Mr. Cheikh Tidiane Mbaye, General Manager, Sonatel, 6, Rue Wagane Diouf, Dakar, Senegal

99 -- THE NATIONAL DIGITAL TRUNK NETWORK.: POC Tel (221) 22-22-55 FAX (221) 22-14-92/21-40-06 Telex 1296 SG/1272 SG Parastatal telecommunications company has issued an international tender for Digital transmission systems by fiber optic bidding firms are invited for the supply of lot 1 fiber optic cable (supply and laying) lot 2 optical equipment for terminals adm and stm-4 (supply and installation in the different operating centers) multiplex, synchronous and flexible equipment multiplex terminals and brx (supply and installation of equipment) U S. firms interested in bidding May purchase a French language tender document from Sonatel's secretariat Des marches et contrats (address below), against a non- refundable payment of cfaf 100,000 (1 USD eq. Cfaf 500) a performance bond of cfaf 15M is required. All bids must be delivered at Sonatel, secretariat du departement marches et contrats Post remarks Senegal's telecommunications sector is growing rapidly and offers Commercial opportunities to U S. firms. Sonatel's Director of research and Development reported to Embassy back in August 1994 that the diourbel 96 Project is a unique opportunity for U S. telecommunications to tap into Senegal's telecommunications Project pentacompa switch actually operating in diourbel (number 2 after Dakar by number of subscribers) will be replaced in 1996 by an automatic switching system to alleviate traffic congestion problems further, a fiber optic telephone Post recommends that bidding firms appoint a local representative Post contact/prepared by youhanidou wane Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (TOP), American Embassy, Dakar, Dept of State, Washington DC 20521 2130, Refer to T0019.. (0117)

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