
terial assistance in this sphere to other countries. [Text] [Moscow TASS
in English 2137 GMT 21 Oct 78 LD]

GDR NETWORKS TO PDRY--Aden--The GDR handed over telephone networks for the
PDRY cities of Ji'ar and Zinjibar and a radio link with the capital Aden on
Monday [16 October 1978]. The service was initiated in Ji'ar by the
chairman of the Presidential Council, 'Ali Nasir Muhammad al-Hasani, who
also made the first telephone call to Aden, speaking with the general
secretary of the Central Committee of the Yemeni Socialist Party, ‘Abd
al-Fattah Isma'il. The two cities, each of which has 10,000 inhabitants
and which are situated some 80 kilometers east of Aden, are thus the first
cities in the PDRY to have a direct telephone link with the capital.

[Text] [East Berlin ADN International Service in German 1434 GMT 16 Oct 78
LD]

RADIO MEETING IN ZAMBIA--According to the news agency pool, the second con-
ference of groups of experts of the cooperation committee of the broadcast-
ing organizations of the nonalined countries was held recently in the capital
of Zambia, Lusaka. Those attending the conference discussed further develop-
ing cooperation in the broadcasting sectors among the nonalined countries

in order to counter hostile propaganda by the imperialists. At the confer-
ence, a document for strengthening cooperation in the broadcasting sector
among the nonalined countries was adopted. [Text] [Pyongyang Domestic
Service in Korean 0700 GMT 16 Oct 78 SK]



PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

BRIEFS

PRC DELEGATION TO GENEVA--Peking, 18 Oct (HSINHUA)--A Chinese telecommuni-
cations delegation headed by Chang Kai, a senior adviser for the Ministry
of Posts and Telecommunications, left Peking yesterday by plane for Geneva
to attend the world radio special preparatory meeting of the international

telecommunications union. [Text] [Peking NCNA in English 0850 GMT 18 Oct 78
DW]

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NORWAY

NEW TYPE VOR AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEM BEGINS OPERATION
Oslo AFTENPOSTEN in Norwegian 28 Sep 78 p 38
[Article: "New Radio Beacon Guides Fornebu Traffic"]

{Text] The list of equipment and improvements airline pilots consider de-
sitable at Fornebu to ease approach conditions and increase safety at the
country's main airport is a notch shorter. On Wednesday, Technical Director
Per Mortensen of the Telecommunications Directorate handed over, on behalf
of the State Air Safety Office, to the Civil Air Administration a new radio
navigation aid which will facilitate the pilots' work of finding direction
to and distance from the main runway of the airport. The so-called VOR/DME
installation is set up at Konnerud, near Drammen. It is the most advanced
in Norway.

The installation has been in trial operation since this summer, and will be
in regular operation at the turn of the year. Everything indicates that
the signals from Konnerud are of very great precision.

The cost of setting up this modern installation in the most popular air
recreation area of the people of Drammen was four million kroner, and the
plans for a radio beacon at that location was met by resistance from outdoor
enthusiasts and environmentalists when presented. The resistance ended,
however, as construction proceeded and it proved that the installation did
not spoil the environment to the degree that had been feared.

An enthusiatic project leader, section engineer Svein Otto Andreassen, of
the air safety office of the Telecommunications Directorate, was the guide
during the official inspection in Konnerud on Wednesday. He pointed out

that the Drammen Doppler VOR, the official designation, is the first of its
kind in this country--in fact of this type put in operation in Europe outside
Great Britain. Test flight results have been very good. Signal quality is
without doubt the best, compared with the 22 conventional systems found in
Norway, in that the signals are less exposed to reflections from the terrain.
In addition, the Drammen VOR lies at the focus of all flights to the country's
largest and most heavily trafficked airport. A good VOR at that point is
thus an important technical and operational improvement, Andreassen pointed
out.

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MIC is produced by the RFT firm of East Germany, and is used by. various

nations which are members of CEMA [Council on Economic Mutual Assistance].

Installation was done by German and Cuban specialists, engineers from

the Pinar del Rio Telephone and Development departments of the Communica-
tions Company and a cable brigade.

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Worldwide, 10 million PABX (Private Automatic Branch Exchange) lines are
being installed annually, The growth rate of the market is being estimated
at approximately 10 percent per annum for the next 10 years, Then there are
the underdeveloped countries, The U.S, alone accounts for 25 percent of this
market, the next 8 countries (Japan, Great Britain, France, Italy...) for
50 percent, the next 10 for 10 percent, and the remaining 15 percent is dis-
tributed among the 120 remaining countries, There are balmy days ahead for
this industry, the cost of installations being somewhere between 1800 and
2000 francs per line, The Arab countries which are equipping themselves
and the USSR for its administrative communications requirements are the
present targets of French industry, In France, the potential PME (enter-
prises of 10-50 employees) market is 70,000 exchanges.

Electronics has facilitated a reduction in the size of private telephone
exchanges, At SICOB one sees a 200-line automatic switching system that
fits in the trunk of an automobile, a 25 line system totally contained in
the operator's console, Informatics facilitates the design of multi-func-
tional installations, The numbering plan, the station classes of service
(up to 16), the capabilities and restrictions assigned to each, are all
functions of the programming fed into the automatic switching system and
can be varied, A station assigned to a warehouseman can be changed to a
PpG [President and General Manager] type station, if the nature of the
premises changes, by a simple instruction change.

Cost Accounting Controls

The popularity of telephone system cost accounting has not been overlooked,
and some exchanges offer, as an additional option, detailed recording of
telephone charges, station-by-station, call-by-call.

Operator positions have also been improved, Headsets are lighter. Human
engineering studies have been applied to the design of consoles so as to
minimize operator fatigue and the required duration of operator interventions.

Direct access to the computer memory permits each employee to formulate his
or her own numbering plan (excluding 16 and 19) and to set up his or her own
incoming call restrictions, An option is also available, at the request of
associations for the sightless, for blind operators,

For technical operation and maintenance, some manufacturers provide central
automatic monitoring, central automatic technical supervision, troubleshoot-
ing and maintenance of equipment, and central automatic technical management
and control of the system, all by means of interconnections between the
switching system and a remote central position.

The PIT General Directorate of Telecommunications is also exhibiting its new
or more recent offerings of subscriber equipment and services, such as
"Eurosignal" for remote paging, radiotelephones, telecopiers, telex, and auto-
matic telephone-answering equipment, use of which even for family purposes is
rapidly increasing. Demonstrations of telephone and video conferences are
given three times a day, An effort should be made to explain and justify the
new telephone directory,

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INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

BROADCASTING TIME ASKED FOR AFRICA LIBERATION MOVEMENTS
Lusaka ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL in English 11 Oct 78 p 1

[Text]

LUSAKA Mayor Councillor
Simon Mwewa has urged all
member states of the non-
aligned movement to allocate
broadcasting time to. southern
Africa liberation movements in
order for them to counteract
Propaganda emanating from
racist regimes in the region.

Mr Mwewa made the call in
Lusaka yesterday when he
entertained delegates from a
number of countries belonging
to the ‘non-aligned movement
and are attending the second
meeting of Co-opeation Com-
mittee of Broadcasting Bodies
group of experts.

The mayor said: “I would
like to appeal to all the non-
aligned countries through you
= to think of allocating small
space on their national radios.
to liberation movements of the
Patriotic Front. South West
‘ica People’s Organisation

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and African National Con-
gress (ANC) of South Africa.
to enable these movements put
their cases across the non-
aligned population.”

“Many people in the world
know that there is a war in
southern Africa today. They
are hearing that many people
are dying day and night. But
do they know. the facts. the
causes and the inside informa-
tion of the war? Have they
been told why people should
continue to shed blood at this
time the United Nations is
striving to maintain peace in
the world?” Mr Mwewa asked.

He said it was imperative
that the world population - at
least the non-aligned nations -
should be educated of the facts
of the prevailing situation in
the region. “And ‘there is no
other better educator ‘who
could be better than the libera-
tion movements themselves.”
he added.

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He said that freedom figh-
ters should be allowed time to
talk to the masses through
various broadcasting services.
“After all. broadcasting is a
very effective means ‘of putting
views. across to the people
because listeners or TV view-
ers get the word direct from
the speaker.” the mayor said.

He appealed to the broad-
casting experts to bring up the
request to World Administra-
tive Radio Regulatory confer-
encé to be held in Geneva.
Switzerland, next year.

He congratulated the parti-
cipants for choosing Lusaka
for their’ deliberations since it
was in one of the Frontline
States close to the minority
regimes who are concentrating
their efforts in suppressing the
truth through propaganda.



The memorandum reads: “SERPRO and DIGIBRAS are conducting the negotiations
of concern to the Brazilian private groups that will participate in the
enterprise, which will be nationally controlled." It adds: "The type of
association to be used resembles that of other enterprises that have already
been established in the country, because it will include Brazilian state
and private capital, as well as foreign capital."

The memorandum concludes by revealing: "The Japanese group has made similar

associations previously, which it is now initiating in Brazil with Spain
and Canada."

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NONALINED BROADCASTERS CONFERENCE--Dar es Salaam, 17 Oct--The second meeting
of the cooperation committee of the nonalined broadcasting organization was
opened in the city of Arusha. More than 100 delegates from 19 countries will
hold 4-day discussions on various communications to be submitted to the forth-
coming conference scheduled for next year in Sierra Leone. The committee
includes Peru, Cuba, Tanzania, Zambia, India, Afghanistan, Algeria, Tunisia,
Congo and Yugoslavia. The Tanzanian DUANY NEWS [as received] said in its
editorial that the developing countries which are building an independent
economy depend on news provided by some transnational agencies. These
agencies, the daily says, often emphasize insignificant news and make no
mention of developments the countries are interested in. The creation of

the cooperation committee is an important step toward the implementation of
the agreements made at the information ministers meeting held in New Delhi

in 1976. [Excerpt] [Belgrade Tanjug in English 1605 GMT 17 Oct 78 LD]

PROCEEDINGS OF BROADCASTERS CONFERENCE--Arusha, 17 Oct--The nonalined broad-
casting organizations will continue to work as a single pool in the perform-
ance of common tasks just as they did at the Belgrade nonalined ministerial
conference this summer. Participants in the Arusha, Tanzania, meeting of
the committee for cooperation among nonalined broadcasting organizations
have commended Yugoslav radio-television on the organization of the nonalined
broadcasting organizations [word indistinct] at the Belgrade nonalined min-
isterial conference. Radio and television reporters from many nonalined
countries have also been commended on their daily team coverage of the Bel-
grade conference. The Belgrade experience will be very valuable in organi-
zing future joint coverage of nonalined meetings by the nonalined broadcast-
ing organizations. [Excerpt] Belgrade Tanjug in English 1617 GMT 17 Oct 78
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