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\NEWS/romAll Quarters of the WorldLarge Orders for L M EricssonNew Danish Contractfor 50 million KronorL M Ericsson and the CopenhagenTelephone Company havesigned a contract for continued deliveriesof crossbar equipment for extensionof the Danish automatic network.The contract covers the deliveryand installation of automaticexchange equipment for 100,000 subscribers,as well as automatic trunkequipment.The Copenhagen Telephone Companyis the largest of the three privatetelephone operating companiesin Denmark, its area comprising Zealandwith Copenhagen, the islands ofLolland-Falster and Bornholm, withaltogether some 500,000 subscribers.A large part of the equipment forthe Danish market is manufacturedby Ericsson's Danish associates, TelefonfabrikAutomatic A/S, of Copenhagen,who in the past year havegreatly expanded their production resourcesfor crossbar equipment. Cableand power plant for the telephoneexchanges are also being suppliedby Danish factories.The new contract covers equipmentfor at least 50 million Kronor.key to operate on the Ericsson crossbarsystem, and 15,000 telephone instruments.After the installation of this equipmentL M Ericsson will have suppliedto Turkey automatic exchanges covering123,600 lines at 44 towns throughoutthe country.Lebanese Telephone Networkto be Extended to 100,000LinesIn hard competition with French,Italian, Japanese and German telephonemanufacturers, L M Ericssonhas been awarded a contract by theLebanese P.T.T. for automatic exchangeequipment and telephone instrumentsto a value of some 10 millionKronor. The installation of thisequipment will bring the Lebaneseautomatic network up to nearly100,000 lines, all of which have beensupplied by L M Ericsson.New Telephone Factoryin AustraliaA new telephone factory is to bebuilt at Broadmeadows near Melbourneby L M Ericsson's Australiansubsidiary, L M Ericsson-Trimax Pty.Ltd. The first stage is to compriseabout 120,000 sq. ft. of factory andoffice accommodation to permit expansionof the production of telephoneexchange and other telecommunicationmaterial. Substantial ordersfor modern crossbar switchingequipment for automatic exchangesof the Australian Post Office will bemet by the new factory, which is expectedto be in operation by the endof next year.Canada to Install Exchangesfor Intercontinental CallsL M Ericsson has received an orderfrom Canadian Overseas TelecommunicationCorp. for two automaticexchanges for intercontinentalcalls. They are to be installed atMontreal and Vancouver and willlink the national Canadian networkwith the Atlantic and Pacific cablesof the British Commonwealth roundthe-worldproject. The exchanges willconnect calls between Canada, Europeand Australia, and will be ofEricsson crossbar type. The value ofthis first order is only about 1 millionKr., but the installation carries withit a considerable prestige value.(Below) The new office building of L M EricssonLtd. in Montreal.30,000 Subscriber Linesfor TurkeyL M Ericsson has signed a newcontract with the Turkish P.T.T. forthe delivery of telephone equipment,the main item being the addition of30,000 subscriber lines at automaticexchanges already supplied by L MEricsson. The contract also includesa new 1000-line exchange, which willbe the first public exchange in Tur-85