CIT‐Alcatel, ‘Division Microélectronique (Hybride)’, France

The CIT‐Alcatel Group, with a turnover of more than 10 billion French francs, is a subsidiary of the huge ‘Compagnie Générale d'Electricité’ and is deeply involved in the telecommunications industry. It is particularly known for its experience in digital techniques. 6000 of its 40,000 workforce are employed abroad, and with an increasing number of turnkey telecommunication systems installed in so many countries they will undoubtedly have a large share of the message‐handling and office automation markets in addition to direct speech business. Their E10, time‐division switching system ordered by 30 countries, alone represents 10·5 million subscriber lines to 1982.