Mali - Second Telecommunications Project

Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Rqpt No. 8882 PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT MALI SECOND TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECT CREDIT 1200-ML1 JUNE 29, 1990 Industry and Energy Operati.-ns Division Sahelian Department Africa Regional Office This docunent has a resticed dlsbuton and may be uod by recpients only In the pefonnmne of thei ofcia duoti Its contenSt may not ohrwise be dbilod w_t World Bank authozation.  ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS USED AfDB * African Development Bank (Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire) CCCE I Caisse Centrale de Cooperation Economique (Paris, France) CIDA I Canadian International Development Agency DEL s Direct exchange line (connected, telephone) Expressed Demand a Sum of working connections and vaiting list FAC s Fonds d'Aide et de Cooperation (Paris, France) ITU s International Telecomunmication Union Km s Kilometer (I kilometer - 0.62 miles) LD * Long distance transmission, channel or circuit Microwave * Radio system working at frequencies above 1,000 Megahertz (normally used as long distance transmission carrier for telephone and television circuits) MIT a Minist&re de l'Information et des Telecovaunications, In ch.srge of sector policy and supervision of OPT OPT s Office des Postes et Telecomuunications du Mali, the operating entlty for domestic telecommications in Mali PE s Public hnterprise Sector Reform Program SE? a Super High Frequencies STD s Subscriber Trunk Dialling in automatic Interurban/international services Telex s Switched teleprinter service TIM s Compagnie des T6l6communications Internationales du Mali Trunk s Long distance, for interurban service UAPT a Union Africaine des Postes et Telecoanunications UHF s Ultra High Frequencies UNDP s United Nations Development Programme VHF a Very High Frequencies  THE WORLD BANK FOR OMFCIAL USE ONLY TH WORLD S3ANK t