Page 35 - Telebrasil - Setembro/Outubro 1981
P. 35
I N D U S T R I A L / In the industrial sector, it is hoped that after overcoming the initial difficulties,
Brazil has adopted an importation substitution policy. the market will be conditioned and will readjust, even
Formerly, with the utilization of the traditional foreign so because, after conquered the actual desacceleration
industries, existing in the country. To avoid verbaliza phase, the country shall again constitute one of
tion, it has encouraged the cooperation of these firms, amongst the good telecommunications markets, (see
with the cession of technology and orders. The raising Graphics 3 and 4).
of small and medium size national companies has been
encouraged, either possessing their own technology or Although the market division process in the telephone
manufacturing products developed in Telebras re switching area has been applied to pre-selected sup
search premises or in universities. pliers, the philosophy continue to be the free entreprise
system, forelooking also the need to avoid pulverising
The orders of equipment related to new technological the market and the monopoly. The market share re
generation has been conditioned to the nationalization served to the products of the national industry shall ex
of the firm and to the transfer of know-how. The imple pand to accomodate the equipments necessary for the
mentation of this policy encountered some difficulties earth stations satellite communications.
in the stored program control (SPC) switching area, br*
Electronic Components Total Brazilian Market
Electronic Equipment Brazilian Market Active + Passive + Electromechanical
Millions of Dollars Millions of Dollars
M i l
5000
Main Total
4000-1
Communications
3000 Total
Radiobroadcasting
20004-
Telecommunications
Graphic 3 Graphic 4
Em bratel (1965). Communica er orien ted to the industry consequences, overtaking the
tions Ministry (1967) and Telebras nationalization, which as to the strictly technologic sense, may
(1972) creation, provided the technology aspect attains 85%, modify even the own human be
structured system necessary to and where a large effort is being havior. Accordingly, we are in the.
the Brazilian telecom m unica made. process of changing our telecom
tions. The former fragmentary munications culture from analo
structure was unified, under a gic to digital by believing that the
state management, resulting in a The government policy is further utilization of digital techniques
reduction of the concessionaries oriented to fanning the services will have a homogenizing influ
num ber, from about 800, to available to the users, mainly for ence on the system structure, and
approximately 30. the big organizations, due to the will also warrant the entry of the
necessities and perspectives country into the Information Era,
which can be observed, markedly this forthcoming inexorable great
The new telecom m unications in the teleinforma tic fields. In that revolution. The total integration-
organization solved the problems sense, it is attempted to adapt the of the country will be completed,
of the system economic practical country to these new challenges, geographically, by the use of the
ity and services quality. Struc already clearly defined and to satellite, which will link even the
tured the system in such a way, ward which we are all marching remote spots of the national terri
the government effort, was furth in an irreversible way, and whose tory.
