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9 September 1980 _
~(ORLDWIDE kEPORT
TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ~
(FOUO 9/80)
~ONTENTS
WORLDWIDE AFFAIRS
_ 'JPS' Views U.S. Demands for Satellite Relay Station
(JPS, 27 Jun 80) I
Briefs
Polish Aid to Ethiopia 2
ASIA -
INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS
E.:
Briefs
- Tokyo-Beijing Telephone Service 3
JAPAN
NTT Develops Revolutionary Space Switchboard
(MAINICHI DAILY NEWS, 10 Aug 80) 4
MITI To Develop High Technology Computer
(ASAHI EVENING NEWS, 5 Aug 80) 6 -
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Public Facaimile Service 7
New TV Screening Technique 7
LATIN AMERICA -
INTER-ANIE~ICAN AFFAIRS
Nonaligned News Agencies Pool Meeting To Be Held
(Javier Rodriguez; PRELA, 10 Aug 80) 8
~ CUBA
'PRELA' Opens Yew Radio, TV InPorme,tion Service
(PRELA, 6 Aug 80) 9 ~
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Briefs
'PRELA' Automatiotiz Project 10
_ NICARAGUA
Briefs
Satellite Link Agreement Signed 11
'ANN,' 'NOTIMEX' Cooperation; Satellite Link 11
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -
INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS
Communications Satellite far Afrzcs Unlikely Soon
(Siradiou Diallo; JEUNE AFRIQUE, 30 Jul 80) 12
UAPT Plans for Poata, Teleco~munications
(JEUNE AFRIQtJE, 25 Jun 80) 14
UAPT Regional Cooperation
UAPT Official Interviewed,
Mamadou Si.mpore Interview
BURUNDI
Briefs
IDA Loan 18
RWANDA
Briefs
IDA Loan 19
SOMALIA
Briefa
French Color Television Syatem 20
WEST EUxOPE
INiERNATIONAL AFFAZRS
Franco-Swedish TV Satellite Cooperation ProjECt Reviewed
(Serge Berg; AIR & COSMOS, 28 Jun 80) 21
FRANCE
Telecommunications Network To Be Installed in Niger
(Pierre Langereux; AIR & COSMOS, 5 Jul 80) 22
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`JPS' VIEWS U.S. DEMANDS FOR SATELLITE RELAY STATION ~
OW271005 Tokyo JPS in English 0900 GMT 27 Jun 80
[Text] Tokyo Jun 27 JPS--It was revealed that the U.S. forces had demanded that Kokusai
Denshin Denwa Co. (I(DD) set up a special satellite communication station at Yokota base--
a station which will cost from 100 million to 200 million yen. This was revealed by
investigation conducted by AKAHATA, and I~D showed disapproval because there will be
~treme inequalities among A KK [as received] users. For this reason the U.S. forces'
demand has not been accepted.
But on the strength of the Japan-U.S. security treaty, the U.S. �orces have so far been
very tough in calling for the establishment, showing their attitude that they will bring
the matter on the establishment to a diplomatic level.
AKAHATA took this up on June 27 and reported: "If this communication station is set up,
the U.S. forces will be able to send and receive coc~unication directly in the base~
without using a long cable, and [be] able to defend the communication station which will
possibly be attacked at the time of the So-called ~~emergency." In addition, the charges
to use the cable can be economized.
Under the regulation of laws relating to communications, AKK cannot leave the operation
of a communication station to U.S. forces, and it has to set up the station and operate
[it).
"That is, if the ICI7D meets the U.S, demand, that means the KTm has to set up ths communi- -
cation station by its own expenses costing 100 million to 200 million yen, and the I~D
needs to send its personnel into the base to operate it.
'~For the I{DD, whether it may be the U.S. forces or a trading firm, it is merely a domestic
user, and the special demand by the U.S. forces is contrary to the common sanse. If I~D
accepts the U.S. forces' demands, other trading fixms will possibly make similar demanda.
If I~D does so~ it will affect what a special corporation, which legally possess the
- monopoly right should be."
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BRIEFS
POLISH AID TO ETHIOPIA--The Ethiopian minister of information, Mr Yilma Girma,
returned to Addis Ababa on 18 July from a 10-day visit to Poland on invita-
tion from the radio and television officials of that country. During the visit,
Mr Girma signed a protocol for the development of Ethiopian radio and tele-
' vision and for the training of Ethiopian ~ournalists in Poland. [Text] [Paris
MARCHES TROPICAUX ET MEDITERRANEES in French 25 Jul 80 p 1869]
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INTER-ASIAN AFFAIRS
BRIEFS
_ TOKYO-BEIJING TEL EPHONE SERVICE--Tokyo, Aug. 14 (JIJI Press)--Japan and
China will pa~:tially automate international telephone service between
Tokyo and Sha:.~ghai by the year's end and those between Tokyo and Bei~ing
(Peking) witt,Ln next yea.r. This was disclosed by President Motoichi Masuda
of Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. (KDD), Japan's overseas teleco~unicaziQns
monopoly, who recently returned home from a trip to China, where he met
with officials of the directorate-general of ~elecommunications, the
Posts and Telecommunications Ministry. The Tokyo-Shanghai services will
totally be automated by the end of next year, he said. Masuda said China
- will shortly extend its telex services to Dalian, Qingdao, Nan,jing and
Hangzhou. It was decided that Japan and China will positively expand
circuit leasing services and set up new circuits, he said. The two sides
also agreed to discuss introduction of such new services as international
facsimile telegraph services and international data telex services
between the two nations. Besides~ they also agreed on an annual
exchange of employees, including operators, Masuda said. [Tokyo JIJI
in Engl~.sh 1431 GMT 14 Aug 80 OW]
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JAPAN
NTT DEVELOPS REVOLUTIONARY SPACE SWITCHBOARD
OW111233 Tokyo MA.I?'"CHI DAILY NEWS in English 10 Aug 80 p 12
[Text] Experiments by Japanese scientists could lead to a breakthrough
in international telecommunications, thanks to a kind of "switchboard
in space" developed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation.
In a development plan submitted to the Space Development Council Friday,
the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications says it plans to test the
new device later this decade as part of its research and development
program in satellite communications technology.
The program calls for two stationary satellites to be put aloft, one an
~ experimental co~unications satellite (ECS2) in 1986 and the other an
experimental broadcasting satellite (EBS) in 1987.
Both will be launched from the National Space Development Agency's
Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Pref ecture.
The new device, known as an intelligent transponder, is an automatic
~ circuit exchange and relay amplifier operated by a&.ind of artificial
brain.
_ It will be carried aboard the ECS2, along with experimental millimeter ~
' wave communications equipment of the same kind carried on the agency's
earlier Ayame research satellites, both of which were lost from contact
after launching.
Comimunications satellites now in operation, such as Intelsat and the
Js,;anese satellite Sakura, relay back radio waves received from ground -
- atations indiscriminately over a huge area.
Miniatry officials say the new device corrects this inefficiency becauae
- it links eacti ground station to the satellite by a f ine beam of radio
waves and can operate like an automatic switchboard according to demand
at any time. -
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According to "_he ministry plan, the ECS2 will experiment with bc,th milli-
meter and submillime~er waves. Because of th~ir high frequency, these
waves are considered the most promising medium for future large-volume
telecommunications, especially as micro~~raves now used by coummunj,ations
satellites are also used in ground communications and interference can
occur.
Officials said the EBS satellite will carry equipment capable of trans-
mitting high-quality television images, aimed at develop~ng satellite
television transn~;ssion equal in quality to ground transmission.
The ECS2 satell.ite will weigh 350-550 kilograms and cost 30 billion yen
and the EBS satellite 550 kilograms, at a cost of 40 billion yen,
according to the ministry plan.
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JAPAN
MITI TO DEVELOP HIGH TECHNOLOGY CQ~UTER
OW060837 Tokyo ASAHI EVENING NEWS in Englieh 5 Aug 80 p 1--FOR OFFICIAL
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LText/ The Ministry of International Trade and Industry has decided to
develop a computer with several thousaad tim~s the calculating speed of
the largest computer existing today by 1980. The computer will be used
for the structural analysis of aircraft, the safety analyais of nuclear
reactors and processing the huge amo:int of data that will be sent by
satellites used to discover resources. Its impact will not be only in
the area of computers, but it ia expected to raise the level of acientific
and technical development in Japan.
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JAPAN
BRIEFS
PUBLIC FACS L'iILE SERVICE--The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications on 8
July granted Nippon Telegraph and Telephone public corporation [NTT] permis-
sion to open a"public facsimile service," whe~eby an addressee equipped
- with a facsimile receiving machine can receive facsimile messages from the
sender through a telephone or telegraph office. NTT plans to start this
_ service in mid-August at 179 telephone and telegraph offices in Tokyo, Osaka,
Yokohama and Nagoya. [Tokyo NIHON KEIZAI SHIMBUN in Japanese 9 Jul 80 p
, 8 OWJ
NEW TV SCREENING TECHNIQUE--A new technique paving the way for a"wall tele-
viGion" has been developed by researchers at Hitachi's Central Research
Institute. The new technique will be reported to an electronic parts and
materials study meeting of the Electronic Co~unication Study Association at
the Machinery Promotion Hall in Tokyo's Shiba area on 31 July. With the new
- method, the Braun tubes in a TV set are replaced by a glass plate with numer-
~ o:is transistors on it. The campany is planning to sell ~hese plates for use
in television sets f or household use in 1 or 2 years' time. The multicrystal
silicone thin-membrane transistors were developed by a team of researchers
headed by Eiichi Maruyama. Silicone crystals, which f orm the transistors,
are "grown" on a hard glass plate abaut 0.2 millimeter in thicknes$ in a
superhigt~ vacuum, making a silicone layer about 1 micron (1/1,OOOth milli-
meter) thick. By placing silicone oxide membranes and aluminum electrodes
on the layer, countless thin membrane transistors of about 2 microns in
thickness are formed. [Tex t] [Tokyo ASAHI EVENING NEWS in English 15 Jul
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INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS
NGN~1LiGNED NEWS AGINCIES POOL MEETING TO BE HELD
PA101956 Havana c'RELA in Spanish 15~0 GMT 10 Aug 80--FCR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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~Text] Managua, 10 Aug (PL)--Carlos ~areia, member of the State Council and director oP
the NEW NICARAGUA NEWS AGENCY (ANN), has rbted the importance of the forthcoming meeting
of the pool of news agencies oP the nonali~ed co~u~ltries to take place here. During an
interview with PRENSA LATINA, Garcia said the meeting to be held in Managua by the pool~s
coordination committee be ginning oai 18 August [date as received] is an event oP the
~eatest importance.
According to Garcia, the meeting to take place in the Nicaraguan capital ratiPies the
firm Sandinist de~ision to contribute to the establi'shment oP new international ralations
in the Pield oP news. These relations are to be based on a broad concept of equality and
mu~ual respect. He stated: '~Nicaragua ~oined the nonaligned movement 41 days after the
popular victory to break with a past of submission to imperialism. Twelve months later,
today, we reaPfirm our purpose to seek a new economic and neWS raporting order.'~
Garcia noted that the choosing of Nicaragua as host of the Pifth meeting of the pool~s
- corrdination committee represents a reco~ition of the Sandinist efforts to promote this -
new type of relations, w'zich would contribute to lasting world peace.
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Regarding the significance that participation in the pool has for ANN, Garcia noted that
- this participation makes it possible for Nicaragua to establish broad comnunications with
mar~ sister nations that could not be reached before. "The pool allows us to make Imown
- our processand our true situation and to counteract the campaign of distortions and slander
of the international news media," he said.
Garcia also noted that the pool alse made it easier for ANN to initiate bilateral ralations
with other agencies that have given all sorts of help as well as techniaal assistance for
the training of personnel. "The pool of news agencies of the nonaligned countries has
allowed us to break with a past of isolation, dependency and servility based on misinfor-
mation," he stated.
Garcia nobed that Nicaragua's ,~ourrralists consider the holding of the meeting in Managua
to be an axpression of the present situation in tt~e country. Only a true revolution, he
_ said, would make possible the creation of a national news agency aimed at liquidating,
_ by every means, dependency,on the big capitalist news monopolies. Only a true revolution,
he added, would allow Nicaragua's integration to the nonaligned mouement.
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CUBA
"PEtELA' OPENS NEW RADIO, TV INFQRMATION SERVICE
PAO61956 Havana PREI,A in Spanish 1600 GMT 6 Aug &O--FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
[TeXt) Hav2na, 8 Jul [as received~ ( PL)--The PRFNSA LATINA news agency dedicated today
an information serviae for radio and television stations.
- The new servtce will provide voice-recorded info~tnation by the correspondents and contribu-
tors which PRENSA LATINA has in more than 40 countries.
_ This material will first be offered, via satellite, to the radio and television stations of
Latin America and the Caribbean. -
The radio and television services ~ffice, which wa:, dedioated today here, has modern
equi~lment that can handle several calls by correspondents at the same time and can provide
� information to several customers at the same time. '
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- This modernization is part of PRENSA LATINA's plans to improve its information services to
= the nonaligned and developing countries.
PRENSA LATINA recently began a special transmission of 6 hours daily in 4 languages (English,
Frenoh, Portugueae and Spanish) to the Middle East and Africa.
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'PRELA' AUTOMATION PROJECT--Havana, 9 Aug (PL)--The PRENSA LATINA Agency
will undertake a development plan on the basis of computer techniques
applied to telecommunications, which will permit the automation of their
cablegraphic services in the 1981-1985 period. For that purpose, PRENSA
LATINA has signed a scientific and technical cooperation agreement with the
National Institute of Automated and Computer Techniques Systems of Cuba
(INSAC). This new stage of work of the agency is taking place due to the
need to find a modern, rapid and efficient system with which to confront
the growing demands of news communication. PRELA and the INSAC will develop
an automated system based on the utilization of Cuban-made modern computers
for the processing and storage of information operated by the agency. A
joint working group will be created which will carry out its work in three
stages, and specialized training covrses will be given for the jourrr.alistic
and technical personnel. [PA092157 Havana PRELA in English 1851 GMT
9 Aug 80 PA]
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NICARAGUA
BRIEFS
_ SATELLITE LINK AGREEMENT SIGNED--Managsa, 26 Aug--The establishment of a
satellite communications channel between Yugoslavia, Mexico and Central
America will soon guarantee new lines for the flow of news among tihe
nonaligned and developing coun~ries. This was announced by Pero Ivacic,
chairman of the Coordination Committee of the Nonalined News Agencies
Pool, and Humberto Delgado, deputy director of the t4exican news agency
NOTIMEX after the signing of an agreement on the exchange of news between
_ NOTIMEX and the ftew Nicaragua Hews Agency (ANN). Delgado said that the
representatives of the news agencies VENPRESS of Venezuela, PRENSA LATINA
and NOTIMEX will meet in Caracas in September to discuss the creation of
the Federation of Latin American Press Agencies. [TextJ [PA270316 Havan~
�RELA in Spanish 1820 GMT 26 Aug 80]
'ANN,"NOTIMEX'COOPERATION; SATELLITE LINK--Managua, 24 Aug--Representatives
of the New Nicaragua News Agency [ANN] and NOTIMEX, S.A. have signed an
agreement on the exchange of news reports and experience. The agreement
- provides for establishment of direct satellite communicatxons between the
two agencies. During the meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the _
Nonaligned Countries' News Ageacies Pool in Managua 18-21 August, ANN
signed bilateral agreements on the exchange of new reports and cooperation
with the TANJUG press agency of Yugoslavia, PRENSA LATINA of Cuba and VNA
of Vietnam. These agreements are part of the efforts of cooperation among
_ the nonaligned countries as well as their contribution to trie formation of
a new worldwide information order. [TaxtJ [Havana PRELA in Spanish 1735
- GMT 24 Aug 80]
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COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE FOR AFRICA UNLIKELY SOON
' Paris JEUNE AFRIQUE in French 30 Jul 80 p 62
[Article by Siradiou Diallo]
[Text]
In even shorter supply than the financial
wherewithal is the political will to give
the continent a modern communications sys- -
tem.
As satellites appear like mushrooms in the skies over America,
Europe, and Asia, must the Af rican continent be content with �
traditional means of communication?When the question was rai- -
sed at the OAU summit meeting in July 1979 in Monrovia, the
organization asked its secretariat to study it. Against that
background, the African Postal and Telecommunications Unian
~ (APTU), an organization of 1$ mainly francophone countries, took
the initiative and set up a 5-day colloquium in Lome (Togo)
from 7 to 11 July, which proved remarkably enlightening.
Jurisdiction
From the first, the experts found they agreed on one count:
the needs in this area are enormous. Be it in conventional
telecommunications like the telephone, telex, or telegraphy,
maritime, aviation, or weather systems, radio and television,
not to mention th~ technologies only now on the mar~et such as
videotex, teletex, or teleconference facilities, Africa is ter-
ribly under-equipped. For �instance, the people from the African
airlines and from the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa
and Madagascar (ASECNA) sent shudders through the hall when -
- they described the terrifying pirouettes they hav~ to perform
every day for lack of adequate equipment.
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Even so, the shortcomings in the present system are not, as some
participants admit, purely technical. They stem from technical
questions of jurisdiction, of organization, and of motivation.
~ Can a communication satellite system ease the technological
sho rtcomings and at the same time clamber over the political
- obstacles that make the road to African unity so difficuit?
A satellite is certainly no panacea which could, with one wave
of a magic want, solve a11 the telecommunications problems
f ac inb Af rica. However, as those at the colloquium agreed,
this kind of equipment does off er major advantages~ especially
in a continent f amous for its natural barriers, its very low
population density, its material poverty, and its lack of cadre
and engineers. The satellite is unquestionably better adapted
~~o the task than any other communication medium. First of all,
bec ause it can reach the territorial area for which it is de-
signed without regard for natural barriers. Secondly, and most
- important, it requires a relatively small staff to operate and
maintain. Tests and repairs are handled automatically from
the main station. Rusal areas could easily benefit from this
kind of investment.
As for the financial means needed to launch an African satel-
lite, they are, after all, within the reach of our states, pro-
vided they are willing to join together to do it. The inve~t-
, ment would be on the order of $200 mil.lion (4S billion CFA).
With al1 the ancillary equipment, the package would run between ~
~0 and 80 billion CFA franc s.
Europe Is Ready
More than a lack of funds, it is the lack of political will that
may well stand in the way of such a project. Some sta~es, such
- as Nigeria and Zaire, already have domestic satel3ites which
they d~ not seem to be prepared to scrap in favor of a regional
systeni. And then of course there are the ambitions and self-
int erest of both sides. Given these conditions, one can see -
;,rhy the European states are already we11 into designing and or-
bit ing a satellite that would also cover Africa. Should the
European project come to birth before a~reement is reached at '
the African level, our lag in telecommunications would be hard
to catch up. We should be forever earthbound.
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UAPT PLANS FOR POSTS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
UAPT Regional Cooperation
Paris JEUNE AFRIQUE in French ?5 Jun 80 p 27
[TextJ Links after 18 years
At the time when the United Nations launches the decade of telecommunications,
how should the Post and Telecommunications infrastructure be developed? -
That will be the main topic at the annual session of the Council of I~iniaters
of the African Postal and Telecommunications Union (UAPT). This meeting will
take place in Dakar from 30 ~une to 4 July and will bring together the min-
isters of Posts and Telecommunications from 15 African members of chat
organization which has its h~adquartera in Brazzaville, and whose acting
president, Mr Da~uda Sow, is minister of Pasts and Telecommunications in
Senegal.
Is the UAPT only one acronym among ma.n~r for p~stal services in Africa? In
' fact, aside from this regional organization, there is the Pan-African Postal =
Un:Con (UPAP), established in 1979, the Pan-African Telecommunicationa Union
(UPAT), establiahed in 1977, not to mention the Maghreb Postal and Telecom-
" munications Organization, and the Arab unions.
_ The UAPT has the ad~~antage of being 18 years old today. Connected to OCAM
(The African-Maurir.ian Common Organization) until 1977, its goal is to open
up to other African ~ountries and tc, defend the principle of complementarity.
Its office of the secretary general, run by Upper Voltan Mamadou Simpore,
succeeded, during the past 3 years, in making the UAPT a dynamic organization,
and to see to it that the decisions of the union's Council of Ministers do
not go unheeded, as is often the case, unfortunately, in such organizations.
The infras~ructures need concrete action on a regional scale. Can the Dakar
session help?
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UAPT Official Interviewed
Paris JEUNE AFRIQUE in French 25 Jun 80 p 90
[Interview with Mamadou Simpore, secretary general of the African Postal
and Telecommunications Union]
[Text] At the age of 44, the secretary general of the African Postal anci
Telecommunications Union, Mr Mamadou Simpore, is a mixture oi humility
and...soundness. Especially in showing a sound education. An Upper Voltan,
he was educated at the Van Vollen Hoff en Lycee in Dakar, where he met many
of tne future, high-ranking officials and leaders of African countries. He
completed his advanced studies in Frar^_~ receiving a law degree, and then
graduating from the Advanced National Schoc,? of P and T[Postal and Tele-
^.ommunications Administration].
- To this legal and technical education he added a degree in international
studies. Previously, for about 10 years, he was general manager of Posts
and TelecommunicaLions in Upper Vo1La. He speaks of this coop~ration not
only as a man in the field thirsting for action, but also with unshakable
faith.
[QuestionJ What doPS the UAPT action mean in the development of inember
states?
[AnswerJ When it was first established, the UAPT tried to work towards
harmonizing the rules, on operating methods, and on training. But very
soon, with the development of our countries, communicati~ns appeared as a
support that needed to be given priority.
[Question) In your opinion, was it given this priority?
[AnswerJ A great effort was made... But, in my opinion, a greater effort
has to be made, especially durir~g this decade of telecoummunications. It
would be very desireable if, over the next 5 years, governments gave
priority to pragrams for posts and telec~mmunications.
[Question] Why?
[Answer) Because it is evident that there is no development in countries
that do net have telecommunications integration and infrastructures. This
development iceeps progressing and the infrastructures must come first in
order to meet future aeeds and to make investments profitable. The tech-
niques used today are more and more sophisticated: tele-data processing,
Plectronic station, satellites, etc., and we may not be able to k~ep up...
[Question) At what stage, exactly, is the African plan for telecommuni-
cation by satellite, and what do you think of it?
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[Answer] We must use the most modern technology, as much as n~,~ssible,
keeping in nind our countries' characteristics and our rea~ needs. For
- technical reasons, space telecommunication fits our needs in Africa. Main-
tenance and operation offer more safety and reliability than ordinary means.
A satellite network will meet the need for telephone, telex, radio and
rural telecommunicat3ons. It will enable us to overcome certain natural
obstacles: forests, waterways, etc., which make it difficult to penetrate
inland, and demographic obstacles (namely desert countries where the popu-
lation is scattered). For all these reasons, the UAPT, in conjunction with
_ other organizations, is studying a plan for space telecommunications.
The Other Excess
[QuestionJ When will it be carried out?
[Answer) We are at the stage af information and sen~itization, which will
lead us to the stage where we deftne our needs and enable our countries to
make decisions. If the ~riane rocket launcher is operational in 1981, then
we may launch a satellite in 1985, should that decision be made.
[Question] And in the meantime?
[Answer] Many African countries use the Intelsat network in dealing with
foreign countries, and some even have a domestic network through Intelsat.
_ [Question] Does one still have to go through a European capital to tzle-
phone from one African country to another?
[Answer] This :~_s less and less the,case. It is now a question of cooper-
ation between countries. The famous triangle is avoided. Ise~ides, that is
the role of the UAPT. Once we have a satellite all this will be settled.
~ It is the other excess that must be avoided, the plethora of ineans.
Rural Population
[Question] According to you, what kind of action should the UAPT take in
the future?
[Answer] In the postal sei-vice, m~mber states must master the interregional
distribution of mail, and see to it that it does not take a month for a
letter to go from one country to another. To that end we must develop -
cooperation with existing national and multinational transport organizations.
Regarding financial cooperation, it is a matter of preserving the mainte-
nance unit of the postal financial services between member states, by ~
helping to improve the setup for regulations. Besides, the services must
be improved and modernized, and they must be given the means to become -
competitive with existing banking establishments. -
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_ To reach such objectives, we must emphasize professional training, improved
managament, ar~d the development of cooperation between countries of the UAPT
on thf~whole continent, with regional organizations of economic cooperation _
(OCAt~f [Af rican-Mauritian Common Organization], CEAO [West African Economic
Co~unity]...), and special agencies of the United Nations (such as the
IUT [expansion unknown]).
[Question] In practical terms, what does this program mean to the user?
[Answer] For exam~le, this will allow an inhabitant of Lome to send quite
ea sily a letter tc :louakchott. It will also enable the Malian worker, or
th e Upper Voltan working in the Ivory Coast to send his savings to the
f amily at home within a reasonable amount of time. It would allow the
administration to reach the rural population.
On the other nand, it also g~ves the users a chance to communicate more
ea sily with each ottler by putting the telephone and the telex at their
disposal, and under the best conditions.
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BURUNDI
BRIEFS
IDA LOAN--The Government of Burundi will use a credit of 7.7 million dollars -
_ granted at the end of July by the IDA [Internatior.ai Development Association],
an affiliate cf the World Ba.nk, to put into operation its 1980-1984 program
for investments in the field of telecommunications the aim of which is to -
i.mpro~re the quality of services and to extend them to regions and population
groups which have not so far had service. [Text] [Paris MARCHES TROPICAUX
ET N~7DITERRAI~EES in French 8 Aug 80 p 1985]
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RWANDA
BRIEFS
IDA LOAN--At the end of July, the International Development Association (IDA),
an affiliate of the World Bank, granted Rwanda 7.5 million dollars credit to
help it achieve its 5-year development program for teleco~unications. Inter -
nal and external services will be expanded and modernized. [Text] [Paris
MARCHES TROPICAUX ET MEDITERRANEES in French 8 Aug 80 p 1;85]
C so : 5500
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SOMALIA
BRIEFS -
FREi;CH COLOR TELEVISION SYSTEM--Somalia recently adopted the SECAM ~rench
color television system following a cooperation agreement in the audio-
visual technical field. According to the terms of this agreement, France
wi11 contribute its assistance for the production and showing of Somalian
television broadcasts and will provide some equipment, as well as training _
and technical assistance. [Text] [Paris MARCHES TROPICAUX ET MEDITERRANEENS _
in French 6 Jun 80 p 1331]
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
FRANCO-SWEDISH TV SATELLITE COOPERATION PROJECT REVIEWED
Paris AIR & COSMOS in French 28 Jun 80 p 44
[Article by Serge Berg]
: [TextJ Swedish industry would like to participate in the implementation
' of the French part of the Franco-German direct television satellite project,
according to J. Stiernstedt, president of the Swedish space activities
delegation at the Franco-Swedish industrial symposium which was held in
Paris on 16 and 17 June 1980. Stiernstedt added that in exchange French
_ industry would take part in the development of the Swedish experimental
telecommunications satellite, TELEX X," Specialists of both countr.ies
have had talks on this subject.
This symposium gave top level officials the opportunity to emphasize space
cooperation between the two countries, What is more, it was held at the
very moment the King of Sweden, Carl Gustav, was visiting France. The King
opened the symposium in the presence of Andre Giraud, French minister of
industry, and Pierre Aigrain, secretary of state for research, who closed
the meeting.
Following this, at a lunch given in honor of the Swedish King on 19 June,
Prime Minister Raymond Barre, speaking of bilateral relations, emphasized:
"Greater cooperation could develop in the future between our research personnel
and engineers, particularly in the space sector." For his part, the King
of Sweden said: "Cooperation between the two countries in the space sector
is worthy of special attention."
It is known that Sweden is deeply involved in the "Spot" observation satel-
lite project, that its position matches that of France in the ESA [European
_ Space Agency] for the development of a European orbit engine [moteur d~apogee],
that its first "Viking" satellite is to be launched by "Ariane" in 1984
(at rhe same time as "Spot") and, finally, that interesting prospects fo r
French industry could be derived from the telecommunications satellite project
of the Scandinavian countries, namely "NORDSAT."
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FRANCE
TELECOr~Ii.ThICATIONS NETWORK TO BE INSTALLED IN NIGER
Paris AIR & COSMOS in French 5 Jul 80 pp 33, 40
[Article by Pierre Langereux: "France Installs a Network of Space Tele-
, communications in Niger"]
[Text] The Thoms~n-CSF company has just been awarded by the Office of ~
Postal Service and Telecommunications of Niger (OPT) a contract for the -
construction, jointly with Telspace (an Economic Interest Group constituted
between Thomson-CSF and CIT-Alcatel), of an important network of satellite
telecommunications, of which it will oversee the work. The contract, -
va].ued at F 276 million, has just been signed in Paris by Lt Col Sory
Mamadou Diallo, minister of telecommunications of Niger (see AIR & COSMOS
No 810).
This network, whose purpose is to improve international telecommunications
service and to open up area~ which are still poorly served, includes the
following equipment.
For the Office of Postal Service and Telecommunications, Telspace will pro-
vide a standard A ground station (diameter of the antenna 32.5m) in contact
with an "Intelsat" satellite over the Atlantic Ocean and four national
ground stations with antennas of 11.8 m, which will be located at Agadez,
Dima, Bilma, and Diffa. Further, Thamson-CSF will provide a radio link -
275 km long, connecting Agadez to Arlit, with branch lines intended to serve
various mining operations and a G'P 400 telephone switchboard which will be
installed in Arlit, with extensions for the new International Transit Center.
_ For the Office of Radiobroadcasting an3 Television of Niger (ORTN), Thomson-
CSF will furnish four television transmitters which will be set up at
Agadez, Arlir, Bilma, and Diffa, and a re-transmitter which will be in-
stalled at Ingal.
General planning of the system will be entrusted to SOFRECOM, with the
collaboration of TDS and of France Cable-Radio for their respective areas.
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This network will be delivered on a"turnkey" basis. The main part of the _
program should be completed between March and September., 1981.
After the "Rezatelsat" of Zaire, which is due to be inaugurated at the end
of 1980, this is the second 11rge integrated African network of tele-
co~nunications and television, using transmission by satellite, whose con- -
struction has been entrusted to Thomson-CSF.
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