4- The telecommunication and Postal Systems Enlargement and Recuperation Programme - PASTE
To meet the country's needs, the Communications Ministry has elaborated an ambitious programme regarding the telecommunication and Postal systems. The forecasted investments are R$ 37.6 billion Reais by 1999, and R$ 75.06 billion Reais by 2003.
The aim is that by 1999 every family or entity should have access, or at least some form of access to telecommunication services by means of expansion and service modernization. Hence, a high growth rate for the 1995/1999 period has been forecasted.
Regarding Fixed Telephones - Conventional and low cost solutions - by 1999 around 24.7 million fixed telephone terminals should be installed, corresponding to an 11.6 million increase in new terminals.
Simultaneously, during this period the substitution of approximately l million analogical terminals for digital terminals must be carried out, thus reducing the currently installed analogical commutation base from 9 million terminals to approximately 8 million terminals.
Concerning Mobile Telephones - By 1999, 9.6 million mobile telephone terminals should be installed in the country, representing an 8.8 million increase in mobile telephones - a network thirteen times the size of that of 1994.
Concerning Public Telephone Services - Local Public Telephones, Long Distance Calls, Toll Free, etc. By 1999, 800 thousand public telephones should be installed - a gain of 540 thousand telephones in the period and equivalent to almost three times the December 1994 figure. The installation of public telephones will be increased preferably equipped to use PhoneCard technology.
Regarding Virtual Telephones - One of the services supplied through the Public Messaging Service Center. By 1999, 6 million boxes will be installed - an increase of 5.95 million boxes within the period. The large-scale installation of this service aims to popularise the alternative voice and fax service at a low cost.
Regarding Data, Texts and Images - Including the link-up of personal and business computer systems; text transmission, fax; access to multimedia services and multiservice installations; the link between data bases and Internet type networks. By 1995, 6.5 million users will have access to the above - an increase of 5.5 million in the period, which corresponds to an increase of around six and a half times the capacity of that of 1994.
In addition to the above mentioned services, the following services will also have to be expanded:
- Subscription TV. By 1999, this should be abel to link all the 7.0 million national territory users - approximately thirty five times the 1994 capacity.
- Radio calls. By 1999, this should be available to 1.5 million users in the country - five times the 1994 capacity.
- Trunking. By 1999, this should be available to 290 thousand users, two and a half times the 1994 capacity.
Regarding making all of the above mentioned possible, it is necessary to update various parts of the telecommunication sector: the external network, commutation centres, local trunking, intercity trunking, energy equipment, public works and others.
Various projects of the government’s Telecommunication Programme were grouped together, according to their nature, in the following programmes:
- Access Network - A group of installation or expansion projects of cables and equipment which link user equipment to telecommunication networks (external network);
- Connection Networks - A group of installation or expansion projects of cables and equipment which link-up (trunking) various types of commutation centres at both local and inter-city levels;
- Basic Networks - A group of installation or expansion projects for equipment necessary for the formation of networks which serve as a back-up for certain services, such as: Telephone Commutation Centres, Commutation Centres by lot, etc.;
- Specialised Networks -- A group of installation or expansion projects for equipment which allow the use of the remaining networks for the provision of services of a specific nature, such as: Internet, Voice Post, Trunking, Paging, etc.;
- lntegrated Support Systems - Make the integrated management of networks possible, as well as suitable infrastructure for the telecommunication networks.
The Connection Network project to be developed by EMBRAT'EL in the 1995-1999 period must be taken into consideration. Firstly, this project aims to link Florianopólis, in the south of Brazil, to Fortaleza, in the northeast of the country, through the utilization of Long Distance Optical Systems - in order to increase reliability - and adopting a net topology - in order to increase availability. To achieve this aim, underwater optical cables and land-laid cables will be used.
Simultaneously, the project will implement links within states, through Optical Systems using OPGW cables. Not only will this process increase the number of towns served, but will also enable the interconnection of nets, which was proposed in the topology defined in the project.
These Systems work with transmission speed of between 622 Megabits and 2.5 Gigabits using synchronal digital hierarchy (SDH) transmission equipment. This transmission equipment has already been prepared to accommodate the implementation of the Integrated Supported Systems (TMN).
| Each pair of fibres has capacity to transmit 30240 voice channels or 30240 data circuits, equivalent to 64 Kbps. | This programme totals, twenty-one thousand kilometers of optical fibres in the inter-state stretches and a further eight thousand kilometers of local lines for the 1995-1999 period. Given that each route contains l or 2 optical cables of 18 or 24 fibres each on average, the total amount corresponds approximately to 640,000 km of optical fibres, that is, almost 16 times the Earth's perimeter. The programme is showed in details in the picture: |
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The charts below represent the aims and the earnings forecasted for the periods 1995 to 1999 and 1999 to 2003.
Telecommunication
Service Development Targets
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| Telecommunication services | 1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2003 |
| Fixed Telephones (points) | 14.3 |
16.5 |
18.9 |
21.7 |
24.7 |
40.0 |
| Mobile Telephones (points) | 1.9 |
4.8 |
6.8 |
8.2 |
9.6 |
17.2 |
| Virtual Telephones (boxes) | 0.4 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
4.6 |
6.0 |
12.6 |
| Public Telephones (telephones) | 0.4 |
0.46 |
0.54 |
0.66 |
0.80 |
1.65 |
| Data Transmissions (users) | 1.5 |
2.5 |
3.8 |
5.2 |
6.5 |
16.1 |
| Subscription TV (subscribers) | 0.7 |
2,0 |
3.7 |
5,5 |
7.0 |
16,5 |
| Radio Messaging Services (paging) (subscribers) |
0.4 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
3.9 |
| Trunking (points) | 0.008 |
0.10 |
0.15 |
0.21 |
0.29 |
0.8 |
Telecommunication
Annual Earnings measure: millions |
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| Telecommunication service | 1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2003 |
| Fixed Telephones (points) | 1.2 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
15.7 |
| accumulated earnings | 1.2 |
3.4 |
5.81 |
8.6 |
11.6 |
27.3 |
| Mobile Telephones (points) | 1.1 |
2.9 |
2.0 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
7.6 |
| accumulated earnings | 1.1 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
7.4 |
8.8 |
16.4 |
| Virtual Telephones (boxes) | 0.35 |
1.10 |
1.S0 |
1.60 |
1.40 |
6.6 |
| accumulated earnings | 0.35 |
1.45 |
2.95 |
4.55 |
S.95 |
12.55 |
| Public Telephones | 0.04 |
0.06 |
0.08 |
0.12 |
0.14 |
0.85 |
| accumulated earnings | 0.04 |
0.10 |
0.18 |
0.40 |
0.54 |
1.39 |
| Data Transmission (users) | 0.5 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
9.6 |
| accumulated earnings | 0.5 |
1.5 |
2.8 |
4.2 |
S.5 |
15.1 |
| Subscription TV (subscribers) | 0.6 |
1.30 |
1.70 |
1.80 |
1.50 |
9.5 |
| accumulated earnings | 0.6 |
1.90 |
3.60 |
5.40 |
6.90 |
16.4 |
| Radio Messaging Services (subscribers) | 0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
2.4 |
| accumulated earnings | 0.2 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
3.7 |
| Trunking (points) | 0.01 |
0.02 |
0.05 |
0.06 |
0.08 |
0.72 |
| accumulated earnings | 0.01 |
0.03 |
0.08 |
0.14 |
0.22 |
0.94 |
