The first example is related to the very broad area of know-how transfer.
New production facilities will be put in operation in the near future at
two plants in Oujda and Agadir of a firm which has its head office in
Casablanca.

In each one of the plants, four technicians responsible for receiving and
operating the new equipment have to be rapidly trained without being moved
away.

To ensure this training, the executives in Casablanca who cannot go simul-
taneously to the two plants make use of teleconference.

This example gives an idea of the new possibilities for information and train-
ing within corporations offered by teleconference systems. They are simple
and easy to operate. In addition, they provide a new possibility: to imme-
diately ascertain whether an educational program was understood.

A second example of direct utilization of teleconference systems are projects
which different firms or remotely located departments of a single firm
jointly execute.

Teleconference systems also make it possible to stay within budgetary and
time constraints, independent of distance.

NASA is a striking example: in 1974, through more than 20 audiographic
teleconference centers scattered throughout the United States, the Apollo
project was successfully terminated with a 20% savings in allocated travel
expenses.

This new means of communication is expected to bring about a fundamental
change in the orientation given by telecommunications to the economy in the
course of the next few years. Today one strives to provide permanent ser-
vice for all, with means less sophisticated than what will be available
later, which implies a twofold concern for efficiency and economy.

Efficiency will be obtained by combining with telephone conversation trans-
mission of written dataor stationary pictures by telex, teletype, telecopy,
teleprojection. in a later stage, moving pictures of the video conferences
are expected.

Economy will be obtained by the selection of networks and terminals manu-
factured in series in order to reach cost effectiveness quickly with compe-
titive rates both for the teleconference proper and the associate services
mentioned above, for which the teleconference would be a kind of promotional
springboard.

Group communication, facilitating discussion, consultation and decision
making between distant locations reduces the need for traveling and the
associated time delays. At the same time, it makes the managing and orga-
nizational activities less burdensome for firms having operations in numerous
locations. One of the major obstacles to the decentralization of enterprises
is herewith removed.

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SATELLITE NETWORKS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS

Two More Domestic Networks

Kampala VOICE OF UGANDA in English 2 Jun 77 pl

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"UBC Engineer Briefs Dr Amin"7

LIFE President Amin has received
at State House, Entebbe, Mr Far-
ouk Malik Superintendent Engineer
- with the Uganda Broadcasting
Corporation who briefed him on
the developments of the Interna-
tional Earth Station at Arua.

President Amin was very happy
with the progress, saying that he
has now decided to build two
more domestic satellite net-works
in Kitgum and Fort Portal.

He said once completed, the net-
work in Kitgum would serve South-
ern Sudan and other areas around.
The one in Fort Portal would
cover Western Province including
such areas as Bwamba and Buko-

njo.

The Life President explained
that the station in Kapchorwa
would serve the Eastern and Ka-
ramoja provinces while the one in
Mbarara would — cover . among
others, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kigtzi
and the whole of Ankole,

He said his intention is to ex-
tend education and other services
to everybody in Uganda. He was
happy to learn that the project in
Arua is mobile and said that if in
future there is any need to chenge
it, the satellite could be taken to
any other area in Uganda.

Field Marshal Amin was happy
to learn that the planned network

Operations Begin 2 July

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[Krticle by Zulf Khalfan, from Arua:

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UGANDA.

aims at 15 years ahead. He said
if everything is completed by the
second of July 1977, the people of
Uganda will be very happy.

He hoped that all the other
jects would also be accomplished
in time because he aims at mak-
ing communication easy for the
people of Uganda, through radio,
television, telephone, telex and
other services. The President was
briefed in the presence of the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, who
is also holding the portfolio of
the minister of Information and
Broadcasting, Lt Col Juma Oris,

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WAM [Waw Alif Mim] has begun its test transmission by sending some local
news and activities inside the state on a limited scale. UAE Information
and Culture Minister Ahmad ibn Hamid has visited the headquarters of the
agency and its branches in the northern Emirates and Al-'Ayn and issued
instructions that this limited test transmission begin immediately.
Information and Culture Ministry Undersecretary ‘Abdallah an-Nuways has
stated that the final steps for completing the agency's machinery are
progressing speedily prior to the official start of operations by the
agency. [Text] [Doha QNA in Arabic 0800 GMT 18 Jun 77 NC]

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BRIEFS

NEW TV MAST--The majority of the Bulgarian radio and television audience
will be able to hear three and see two VHF television programs following
the recent conclusion of construction of a radio and TV mast in the Todopi
Mountain Range. [Prague ZEMEDELSKE NOVINY in Czech 13 Jun 77 p 1 AU]

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MOROCCO

BRIEFS

AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE LINE--The governor of the Marrakech province, Mr Mustapha
Tariq, yesterday afternoon opened the intenational automatic telephone line.
During this inaugural ceremony, Mr Mustapha Tarig had a telephone conversa-
tion with Mr El Jay of the Embassy of Morocco in Paris. The
governor termed the opening of this international telephone line
a new step forward in the field of telecommunications, and he
emphasized the importance of this communications line. Mr El
Jay stated that the Moroccan community in France is delighted
to have this connection. Marrakech is now connected directly
by the automatic line with France, Holland, Spain, Switzerland,
the Federal Republic of Germany, Tunisia, and Lebanon. Also
attending this opening ceremony were: the secretary general of
the province, the head of the governor's staff, and the regional
PIT srostel and Telecommunications Administration/ director.
Ztext/ /Casablanca MAROC SOIR in French 8 Jun 77 p 1/7 7679

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So rapid is the progress being made in this
direction, that in less than a month’s time
frora today, Uganda will have her own earth

Satellite station.

Largely due to Presi-
dent Idi Amin’s own
foresight and drive to
make Uganda. self-re-
liant in all fields, the
Uganda Earth Satellite
Station is expected to
be ready and operatio-
nal by July 2nd, 1977.

The station is being erected
on an open site of about 300
by 200 meters, in Ombaci,
four miles from Arua, by an
American firm—Harris Inter-
national Telecommunications
of Florida.

The Uganda station will be
capable of receiving and
transmitting internationa! ra-
dio and television signals
and will commence by recciv-
ing and transmitting Uga-
nda’s own radio and televi-
sion signals.

This means that by the
middle of July, residents of
Arua and the surrounding re-
gions will be able to view oa
their TV sets high quality te-
lecasts of programmes from
Uganda Television, Kampala,
and in colour if they wish.

Until now, Uganda's com-
munications from Kampala,
to the outside world, had to
be routed through the Longo-
not Earth Satellite Station,
in Kenya—hitherto the only
one in East Africa — which
has only six circuits.

The Uganda Satellite Sta-
‘tion will have 24
circuits which can be extend-
ed by installing more circuits
— in groups of 12 — up toa
maximum of 96 circu’

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The erection of the satellite
station in Arua opens up
other, numerous communica-
tions avenues not only for this
growing town, but for the
whole Nile Province, and the
entire surrounding regions.

It includes the possibility
of transforming the present
manually-operated Arua tcle-
phones into a standard trunk
dialing system (STD), first be-~
tween Arua and Kampala,
and then from Arua and
other stations outside Uganda.

A telex service can be
initiated, “ speeding up news,
administrative and commer-
cial information exchanges
between the region and Ka-
mpala, as well as outside
Kampala.

Once Arua is able to com-
municate with the outside
world directly, py telephone
or telex, it will mean that
the neighbouring small towns
of Aru in Zaire and Keri/Ka-
ya in Sudan, which often ex-
perience considerable delays
in communicating with their
capitals, because of their long
distance, can communicate
easily from Arua.

To complete the Uganda
communications network are
three other planned ~ mini
stations, scheduled to be com-

by August. One of
these will be located on Ko-
lolo Hill, while of the other
two, one will be lecated in
Kapchorwa, Sebei, and the
other in Mbarara, Ankole.

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CONTENTS (Continued)
EASTERN EUROPE
BULGARIA

Briefs
New TV Mast

LATIN AMERICA
ARGENTINA

Briefs
Responsibility for Internal Broadcasts

NEAR EAST AND AFRICA
INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

Briefs
Instruments Discovered in Jordan

Briefs
New Radio Transmitter

LEBANON

Briefs
Third Television Station

MOROCCO

Teleconference: Aid to Decentralization of Enterprises
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A Revolution in Telecommunications Described
(Sami el Jai; L'OPINION, 4 May 77) «csssceesceeeeees

Briefs
Automatic Telephone Line

PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
Development of Telephone Service Called Vital for Economic,

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of al-Ashqar mountain outside the city of Ra's al-Khaymah and located
among several mountains to shield it from the 500-kilowatt radar at
Ra's al-Khaymah airport and the 1,000-kilowatt Iranian radar at Bandar
"Abbas airport, because the radiation and transmission emanating from
these radar stations would hamper the operation of the station had it
been located elsewhere.

‘The station provides the UAE with an outstanding capability for worldwide
communications. The station, on which work was started 18 months ago,
which cost 14 million dollars, and which is entirely owned by the govern-
ment of Ra's al-Khaymah, has one of the largest dish antennas ever built
for communications purposes. The dish, with a diameter of 107 feet, is
installed at a 59-degree angle, facing the artificial satellite INTELSAT IV,
in its orbit 22,300 miles over the Indian Ocean.

Relaying Conversations and Television Broadcasts

The station can put to use 972 channels simultaneously, to handle telephone
calls, relay telex messages and urgent data, and broadcast television pro-
grams directly over the air, and in color, between Ra's al-Khaymah and the
farthest corner of the earth. By transmitting via INTELSAT IV the Ra's
al-Khaymah station can immediately get through with calls and messages to
other ground stations using the same satellite, including Kuwait, Britain,
Pakistan, Iran, Lebanon, India, Italy, and West Germany. The station has
two large power generators that operate automatically to meet the sta-
tion's constant needs. If one of the two generators failed, the other
would automatically go into operation. The station is directly tied in
to the communications satellite located over the Indian Ocean, and works
together with the ground stations located within the area assigned to the
aforementioned satellite; that is, between Britain and Germany, and
Lebanon and Pakistan. Communications outside this area--to America, for
instance--go through the main station at Healy Tower in Britain, which
relays the communication to America via the satellite located over the
Atlantic. All these operations transpire within a few seconds, so that

a person in Ra's al-Khaymah can telephone someone else in Europe or
America, or many other countries, with the same ease he telephoned a
neighbor in the area in which he lives.

Station's Antenna of a Unique Kind

The Ra's al-Khaymah station was built by the West German firm of Siemens,
one of the world's best companies in the construction of communications
satellites ground stations, and the same company that built the second
ground station in Kuwait. These are the only two ground stations in the
world which are equipped with a unique kind of rotating antenna, built
by Siemens. The microwave transmission system connects the new ground
station with the communications department central switchboard at Ra's
al-Khaymah, which has installed new telephone and telex switchboards to
meet the fast increase in demand resulting from the installation of the

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Local communities and regional agencies will play a lead role in the produc-
tion of these new means of communication. For this reason, the SNT will
associate with them in its effort to define and set up teleconference
centers in each town concerned.

An agreement between the Administration and the SNT regulates the principles
of operation and the rates of the teleconference centers and the promotional
role of local communities.

This is a summary of the essential aspects of the Teleconference project.
Starting with two operating teleconference centers in Casablanca and Rabat,
it should lead to the setting up of about 10 public and private studios
connected with the national and international networks by 1980.

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SUDAN

STATUS OF BROADCASTING IN NATION REVIEWED
Khartoum AL-AYYAM in Arabic 26 Apr 77 p 9

/Interview of Broadcasting Director Muhammad Khujali Salihin by Mirghani Abu
Shanab: ‘Integration of Broadcasting With Egypt Has Reached the Application
Stage; Four New Studios To Be Opened on Revolution Day''/

/Text/ When one mentions Sudanese Broadcasting, one must mention its direc-
tor, Mr Muhammad Khujali Salihin, not because he is the principal man respon-
sible for the course of the activity in it but because Salihin's link with
broadcasting remains firm and he has advanced stage by stage in positions of
responsibility within it.

When one mentions Salihin, one must remember the successful programs he has
continued to provide, which have attracted many people's attention. Perhaps
for this reason his name has become connected with broadcasting activity in
people's minds and perhaps for both reasons he has acquired the ability and
capability to perform well. To the extent that he has managed to progress
through the stages of his diverse experience in broadcasting work, he has
acquired a certain amount of confidence from the listener, for the reason
that Sudanese broadcasting has started to discover people who listen to it
all day and night, except for the inhabitants of rural areas, who of neces-
sity are preoccupied with television!

Along with the Sudanese broadcasting successes which have been realized by
Salihin, a number of questions and queries have gained prominence. AL-AYYAM
conveyed these to the director, who was so generous as to respond, and this
interview took place:

We asked him, To what extent has television broadcasting affected radio
broadcasting?

/Answer/ There has been no effect worth mentioning so far, in view of the
fact that television transmission covers only a small, limited area. Also,
it covers a brief period of time. In addition, ownership of television is
open only to persons with means. The fact is that television has not yet

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Finally for those interested in the technical side, we may say that the
teleconference system uses connections of the four-wire telephonic type
which do not require the installation of any new infrastructures.

It is possible by this method to interconnect up to four studios for the
same teleconference, by means of a special so-called multi-conference
equipment.

Communication is established instantaneously.

It is therefore possible to contemplate here and now (seeing that the
Telecommunications company has proceeded to the installation of two
studios at Rabat and Casablanca) holding conferences between persons
located, for example, in Rabat, Casablanca, Paris, and Marseilles.

Even More Spectacular: Telecopy and Telewriting.

But there is comething even more spectacular. The National Telecommunications
Company is shortly going to add to the teleconference system, that of tele-
copy. This refers to telephonic transmission of documents reproduced almost
simultaneously (the operation only takes 3 to 6 minutes) in a receiver
instrument similar to a photocopying machine.

The teleconference members' will thus be in a position to support their
statements by means of documents (graphics, sketches, and even photos)
which will be transmitted instantaneously to their counterparts.

In a subsequent stage, the National Telecommunications Company is contem-
plating completing this system by adopting a telewriting process making it
possible for the teleconference members to write or draw on a type of
electronic slate messages which will be transmitted to the other telecon-
ference studios and projected on a television screen.

It is apparent that this is a real revolution in telecommunications whose
real value will be appreciated by engineering offices, faculties (for
example, for defense of theses), particularly since the SNIC is contem-
plating extending its network to Oujda, Tangiers, Agadir, Fez, etc.

A system which besides its reliability, represents a substantial saving
in time and money.

The days of long and costly trips to hold work conferences lasting at times
less than an hour are over.

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ground station. By the end of this year the Ra's al-Khaymah communica-
tions department expects the number of telephone subscribers to exceed
2,000, with 150 telex subscribers. The ground station will start opera-
tion with four channels working directly with Britain, Kuwait, and West
Germany. The Ra's al-Khaymah communications department has obtained
authorization to open 19 additional lines, depending on the workload
requirements. The department plans to use all 24 lines by the end of
this year. Each channel line can carry a telephone communication with
24 simultaneous telex messages.

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LEBANON

BRIEFS

THIRD TELEVISION STATION--Among the important decisions adopted by the
Cabinet last night was one to set up a joint Lebanese television stock
company with the state as the major shareholder. The Cabinet authorized

the Government to establish a joint television stock company, called the
"Lebanon Television Company" [Sharikat Talivizyun Lubnan]. The existing

two companies, the CLT and Tele-Orient Television, can hold shares in the

new company if they wish. A committee headed by Dr Charles Rizo, director
general of the Information Ministry, will hold talks with the two aforesaid
companies. The two companies have agreed in principle to subscribe to the
new company. [Text] [Beirut Domestic Service in Arabic 1200 GMT 14 Jun 77 NC]

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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

KPL-NCNA AGREEMENT SIGNED--Vientiane, 15 June (KPL)--The Lao journalists
delegation headed by Sisanan Sennhanouvong, editor-in-chief of the daily
newspaper SIANG PASASON (People's Voice) and director of the Khaosan
Pathet Lao news agency (KPL), returned to Vientiane yesterday, concluding
its friendly visit to the People's Republic of China. During its stay in
the Chinese capital, the delegation signed with HSINHUA an agreement on
cooperation between the news agencies of Laos and China. [Excerpts]
[Vientiane KPL in English 0916 GMT 15 Jun 77 BK]

JAPANESE-SRI LANKA TELECOMMUNICATIONS--The Japanese telecommunication
survey team, which is now on the island, has finalized the draft feasi-
bility report for the expansion of telecommunications under the second
stage of the outside Colombo area development scheme. The team held dis-—
cussions with officials of the post and telecommunications department for
nearly 10 days. Under the project, direct dialing facilities will be pro-
vided to Jaffna, Kurunegala, Badula, Ratnapura, Anuradhapura and
Trincomalee. The Colombo City telephone exchange will be expanded to
cater to the increasing demand. [Colombo International Service in English
1045 GMT 8 Jun 77 BK]

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

RA'S AL-KHAYMAH SATELLITE STATION INAUGURATED
Abu Dhabi AL-ITTIHAD in Arabic 29 Apr 77 p 3

[Article by 'Abd-al-Mun'im 'Uthman ‘Abdullah 'Abd-al-Rahman: "Big Celebra-
tion in Ra's al-Khaymah To Inaugurate Satellite Station"]

[Text] Station Cost 14 Million Dollars, Was Completed in 18 Months, Will
Help in Developing Communications With Rest of World and Relaying Tele-
vision Broadcasts

Yesterday evening Ra's al-Khaymah witnessed a big celebration on the occa-
sion of the formal opening of the ground station for satellite communica-
tions. The festivities were attended by His Highness Shaykh Zayid ibn
Sultan, the head of state; His Highness Shaykh Rashid ibn Sa'id al-Maktun,
the prime minister; His Highness Shaykh Saqr ibn Muhammad al-Qasimi, the
ruler of Ra's al-Khaymah, and a number of crown princes and members of
the Higher Council of the UAE.

His Highness Shaykh Zayid officially opened the station, and held tele-
phone conversations via the artificial satellite used by the station.

Using the new station, his highness, the head of state, made a direct
telephone call to London to His Majesty King Khalid ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz,
the ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in which he congratulated him
on his recovery, and said, "We thank almighty God for granting you health
and well-being. We are pleased and happy at your recovery, and wish to
convey to you the best wishes of your colleagues, the members of the UAE
Higher Council, as well as those of the people and the government of the
Emirates. We await your return, fully recovered, God willing." His
Majesty King Khalid assured his highness that he was returning tomorrow
to his country, and expressed his thanks and appreciation for the kind
sentiments of his highness, the members of the Higher Council, the people,
and the government. He prayed God to aid the Arabs and the Muslims, and
to guide their footsteps along the path of righteousness.

His highness, the president of state, held a second conversation with the
president of the Federal Republic of Germany, in which he extolled the

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/Question/ It is said that nothing new is being done with sports programs.

/Answer/ So far as I know, there has been praise for these programs from
all organizations and personalities concerned with sports and we have re-
ceived numerous citations for them. Nontheless we are hoping to improve
them and make them better.

/Question/ It is said that the Family Program does not draw families.

/Answer/ This criticism was objective and correct a while ago, and I pre-
viously suspended the program for more than four instalments. Now, however,
it has been replanned, has begun to be presented in a better manner than be-
fore and is subjected to modifications between each instalment.

/Question/ It is stated that the time for the Children's Program is not suf-
ficient.

Answer] For this reason we have considered it appropriate to present it
twice a week, on Friday morning and at 1730 hours on Tuesday evening.

/Question/ It is said that broadcasting is remote from the daily problems
and concerns of the citizens.

/Answer/] This is not true. Indeed, it is keeping abreast and advanced in
this field.

/Question/ It is said that present cultural programs do not fulfil their
purpose from the qualitative and quantitative standpoints.

/Answer/ This is not true either, because the number of cultural programs
now amounts to 34, taking up 29 hours of time per week. They are aimed at
all cultural levels and have attracted a large number of intellectuals, mak-
ing them an object of praise and esteem from intellectuals.

/Question/ It is said that the Voice of the Nation is a carbon copy of the
General Program.

/Answer/ The situation is the opposite of what you have mentioned. It is
a distinctive broadcasting service and has its independent personality.

/Question/ It is said that radio transmission is still not clearly heard
in some areas of the Sudan.

/énswer] Responsibility for transmission matters lies with the Telephone
and Telecommunications Department. When the Raybah Station is opened next
month, God willing, the citizens’ complaints will cease for once and for
all.

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CONTENTS (Continued)
FRANCE

Briefs
Pirate Radios

TURKEY

Briefs
New TV Transmitter

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CONTENTS (Continued)
SUDAN

Status of Broadcasting in Nation Reviewed
(Muhammad Khujali Salihin Interview; AL-AYYAM,
26 Apr 77) scccscececccccsece

Briefs
Khartoum Exchange

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Ra's al-Khaymah Satellite Station Inaugurated
('Abd-al-Mun'im 'Uthman ‘Abdullah 'Abd-al-Rahman;
AL-ITTIHAD, 29 Apr 77) ..

Briefs
UAE Begins Test Transmission

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

Briefs
Broadcasting to Southern Africa

ANGOLA
Briefs
New Radio Program
ETHIOPIA
Briefs
TV Expansion
UGANDA
Satellite Networks To Improve Communications
(VOICE OF UGANDA, 2 Jun 77) ..
Two More Domestic Networks
Operations Begin 2 July, by Zulf Khalfan
Antenna Photo Published
WESTERN EUROPE
CYPRUS

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MOROCCO

TELECONFERENCE: AID TO DECENTRALIZATION OF ENTERPRISES

Rabat L'OPINION in French 6 May 77 p 5

We briefly described, in a previous edition (see L'OPINION, May 4)

the principle of teleconferences, for which two studios were recently in-
stalled in Rabat and Casablanca by the National Telecommunications Company
[SNI]¥$ a department of the Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones.

After this article was published, we received telephone calls from several
corporation executives who wanted to know whether the process was already
operational and what conditions were required to use this new service.

At the present time (official inauguration of the Morocco-France link for
teleconference and telecopy is scheduled for the beginning of June), SNT

and its French counterpart, Intelcentre, are proceeding with the final tests.
However, firms interested in a demonstration can contact SNT which will
connect them with Lyon, Paris or Casablanca.

We understand that the Moroccan Phosphates Office [OCP], the Moroccan Petro-
leum Company [SCP], and the National Steel Company [SONASID] ,have shown in-
terest in acquiring their own teleconference studios in order among other
things to reduce travel expenses and time losses due to frequent meetings
necessary for their operations.

Another application envisioned is to utilize teleconferences for continued
training and updating of the knowledge of technicians transferred to towns
far from administrative headquarters.

In this connection, this last application is one of the most important for
Morocco, because it is necessary today to decentralize in order to harmoni-
ously develop all the regions of the country.

Two examples will enable the reader to better picture the immediate appli-

cations.

*Societe Nationale de Telecommunications, Ex Immeuble des Cheques Postaux,
Avenue Mohammed V., Rabat, Tel. 213-85.

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RADIO-TV CONFERENCE--Lima, 17 Jun--An official Yugoslav delegation arrived
from Belgrade here today to organize, with Peru, an international meeting

of radio and television stations of nonalined countries, which will be

held in Sarajevo in October 1977. The delegation, headed by Franko Vinter,
vice chairman of the Yugoslav Radio and Television Council [listed as
director general of Zaghreb radio and television], is to organize with
Peruvian officials details of that meeting. Peru is a member of the
organizing committee. [Text] [Paris AFP in Portuguese 1802 GMT 17 Jun 77 PY]

DELEGATION LEAVES PRC--Peking, 16 June 1977 (HSINHUA)~-The French tele-
communications delegation led by Mr Thery, director of the Directorate-
General of Telecommunications, wound up its visit to China and left here
for home by air today. Seeing the delegation off at the airport were Li
Lin-chuan, director of the Chinese Directorate-General of Telecommunications,
and Claude Groult, commercial counsellor of the French Embassy here. While
in China, the delegation also visited Shanghai and Hangchow. [Text]

[Peking NCNA in English 1517 GMT 16 Jun 77 ow]

POLISH, IRANIAN NEWS AGENCIES--Warsaw, 18 June, PAP--An agreement on exchange
of news services and other forms of cooperation between the Polish press
agency PAP and the PANA press agency of Iran was signed in Warsaw on

18 June. The document was signed on behalf of the PANA by Director Youri

N. Laouri and on the PAP side by Editor-in-Chief Janusz Roszkowski. [Text]
[Warsaw APA in English 1209 GMT 18 Jun 77 LD]

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PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF YEMEN

DEVELOPMENT OF TELEPHONE SERVICE CALLED VITAL FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL PROGRESS
Aden 14 OCTOBER in Arabic 17 May 77 p 8

{Article: "Telephone Service, Its Present and Its Future Spheres of Devel-
opment"]

[Text] The political report approved in the unification conference held
from 11 to 13 October 1975 touched on the issue of communications of various
kinds, considering that this is one of the important and urgent issues to
which our organization and our revolution should pay major attention by
virtue of the fact that it is one of the major factors for our economic and
social development.

This procession whose landmarks have been defined and whose path has been
set by our organization seeks fundamentally to connect the development of
our society with the requirements of modern life. The report pointed out
that "communications play a vital role in enhancing the social life of the
masses in our country and in making the masses participate, keep in close
touch with and interact with social activities and efforts."

The report also asserted that "expansion in the field of telecommunications
and air and marine transportation have also helped our citizens to achieve
many of the accomplishments connected with their living conditions and with
their social life."

The report also affirmed that creating a big development in the field of
communications will require continuous and persistent efforts by the authori-
ties and agencies concerned with the matter.

In the field of telecommunications, which is the central point of our dis-
cussion today, the Telephone Administration has played and continues to
play an important role that deserves appreciation by virtue of the fact
that this administration has implemented in the past years the projects
included in its part of the five-year plan which seeks to improve and re-
new the telephone network in the capital and to improve telephone service
generally.

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CYPRUS

BRIEFS

SATELLITE PLAN FOR TELEVISION--The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation is study-
ing the possibility of setting up an earth satellite station, in cooperation
with the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, to secure a direct television
link with the rest of the world. This was announced by the CBC Director-
General Mr A. Khristofidis at a press conference at which he said an expert
is coming to Cyprus for further study. By the end of the next year 21 relay
stations will be set up so that telecasts can reach all parts of the island.
Links between Cyprus and Greek television have been ensured during the sum-
mer months via Rhodes and an extension to the winter months is now being
worked out. Short wave broadcasts beamed for Cypriots in the UK will be
resumed soon. The CBC plans a revision of the method of collection of wire-
less and television licence fees. The matter is being studied by the Minis-
terial Committee and proposals will shortly reach the Council of Ministers.
[Text] [Nicosia CYPRUS INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL in English Vol II, No 3, Mar 77 p 61]

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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 September this year, be able
to dial abroad directly through a microwave network following 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 center, 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 telecommunications centers
are set up in Nakhon Ratchasima and Khon Kaen to link up all the 16 provinces
in that region.

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BRIEFS

EAST JAVA TV STUDIO--The construction of a new television studio is
expected to be completed in Surabaya in 1977 in order to serve the tele-
vision audience in East Java Province. The studio will use equipment from
Britain and Japan. Its 10-kilowatt transmitter will serve audiences in
Surabaya over channel 9, in Probolinggo over channel 7, in Tulungagung
over channel 8, in Madura over channel 5 and in Jember over channel 4.
[Jakarta Domestic Service in Indonesian 2300 GMT 7 Jun 77 BK]

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Uganda Mission to the United
Nations, Mr Mahmoud Musa
of the Uganda Embassy in
Washington, and Mr Patrick
Masabu an Extelcoms engine-
“er, concluded successful nego-
tiations with Harris Corp, cul-
minating in a contract. be
tween the corporation and the

Uganda government, ‘or erect-
ing an earth satellite station,

Standard B, to be fully ready
and operational in exactly
three months ‘from that date,

President Amin agreed to
offer the services of the C-130
Uganda Airlines carrier to
- airlift all the heavy and so-
phisticated equipment — from
Melbourne, Florida, to. Arua,
via Entebbe, in three schedul-
ed flights.

The first flight arrived in
Uganda on 19th May, while
the last one is scheduled to
arrive here on or about June
6th.

Actual civil work on the site
started on May 2nd, and al-
ready nearly half of the pro-
ject has been completed.

Last Monday, 1 flew with
Mr Schafer, the American
crew of the C-130 freight car
rier, and Mr Malik on the se-
cond flight of the C-130 carry
ing heavy equipment for th
project to Arua.

At the construction _ site,
Oley Vermillion, a senior en-
gineer with Harris, in-charge
of the construction work, as-
sured the VOICE that work

was going on according to
schedule, and would be com-

pleted on time for the July
2nd deadline.

Mr Vermillion said he, his
American and Ugandan colle-
agues are happy in Arua. He
said they were receiving all
the cooperation they need
from the Governor's office, the
Ministry of Transport and
Communications, the’ Ministry
@f Defence, and the people of
Arua. The Vice President,

Gen Mustafa Adrisi also pro-'

vided a crane which is vital
for the project.

Judging from the enthu-
siasm which the project has
aroused in everyone, President
Amin has a good indication of
the support his initiative in
setting up the project which
+-.,according to Mr Schafer,

is ‘ing done in “world re-
cord time.”

Other items in the contract
include provision of spare
parts, for which en additional
flight has been scheduled, tes-
ting with the International
Satellite Organisation.

(INTELSAT) under U,
da’s supervision, and conv’

sion of the system into a di-
gital one by December ist,
1977, in accordance with In-
telsat regulations.

Satellite com: ons is a
highly complex field which re-
quires specialisation. In trying
to comprehend it for sunple ex-
planation, one easily becomes
lost in the web of technical jar-
gons through which it must be
explained.

I spent nearly, half a day fast
Monday doing exactly that —
trying to make sense out of the
technical terms — by listening
carefully to Mr Schafer and Mr
Malik who are much closer to
the mystery.

All I managed to get from
them, in addition to the above,
is that in satellite communica-
tions, messages — by telephone,
radio, telex, or video — are sent
to the earth satellite station
which transmits them to a sta-
tionary satellite, strategically
Positioned thousands of miles
above the earth. The satellite
then beams the signals from
thereto the chosen destination.

The process is two way or up-
link and down-link, so messages,
through signals can also be re-
ceived from the satellite by the
earth station.

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BRIEFS

KHARTOUM EXCHANGE--Work is being done these days at the telephone building
installing telephone line connection systems for the Khartoum exchange,

whose function will be to link the new exchanges in al-‘Ardah, al-Mahdiyah
and Khartoum south. These exchanges will be comprised of 22,000 new telephone
lines and will lead to better telephone service and an increase in the number
of those benefitting from them in the tri-city capital. The number of these
linking units will be 96, of which one unit will be a malfunction control
mechanism which operates by means of warning lights which indicate the site
of the damage and after repairs restores (the circuit) which was isolated

so that it would not affect the link with other areas. The work of installing
the equipment is making great progress. More than 50 units have been installed
up to now and work has been finished on running the interior cables into the
central exchange. The new equipment is considered among the most modern in
the world and is of Japanese manufacture. This same type of equipment is used
in America, France and Japan and is distinguished by making contacts in a very
short time, which facilitates the flow of telephonic communications in general
and lessens the incidence of wrong numbers. Dialing in the new system is
direct while it was by stages in the old system. The installation of the new
equipment comes at a time when all numbers are three-digit. In view of the
anticipated expansion, postal technicians also point out that the million
telephones will double the new capital telephone numbers to six digits. It

is worthy of mention that work will end on the new exchange on the 25th of
September. The first operational test will be conducted over a period of 2
months and the final test will be during the last 15 days (before opening).
[Text] [Khartoum AL-AYYAM in Arabic 20 Apr 77 p 10]

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FRANCE

BRIEFS

PIRATE RADIOS--There was a fourth broadcast yesterday evening by "Green
Radio," the Paris ecologists' pirate station. It lasted 40 minutes and
concerned nuclear power, but the broadcast was scrambled after 12 minutes
and became practically inaudible. Also a new pirate station named "Radio
Beau Delire" has sprung up in Lille. It is not ecological, but concentrates
essentially on problems of information. [Text] {Brussels Domestic Service
in French 0900 GMT 19 Jun 77 LD]

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/Question/ It is said the Coordination Section is excessively courteous to
performers.

Answer] The Coordination Section is not excessively courteous to anyone.
There are principles in effect regarding the assignment of opportunities to
performers, in accordance with their grades and output.

/Question/ It is said that some programs are just singing and musical var-
iety shows.

/Answer/ That is a well-known broadcasting format!
/Question/ Is broadcasting production still backward?

/Answer/ Broadcasting lacks an adequate number of producers in general and
trainees in particular. Therefore we have granted maximum priority to this
problem, We are now intending to make up for the lack and qualify an ade-
quate number of producers to cope with the anticipated development.

This does not mean that the existing producers lack competence, because there
are good dramatic works which have drawn the satisfaction and receptivity of
listeners,

/Question/ What in your view are the most successful radio programs being
offered today by Sudanese Broadcasting?

/Answer/ I assume that every program is at a good level and it is not pos-

sible to single any out. If there is appreciation for some programs, that
may be attributed to the level of the receiver.

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INTERNATIONAL

BRIEFS

FRENCH DELEGATION IN PRC--Peking, 10 Jun (HSINHUA)--A French tele-
communications delegation led by Mr. Thery, director of the Directorate-
General of Telecommunications, was feted yesterday evening by Li Lin-
chuan, director of the Directorate-General of Telecommunications of the
Chinese Ministry of Posts and telecommunications. French Ambassador to
China Claude Arnaud was among the guests at the banquet. The 15-member
French telecommunications delegation arrived here on June 8 for a friendly
visit to China. In the past two days the delegation had technical dis-
cussions and sightseeing tours. [Text] [Peking NCNA in English 1615 GMT
10 Jun 77 OW]

USSR-ETHIOPIA ACCORD--An agreement on cooperation in television and radio
broadcasting between the USSR State Committee for Television and Radio
Broadcasting Gosteleradig and Ethiopian Radio and Television was signed
in Moscow today for the first time in the history of our countries. It
envisages the development of the exchange of television and radio material
on the life of the peoples of both countries, including programs devoted
to the 60th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution and the
USSR draft constitution. The agreement was signed by Lapin, chairman of
USSR Gosteleradio, and Azariah Kiros, director general of Ethiopian tele-
vision. [Text] [Moscow Domestic Service in Russian 1130 GMT 10 Jun 77 LD]

TASS-NEW YORK TIMES AGREEMENT--Moscow, June 16 TASS--An agreement on
exchange of news between TASS and the NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE was
signed in Moscow today by Rob Roy Buckingham, executi i

> ve director of the
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE, and Leonid Zamyatin, general director of TASS.
[Moscow TASS in English 1811 GMT 16 Jun 77 LD]

CSSR, ITALIAN NEWS AGENCIES~-Prague, 17 June CETEKA--A protocol on extended
cooperation between the Czechoslovak news agency CETEKA and the Italian
news agency ANSA has been signed here by CETEKA General Director Otakar
Svercina and ANSA President Gianni Granzotto. The negotiations between
representatives of the two news agencies were held in the spirit of mutual
understanding and efforts for extending mutually advantageous cooperation
in the spirit of the Helsinki Final Act. The Italian delegation left for
Rome today. [Text] [Prague CTK in English 1727 GMT 17 Jun 77 LD]



MOROCCO

A REVOLUTION IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS DESCRIBED
Rabat L'OPINION in French 4 May 77 p 5
[Article by Sami el Jai]

[Excerpts] We must hail the initiative of the National Telecommunications
Company [SNTC] which has just installed two teleconference studio proto-
types at Rabat and at Casablanca.

This represents a real revolution in the area of communications, and last
week we had the opportunity, on the occasion of an exclusive demonstration,
to have a glimpse of the incalculable services which this application of
the telephone, with its numerous possibilities, is called upon to render
to business circles, universities, in the realization of vast projects,

in short whenever frequent consultation is required between several groups
of persons who all have something to say.

As its name indicates, the teleconference makes it possible to hold a
meeting by telephone, gathering around the same table up to 24 persons,
even separated by several thousand kilometers.

Disconcerting Simplicity...and Efficiency.

However spectacular it may be, this innovation retains a disconcerting
simplicity.

No problem of manipulation faces the conference members, who, seated
around a hexagonal table (each telecommunication center may accommodate
up to six speakers), talk in the most normal manner possible with four,
five or even six persons seated around a similar table installed in
another town.

But the most astonishing thing is the perfect clarity of the sound.

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ANGOLA

BRIEFS

NEW RADIO PROGRAM--A daily radio program by the African National Congress
of South Africa was launched on Wednesday night on Radio Nacional de Angola
under the name Radio Freedom. Radio Freedom is broadcast from Luanda each
day from 1830 hours Angolan time, or 1730 GMT. [Excerpts] [Luanda Domestic
Service in English 1145 GMT 16 Jun 77 LD/EA]

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ETHIOPIA

BRIEFS

TV EXPANSION--A spokesman for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
has announced that on 18 June Ethiopian television will start serving the
people of Asmara. The Asmara service, which cost 1.2 million birr, will
broadcast 4 hours a day and can also be seen in Massawa. The next phase
of the expansion of Ethiopian television will occur in the towns of Harar
and Diredawa. [Addis Ababa Domestic Service in Amharic 1030 GMT 18 Jun 77
LD/EA]

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reached the stage of fully competing with radio broadcasting in third world
countries in particular.

/Question/ What are the ingredients of broadcasting activity?

/Answer/ Technical resources, innate talent, the presence of a goal and
qualifications, and the existence of material and technical resources.

/Question/ How is the failure of a radio program measured?

/Answer/ By seeking the opinions of listeners or receiving their reactions,
in accordance with scientific principles widely recognized in the field of
listener research,

/Question/ Why was it decided to discontinue using the serial system in
Sudanese Radio specifically?

/answer/ Use of the serial system has not been discontinued in Sudanese
Radio's General Program, What has been published concerns Voice of the
Sudanese National broadcasting. This may be explained by the fact that it
is an emerging broadcast where programming is subjected to experimentation
with the objective of concentrating and firmly establishing its own special
tradition.

/Question/ How is the integration of broadcasting between us and Arab
countries, especially the fraternal nation of Egypt, progressing?

/Answer/ It is proceeding better, especially since we have established solid
bilateral relations between ourselves and most Arab countries. Integration

of the broadcasting medium between ourselves and the fraternal state of Egypt
has progressed beyond the standardization and establishment stage to that of
application in all areas: training, exchange of expertise, tours and programs.

/Question/ What have been the results of broadcast employee training?

/Answer/ Training, first of all, is an investment; it is a process of guid-
ing innate talent. It results in shortening the time and effort taken and
ultimately results in raising the quality of performance and producing it in
the optimum form.

/Question/ What is the extent of the anticipated expansion in broadcasting?
/Answer/ There is horizontal expansion, which is represented by increasing
the number of communications services, and vertical expansion, which takes

the form of improving the quality of performance in all programs in order
to hold onto all classes of listeners and attract new ones.

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TRANSLATIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY,
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No. 6
ConTENTS Pace
DVTERNATIONAL

Briefs
French Delegation in PRC
USSR-Ethiopia Accord
TASS-NEW YORK TIMES Agreement.
CSSR, Italian News Agencies
Radio-IV Conference
Delegation Leaves PRC
Polish, Iranian News Agencies

ASTA

VOM HEEB

INTER-ASIA AFFAIRS

Briefs
KPL-NCNA Agreement Signed

Japanese-Sri Lanka Telecommunications

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INDONESIA

Briefs
East Java TV Studio 4

THAILAND

Northeast Provinces To Have Overseas Microwave Link
(NATION REVIEW, 12 Jun 77) .cssccccccccecccecccecceees 5

CANADA
CANADA

U.S. Cultural Penetration of Canada Cited
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The satellite receiving the
signals from the earth station is
known as a “gateway” satellite.
In the case of Uganda, her gate-
way station is an INTELSST
satellite located in Goon Hilly,
in United Kingdom.

The Uganda Satellite Station
located in Ombaci is mace up
of a 13-meter antenna, or the
“dish”; it will have a 25-meter
tower, bearing 3 microwave an-
tenna, an office, an electronic
shelter, two 150-kw generators in
a separate building, and a 5000-
litre fuel storage tank.

According to Mr Schafer, the
Uganda station ~- known as
Standard B — is at the moment
fairly adequate ‘for a domestic
system, and could serve her needs
for at least the next i0 years.

The other — Standard A —
with an antenna of about 35 ‘met=
ers in diameter, is suitable for a
country operating multiple car-
riers involving several countries.

The advantage of having &
satellite earth station explains Mr
Malik, is that you avoid the
heavy cost of erecting ‘micro~
wave tower boosters at a dista-
nce of every 15 miles.

As eventually a country has to
adapt to modern technology,
argues Mr Malik, why not make
the leap — estimated by Mr
Schafer to be in the region of
about 10 to 15 years — now?

The INTELSAL programme
was started in 1966. It now bas
evolved into a 127-member or-
ganisation, which Uganda is ex-
pected to join in order to have
access to the gateway station.

According to Mr Schafer, the
whole network of gateway s+
tions in 1976 numbered nearly
109. Of these, 60 aie on the At-
lantic Satellite, 20 on the Pacifie
network, and 29 on the Indian
Ocean.

The Communications Satellite
Corp of Washingiva chart shows
that in January 1977 there were
115 Earth satellite stations opeta-
ting in the Intelsat Global Satel-
lite System.

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ARGENTINA

BRIEFS

RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTERNAL BROADCASTS--The Federal Radio Broadcasting
Committee [Comite Federal de Radiodifusion] reported that it has assumed
control of radio and television programs in the interior of the country,
beginning 1 June. In addition to its normal tasks, the telecommunications
law has given it responsibility for full control over all radio broadcasting
services in the country, which had been exercised by the National Mail

and Telegraph Enterprise [ENCOTEL] until the date mentioned above. [Text]
[Buenos Aires Domestic Service in Spanish 1030 GMT 11 Jun 77 PY]

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TRAN

BRIEFS

NEW RADIO TRANSMITTER--The new 20-kilowatt Yazd radio transmitter started
operating this morning. It broadcasts on 1040 KHZ, 288.5 meters, 14 hours
a day. Some 5 hours of the station's daily transmission is produced
locally. Work has also started on the installation of Yazd radio's second
program 20-kilowatt transmitter, and already 40 percent of the installation
work has been completed. [Teheran Domestic Service in Persian 0930 GMT

16 Jun 77 LD]

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INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

BROADCASTING TO SOUTHERN AFRICA--The Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation,

NBC, will start test transmissions to southern Africa in a few weeks time.
This was made known by the corporation's deputy director general, Technical
Services, Mr George Bako. He was briefing the federal commissioner for
information, Mr (?1.0.) Ogunlade, who visited the NBC transmitting stations
at Ikorodu and Sogunle yesterday. Mr Bako explained that radio transmission
to southern Africa was necessary to enable Nigeria to get her message across
to the liberation movement. Also during the visit the director-general of
the NBC, Dr Christopher Kolade, told the commissioner that the Sogunle
transmitting station would eventually be turned into a training complex.
[Text] [Lagos International Service in English 0800 GMT 21 Jun 77 LD]

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Some people may not be aware of or may not be able to feel these accomplish-
ments whose edifice is rising higher every day. This is undoubtedly true.
The telephone utility is one of the service utilities that play a consider-
ably vital role and that constitute one of the mainstays of our social and
economic progress.

The importance of this service lies in the fact that it meets the people's
needs, connects them with each other and performs important and indispensable
services for them in this modern age where telecommunications occupy an im-
portant place in man's life.

What is more important in our topic is to familiarize ourselves with what
is new in our country in this respect and with the new developments intro-
duced to this service after darkness departed and the dawn of freedom rose
on 30 November 1967. It is also important to find out what the future hopes
and aspirations of our people are insofar as the telephone service is con-
cerned and also to find out what this utility has achieved in the past few
years within the framework of its five-year plan.

The answer to all these questions requires that we backtrack to find out how
the telephone service was in the past and how it is today.

What is important to us is to review the progress that this utility has achieved
within a short period to participate in developing the telephone service and

to enable it to cover the capital and the provincial capitals generally. A
telephone exchange has been built in al-Mukalla, capital of the fifth gover-
norate, as an initial step toward introducing the service to the other gover-
norates.

The Aden-Ta'izz-San'a' telecommunications center is one of the accomplish-
ments of which the telephone service is proud and an accomplishment that
represents a prominent landmark on the path of breaking the isolation and
the estrangement between the two parts of the one homeland. This station also
represents a successful indicator of the previous three-year plan.

The local telecommunications network project plays a major role in building
and equipping the telephone exchange centers in the other provincial capitals
and the capitals of some districts where the telephone service will be intro-
duced to every utility and home. It will also be possible to link the gover-
norates with each other and with the outside world through this network whose
construction is proceeding through persistent and dedicated efforts that de-
serve to be lauded.

We should not forget on this international [telecommunications] day to greet

other utilities that are directly connected with this field and that are also
seeking a better future and constant development.

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TURKEY

BRIEFS

NEW TV TRANSMITTER--The newly constructed television transmitter in Kayseri
will become operational today. The new transmitter will transmit from
channel 8. The small TV relay transmitter in Safakli will relay TV pro-
grams from channel 6 instead of channel 9. The TRI officials have stated
that with the inauguration of the new stronger transmitter the transmis—
sions will be clearer. [Ankara Domestic Service in Turkish 1100 GMT

11 Jun 77 NC]

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strong ties of cooperation that bind the two countries. He said that the
construction of this satellite station was a step toward developing and
strengthening cooperative and friendly relations between the Emirates and
the Federal Republic. His highness expressed the hope that the coopera-
tive relations and the contact between the two countries would continue

to advance and strengthen the ties of friendship between the two countries
in all fields. The president of the Federal Republic of Germany responded
by asking God's blessing on this major step in the world of communications
between the Emirates and the rest of the world.

He said that this satellite station was the best proof and indication of
the depth of the ties between us. His highness held a final conversation
with the ambassador of the Emirates in Washington, during which the ambas-
sador conveyed his congratulations and those of UAE students in the United
States on this major achievement, and conveyed their good wishes to his
highness, the chief of state, and to the members of the council and the
people of the UAE. His highness, the chief of state, told the ambassador
that the UAE was awaiting the return of its sons who were studying abroad,
to participate in the building and advancement of their country. He asked
them to increase their efforts and strive harder, so that they might per-
form well in the government positions that awaited them.

Connecting the UAE With the Rest of the World

His Highness Shaykh Khalid ibn Saqr al-Qasimi, crown prince and deputy
governor of Ra's al-Khaymah, had made the inauguration speech, in which
he welcomed his highness, the chief of state, and the other governors.
He said that everyone's participation at the festivities was evidence of
the keen interest in the progress and advancement that our young state
was making under the leadership of His Highness Shaykh Zayid ibn Sultan
and his wise stewardship. He said that the Ra's al-Khaymah satellite
station would be one of the bricks in the building of this nation. It
would be one of the means of linking our country with the rest of the
world. He lauded the efforts of the German firm that built the project.
His Excellency Sa'id al-Mulla, the minister of communications, also spoke,
and said that this station would enable the country to meet its needs,
together with the states cooperating with it via the Indian satellite.
He said that with the completion of work on the Abu Dhabi satellite sta-
tion, which would operate via the satellite over the Atlantic, our con-
tacts with the outside would be total and complete. His excellency also
spoke of the ministry's plan and the development that will be witnessed
in the near future in the fields of wire and wireless communications.

Why Station Was Built in Safety of Mountainside

With the inauguration of this station's operation the UAE enters a new era
in the history of the communications system's development, for the station
will reinforce and strengthen the radio communications network in the

country. The satellite station at Ra's al-Khaymah was built on the slope

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One of the questions this
project is likely to raise in
the minds of some people is
the choice of the site of the
station.

When I raised the question
with Roger Schafer, Field
Project Manager of Harris
Corp., he told me that the
prime technical consideration
is that the station be Jocated
in a low-noise area for
which the Ombaci site is
quite suitable.

From there the station
will have a line of site for
both the antenna and the mi-
crowave to the Kampala Te-
lephone Exchange.

Mr Faroog Malik, UBC's
Superintendent Engineer, who
is closely involved with the
project, told me the location
of the station at Arua is in
accordance with President
Amin’s policy of taking ser-
vices to the people.

In a way, one has to agree,
the President’s decision to
take the station to
Arua, Kapchorwa, aad Mba-
rara, appear to be motivated
by his desire to open up the
country. The relocation of
industries in the outlying re-
gions or having vital com-
munications potential _ will
help in boosting the small
towns into commercially ac-
tive trading centres.

Kampala is already over-
crowded with almost all the
major installations one can
think of. The city can do
without this earth station. Its
location in Arua helps to re-
verse the. imbalanc: which
was started during the colo-
nial period.

The other important ques-
tion which the project raises
is whether Uganda has the
personnel capability to man
the station and ‘o maintain
it professionally and efficient-

ly.

‘According to Mr Schafer,
his company is obligated
under the contract to provide
a complete training pro-
gramme for a maximum of
12 Ugandan _ engineers and
technicians who will operate
and maintain the station.

The training programme in-
cludes 16 weeks of training at
the factory in USA, and 12
weeks on-the-job training at
the stations in Uganda, under
the guidance of Harris repre-

sentatives.

The story of Uganda's
earth satellite station goes
back to two international con-
ferences on satellite commu-
nications and — broadcasting,
one in Khartoum, last Novem-
ber, and the other in Geneva,
in January this year, to which
President Amin sent Uganda
delegations.

Then followed a Uganda
trade delegation to Sudan in

April, 1977, which it
Mr Malik, who iehnet Hare

Corp representatives there.

When they returned to
Uganda, the delegation briefed

the President about Mr Malik’s
initial contacts with Harris

personnel.

Impressed by what the de-
legates told him on Sudan's
efforts in improving her com-
munications system using sa-
tellites, President Amin imme-
diately set up a task force to
plan for the erection of an-
earth satellite station in Uga-
nda.

The task force was made up
of representatives of the Mi-
nistry of Foreign Affairs, the
Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting, the Ministry of
Finance, and one from Extel-
coms, and was assigned to

consult with the Harris Corp.
fn"Ameriea "Harris Corp.

. On 17th April, 1977, Mr Ma-
lik, Mr M. Marjan of the

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/Question/ How is the work plan for guided broadcasts proceeding?

/Answer/ It has faltered somewhat as a result of the damage inflicted on
the studios last year. There is strong hope that we will begin the guided
broadcasts in English and French next July.

/Question/ When will work be finished on the studios which were wrecked?

/Answer/ Maintenance of the buildings has been completely finished and en-
gineering activities have started. These will be opened with four studios
on the next Revolution Day, God willing.

/Question/ What difficulties are you facing?

/Answer/ We have transcended many difficulties, praise God, and it remains
for us to create more comfortable opportunities to train operating staffs to
keep up with continuous development in the field of electronic activity in
the world today.

/Question/ It is said that Sudanese Broadcasting does not have an adequate
number of competent broadcasters.

/nswer/ This is the natural anticipated consequence of this type of activ-
ity. We confront it, as do other broadcasting organizations, and in spite
of that we have a number of competent broadcasters.

/Question/ It is said that the number of female Sudanese broadcasters is
insufficient.

/Answer/ This is correct. We are striving earnestly to eliminate this de-
ficiency, if not today then tomorrow.

/Question/ It is said that radio plays are rebroadcast.

/Answer/ It appears that this is the case to some extent, and the reason is
that there is a scarcity of radio play scripts. One should also take into
account that the same social problems remain and this makes it inevitable
that the subject must be dealt with more than once in a new, distinguished
manner. This may be attributed to the fact that many of the persons working
in this field have been absent on training missions abroad during the Last
2 years.

This does not prevent us from stating that there are many new activities
which are new in their thinking, treatment and technique. A new system is
being studied and investigated which will have the effect of developing
dramatic work and opening more receptive horizons for this, and we hope we
will see the light soon.

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CANADA

U.S. CULTURAL PENETRATION OF CANADA CITED
Peking NCNA in English 0805 GMT 20 Jun 77 OW

{Text] Ottawa, June 19, 1977 (HSINHUA)--Albert Johnson, president of the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, has warned that U.S. cultural penetra-
tion poses a grave threat to Canada.

In a recent report to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications
Commission, Albert Johnson says that Canada faces its greatest crisis in
history because one of the "principal challenges to Canadian nationhood"
is "U.S. cultural domination," "relentless American cultural penetration."

The report says, "It is impossible to calculate or even describe the devas-
tating, cumulative effects of the cultural invasion of Canada by American
magazines, books, movies and television." Canadian television is filled
with U.S. programmes.

"We have railed for 50 years against U.S. cultural colonialism," the

report says. It stresses that there must be a change, as 80 percent of
the television and broadcasting programmes in Vancouver and Toronto are
American programmes. "Otherwise we would be an American cultural colony
with inevitable economic and political consequences just down the road."

The report suggests that measures be taken to establish a commission to
examine all aspects of broadcasting and cultural policies, and encourage
private broadcasters and television casters to produce more Canadian
programmes so as to prevent the increasing flow of U.S. television pro-
grammes and movies and gradually replace U.S. shows with popular and well-
prepared Canadian schedules.

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INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

INSTRUMENTS DISCOVERED IN JORDAN--Amman, 28 June--Jordanian authorities have
recently discovered a number of sophisticated Israeli instruments buried

in Jordanian territory for tapping telephone conversations and transmitting
them to Israel. A Jordanian military spokesman has stated that these were
most sophisticated instruments which functioned automatically and elec-
tronically and were operated from within Israel. [Text] [Cairo MENA in
Arabic 2145 GMT 20 Jun 77 NC]

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