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T E L E P H O N Y /in 1980 there were operating Telephone Density for some Latin American Countries Growth

in Brasil, about 7.3 millions of telephones, from which

52 thousands were coin telephones (respectively 1.84 Countries 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 72n

million and 10/68 in 1972, year of Telebras creation), 9,9 10,0 10,2

covering 3,208 municipalities. Distant Direct Dialling 8,1 8,3 9,4 9,7 9,7 9,8 25,9

(DDD) and International Direct Dialling (IDD) cover re­

4,2 4,4 4,9 5,4 6,0 6,7 7,1 7,5 7,9 88,1
spectively, 1,089 and 924 municipalities. The country

has approximately 235 thousands telecommunications 4,4 4,9 5,0 5,1
4,2 4,2 4,3 4,4 4,4 21,4

toll circuits and 2,860 international circuits. The service

is performed by the operating companies. 3,8 4,2 4,4 4,9 5,3 5,8 6,0 6,4 6,7 76,3

2,4 2,3 2,7 3,0 3,5 4,1 4,9 5,4 6,3 162,5

Table 3

Chart 2

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TELEPHONE SYSTEM EXTENSION

Municipalities Municipalities

Attended with DDD with IDD

Period Municipalities services services

*

1972 ND 58 0

1973 2.174 96 0

1974 2.432 148 0

1975 2.514 203 2

1976 2.677 296 112

1977 2.738 459 247

1978 2.838 707 568

1979 2.948 946 826

1980 3.208 1.089 924

, With reference to all municipalities of the country attended

by telephone service

NA = Not available

Chart 3

LOCAL TELEFONE SERVICE

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Completed

Coin local calls

Period Telephones Telephones (1.000)

1972 1.837.020 10.680 2.819.000

1973 2.099.690. 14.006 3.112.000

1974 2.587.574 14.340 4.099.000

1975 3.067.144 19.233 4.534.000

1976 3.823.564 25.138 5.627.000

1977 4.630.502 30.268 7.707.000

1978 5.312.858 37.935 10.717.000

1979 6.246.782 44.729 13.253.562

1980 7.270.974 52.144 15.971.675

* Impulses registered into counters, from 1979