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Dirivox and Centrum
in the Soviet Union
The LMS intercom systems Dirivox
and Centrum were introduced on
the Soviet market in 1966 at an international
exhibition in Moscow where
both L M Ericsson and AB Gylling &
Co. were represented.
In August LMS received a Russian
order for intercom equipment
amounting to some 400,000 kronor.
The types of intercom systems
marketed by LMS are entirely new
on the Russian market and have
aroused a great interest. As modern
efficiency methods are being increasingly
applied to office routines in the
Soviet Union, it may be expected that
the import will increase.
LME Enters
into Cooperation
with Hungary
Representatives of L M Ericsson
and state organizations for the Hungarian
telecommunications industry
and foreign trade signed at the end
of January a series of agreements
representing a total value of some
40 million kronor. Apart from direct
deliveries of goods the agreements
contain clauses providing for technical
cooperation with the Hungarian
telecommunications industry. All
agreements, however, are dependent
on the approval of the authorities.
Centrum Exchange
to Orly
Centrum Electronics S. A., Paris,
have received an order for a CE 800
exchange for the large Orly Air Port
in Paris. The exchange will be built
initially for 300 lines but will have
facilities for extension by an additional
500 lines.
The cut-over is expected to take
place at the beginning of April 1968.
Prototype of Education
and Information
Exchange
The ERGA Division of L M Ericsson
has recently produced a laboratory
model of an education and information
exchange constructed on
the modular principle. The exchange
Gunnar Vikberg
New Head of EDB
Mr. Gunnar Vikberg, Head of the
Sales Department of the Long Distance
Division, has been appointed
Head of LME's Brazilian subsidiary,
Ericsson do Brasil Comercio e Industria
S. A., as from the spring of 1968
in succession to Mr. Ragnar Hellberg,
who will take on another appointment
within the Group.
New head of the Sales Department
of the Long Distance Division
is Mr. Curt Green. His appointment
started as from January 1, 1968,
when he was nominated Chief Engineer.
is made up of units of 10 calling lines
and may comprise up to 50 information
sources. It can he connected
to an ordinary telephone exchange,
which makes it accessible also for
external calls.
Wolf Kantif in Memoriam
Wolf Kantif
Through the sudden death on October
4, 1967, of Wolf Kantif, Ericsson
do Brasil lost a valuable member
of its staff and his colleagues a greatly
estimated friend.
Through his enthusiasm and persevering
work Wolf Kantif actively
contributed to EDB becoming one of
the most important Brazilian companies
within telephony.
When Kantif was taken on in the
early thirties EDB bad sold only one
automatic exchange. The first success
came in 1935 through a contract for
a 1000-line exchange for Fortaleza.
Today Fortaleza has 16,600 lines
served by four exchanges.
Kantif's great passion was telephone
business, but he had many
other interests as well, among which
football. It was at a football match
that Kantif was contacted by the then
head of EDB. Karl R. Lanneborn,
and taken on by the company.
A few years ago Kantif became
Citizen of Honour of Rio de Janeiro
- a distinction given to few foreigners.
Kantif was a British subject
but found his main circle of friends
among the inhabitants of the country.
We pay allegiance to Kantif's
memory. He was a devoted member
of the company's staff and an unusually
harmonious and friendly person.
S.G.F.
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