Abstract: A speech path apparatus in a space-division type electronic exchanger equipment wherein a plurality of switching networks each having controlled points and a plurality of trunks are divided into an appropriate number of packaging units, and a network controller and a trunk controller are provided for each packaging unit. Each of the network controllers and the trunk controllers includes a shift register for receiving a control signal sent from a central processing unit in serial form, a means for determining whether the received control signal is for its own unit and means for translating a control signal stored in the shift register to send it out in parallel form to the controlled point.