International Procurement Office, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, 1-6, Uchisaiwai-cho 1-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-19, Japan

58 -- JAPAN: OPTICAL FIBER CABLES AND FIBER JOINTING FOR ACCESS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK Due 012596. POC NTT America, Inc., Head Office, 101 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10178, 212/661-0810 also NTT America, Inc., Pacific and Western Division, 800 El Camino Real West, Suite 103 Mountain View, CA 94040, 415/940-6565. (1) Name of Product: Optical fiber cables and fiber jointing for access distribution network. (2) Characteristics: These products will be used on Arial Access Distribution Network Portion that required quick response for user's demand, low cost and low loss. This portion means the area frm Feeder Distribution point to Dropping point. But Dropping point for multi-lots building is the jointing point t distribution cable for customer premises at termination cabinet. (3) Scheduled quantity: Prototype; Cables-2,400 km fiber, Fiber jointing-16 sets, Optical fiber unit enclosure connection-8 sets, Optical fiber feeding equipment-8 sets. Commercial model; Cables-about 2500 km/year, Fiber jointing-quantities to be later determined, Optical fiber unit enclosure connection-quantities to be later determined, Optical fiber feeding equipment-quantities to be later determined (4) Delivery period: Prototype; Around May, 1996 Commercial model; After December, 1996 According to circumstances, the delivery period and the quantity may change. (5) Delivery site: NTT will separately specify the places in Japan as delivery sites. (6) Procurement Procedure: This procurement program shall be conducted in accordance with the Track III procurement procedure. (7) Unit of Proposal: The complete set of products for development enlisted and any partial proposal will be deemed invalid. (8) Number of supplies to be selected: Four suppliers will be selected (9) Time-limit for the submission of application and proposals: 3:00 p.m. January 25, 1996, (10) Procurement explanation session: NTT will hold a session to explain the details of the procurement related to this announcement from 2:00 p.m. on December 15, 1995 at the conference room on the 22nd floor of the Yamato Seimei Building (1-1-7 Uschisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), People who would like to attend the session should submit in writing a list of up to attendees by facsimile, mail, etc. to the contact point specified in Item (11) by 3:00 p.m. on December 13, 1995, NTT will promptly notify the applicants of the receipt, NTT cannot guarantee admittance to the session for applicants who do not receive NTT's notification. (11) Address from which necessary documents and further information may be requested: NTT America, Inc., Head Office, 101 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10178, 212/661-0810 also NTT America, Inc., Pacific and Western Division 800 el Camino Real West, Suite 103 Mountain View, CA 94040, 415/940-6565. (339)

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