Final UN annex identifies constraints on competitively priced telephone modernization

Dehloran had an operational 100-line telephone exchange, while a 1,000-line exchange with microwave links was expected to be commissioned. The annex described repeated wartime replacement and...

Mehran’s destroyed 500-line exchange was replaced by an interim 100-line exchange with a 24-channel UHF system. The annex expected substantial expansion as the town developed; interim service did...

Qasr-e-Shirin’s destroyed 1,000-line exchange had been replaced by a completed interim installation of 100 lines. The final annex documented initial communications recovery after the earlier mission...

The annex identified Asadabad’s earth-station complex as heavily damaged, an exception to the generally less serious damage at targeted interior telecommunications installations. The report did not...

Experts considered that part of the damaged underground cable network might be recovered, but tracing telephone conductors and reconnecting them would require substantial labour. Possible salvage...

TCI’s reconstruction plans sought to accommodate original residents and displaced people from surrounding areas. The annex described a need to expand and modernize services beyond merely restoring...

TCI reported 40,000 million rials already spent on reconstruction, equivalent in its calculation to about 47,000 million at current prices. The two figures expressed the same expenditure on...

TCI proposed installing about 450,000 telephone lines in five border provinces during the first five-year plan. The annex described a mix of digital technology and existing factory technology; the...

TCI estimated a present foreign-currency requirement of about US$1,450 per telephone line. The annex anticipated a possible rise during technology changeover and a later decline once modernized...

Skilled labour was reported available for telecommunications reconstruction, but the annex encouraged engineers’ exposure to new technologies abroad. Adequate existing staffing did not remove the need...