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58 -- RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT POC Elliott Gilmore, Contracting Officer, 202-205-5414, Fax, 202-205-5466 Sources Sought - The United States Information Agency is soliciting information regarding the availability of off-the-shelf products for a DIGITAL AUDIO DISTRIBUTION NETWORK at the Voice of America headquarters in Washington, DC. The voice of America is particularly interested in Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) products which can provide the available bandwidth necessary to implement a large scale digital audio network. The audio network must be capable of distributing more than 500 channels of high quality digital audio to approximately 2000 users in real-time. Additional attention will be given to products which have been sucessfully utilized in a large scale network environment. Firms having the ability to furnish this type of equipment are requested to give written notification to the procurement office listed above within 15 calendar days from the date of this synopsis - Firms that respond must provide detailed information and specification of the equipment offered, including country of manufacture and assembly, and their ability to furnush this type of equipment. This is not a request for proposal. (0059)

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