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L A N D M IC R O W A V E S /ih e y two hops: Recife-Dakar, with 1380 voice circuits, and
constitute the basic national telecommunications sys Dakar-Portugal with 2.580 circuits. Atlantis cable is
tem. In the North and Center-West regions troposcatter being established by a ten country Consortium which
systems are in use, whereas the rest of the country util besides Brazil includes: Argentina, England, France,
izes direct visibility microwave systems. In internation Germany, Italy, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Portugal and
Switzerland (see General Map).
al communications, land microwaves and direct visibil
ity links are used to connect the country with Argentina
and Paraguay, (see General Map).
S A T E L L I T E / B r a z i l is a member of the Gov
ernors Board of Intelsat Consortium, for which it pro
vides tracking, telemetry, command and monitoring of
S U B M A R IN E CABLES/Brazil util- the satellites Intelsat IV and IV-A. It is the 5th larger
izes two subm arine cables for its international share-holder of the consortium, helding 3,17% of the
communications: "Bracan-1", inaugurated in 1973, shares. The international communications via satellite
with 160 voice circuits and connected to the Canary are held through antennas with capacity of two simul
Islands; and "Brus" inaugurated in August 1980, con taneous TV programs each, utilizing Intelsat satellites
nected to St Thomas Island, in the United States. At the of the IV-A generation. The satellite is also used for
end of 1982, will become operative the Atlantis cable in domestic communications in the Amazonian Region
terconnecting South America, Africa and Europe, in (see General Map).
A D M I N I S T R A T I O N / The Plan- Later, it was being calculated based in practice on the
fling and Control System is common in operating com operating costs, without reaching however allowed re
panies and it is coordinated by the h o l d i n g . I t muneration on the investment.
encompasses: policy definition, objectives and aims, pro
jects and activities, culminating into a general budget. Recent government policies brought to a more general
The Federal Government establishes the investments ceil Fund, the National Development Fund (NDF), a substan
ings, global expenses, importations and debt level for the tial fraction of the National Telecommunications Fund
Telebräs system. (FNT), with the purpose to attend to other areas classified
as having higher priority, which together with the tariff
The Productivity System distinguishes itself, by evaluat
lagging differential regarding inflation indexes, resulted in
ing the global and scale gains and transferring them to the
several agents involved in the process. a desacceleration of the telecommunications sector.
Graphic 1
Table 5
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Claims per 100 Completed calls Completed Calls
Period
telephones Local Service (%) DDD (%)
(%)
NA NA NA
1972
NA NA
1973 29
1974 NA NA 28
1975 13,6 57 31
1976 12,4 58 32
1977 10,8 60 35
1978 9,1 57 36
1979 7,9 49 42
1980 7,3 50 46
NA = Not available
T A R I F F S / Before the beginning of the Tele
communications Brazilian Code, in 1962, toll and local
tariffs were granted under the exclusive influences of poli
tical and electoral evaluations.
