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The Third Telecommunications Project seeks to extend and improve domestic telephone services in Thailand particularly in rural areas where 235 out of 524 currently unserved rural districts will be provided with long-distance telephone service for the first time. The project includes installation of (a) about 185,000 lines of local exchange equipment with associated cables and subscribers' plant for connecting about 170,000 new subscribers and about 6,000 public call offices; (b) about 3,000 lines of local exchange equipment to replace old equipment and mobile exchanges in Bangkok; (c) about 13,000 lines in seven existing tandem exchanges in Bangkok for inter-exchange traffic; (d) about 15,000 lines in existing trunk automatic exchanges for sub-scribers' trunk dialing traffic; (e) microwave radio systems and on two new routes upgrading, replacement and addition of microwave radio equipment on 12 existing routes, and adding about 12,500 channel ends; (f) about 200 UHF and other transmission systems and station equipment for about 210 long-distance call offices for extension of service to rural areas now without service; (g) vehicles, civil works and other facilities for implementing the project. The Fourth Telecommunications Project seeks to extend and improve domestic telephone services in Thailand particularly in rural areas where 235 out of 524 currently unserved rural districts will be provided with long-distance telephone service for the first time. The project includes installation of (a) about 185,000 lines of local exchange equipment with associated cables and subscribers' plant for connecting about 170,000 new subscribers and about 6,000 public call offices; (b) about 3,000 lines of local exchange equipment to replace old equipment and mobile exchanges in Bangkok; (c) about 13,000 lines in seven existing tandem exchanges in Bangkok for inter-exchange traffic; (d) about 15,000 lines in existing trunk automatic exchanges for sub-scribers' trunk dialing traffic; (e) microwave radio systems and on two new routes upgrading, replacement and addition of microwave radio equipment on 12 existing routes, and adding about 12,500 channel ends; (f) about 200 UHF and other transmission systems and station equipment for about 210 long-distance call offices for extension of service to rural areas now without service; (g) vehicles, civil works and other facilities for implementing the project. The proposed project is designed to strengthen the Borrower as an institution and comprises a balanced package of high priority works wh will: (a) expand local telephone facilities in Bangkok and the provin extend service to about 330 additional rural communities (tambons); an expand facilities to cater to the resultant additional long distance t The project includes: (a) provision of management consultants, techni assistance and training fellowships; (b) installation of: (i) about 3 lines of local switching equipment with associated local cable distrib networks and subscriber plant; (ii) about 20,000 circuit terminations tandem exchanges in Bangkok; (iii) about 16,000 circuit terminations i distance trunk automatic exchanges; and (iv) about 345 radio and cable transmission systems and about 22,000 channel ends; (c) procurement of 300 vehicles of different types for project implementation; and (d) ci works for the project including cable ducts.