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58 -- PUBLIC NOTICE CONCERNING PROCUREMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS BY NTT POC NTT America, Inc., Head Office, 101 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10178, 212/808-2296 also NTT America, Inc., Pacific and Western Division 700 E. El Camino Real, Suite #200, Mountain View, CA 94040, 415/940-6565. NTT's procurement results in fiscal 1995 and projected procurement in fiscal 1996 are shown as follows: Fiscal 1995; 1. Node System (1) Digital Local Switch, 140 billion yen (2) Digital Transit Switch, 11 billion yen (3) Packet Switch, 10 billion yen (4) Advanced Service Equipment, 69 billion yen (5) Leased Circuit Node Equipment, 39 billion yen (6) Power Supply Equipment, 32 billion yen (7) Others, 18 billion yen 2. Link System (1) SDH Transmission Equipment, 120 billion yen (2) Radio and Satellite Equipment, 39 billion yen (3) Trunk Optical Cable, 36 billion yen (4) Others, 17 billion yen 3. Access System (1) Subscriber Optical Cable, 32 billion yen (2) Metallic Cable and related equipment, 66 billion yen (3) Subscriber Transmission Equipment, 29 billion yen (4) ISDN Equipment, 38 billion yen (5) Leased Circuit Equipment, 64 billion yen (6) Others, 43 billion yen 4. User System (1) ISDN Terminals, 12 billion yen (2) Analog Terminals, 87 billion yen (3) Private Network Equipment, 19 billion yen (4) Others, 19 billion yen 5. Operation System, 168 billion yen. Fiscal 1996; 1. Node System (1) Digital Local Switch, 139 billion yen (2) Digital Transit Switch, 6 billion yen (3) Packet Switch, 5 billion yen (4) Advanced Service Equipment, 39 billion yen (5) Leased Circuit Node Equipment, 31 billion yen (6) Power Supply Equipment, 24 billion yen (7) Others, 2 billion yen 2. Link, System (1) SDH Transmission Equipment, 93 billion yen (2) Radio and Satellite Equipment, 21 billion yen (3) Trunk Optical Cable, 34 billion yen (4) Others, 15 billion yen 3. Access System (1) Subscriber Optical Cable, 33 billion yen (2) Metallic Cable and related equipment, 58 billion yen (3) Subscriber Transmission Equipment, 37 billion yen (4) ISDN Equipment, 41 billion yen (5) Leased Circuit Equipment, 52 billion yen (6) Others, 44 billion yen 4. User System (1) ISDN Terminals, 14 billion yen (2) Analog Terminals, 82 billion yen (3) Private Network Equipment, 19 billion yen (4) Others, 17 billion yen 5. Operation System, 81 billion yen. Application Procedures: (1) Applications to product-specific procurement announcements; In cases of the initial procurement of telecommunications products or selecting additional suppliers for already-procured products, NTT issues a product-specific procurement announcement, and provide procurement documentation containing information necessary for application, at a fee of 10,000 yen, at the offices indicated in Item ``Information Offices'' (2) Applications of telecommunications products superior to already-procured products at any time; NTT accepts, at any time, applications of telecommunications products superior to already-procured products. NTT provides procurement documentation containing information necessary for application, at a fee of 3,000 yen, at the offices indicated in Item ``Information Offices''. Information Offices: Inquiries about this Public Notice, including technical information relating to the outline of products and application-related matters, are accepted at any time at the following; (1) NTT America, Inc., Head Office, 101 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10178, 212/808-2296 (2) NTT America, Inc., Pacific and Western Division 700 E. El Camino Real, Suite #200, Mountain View, CA 94040, 415/940-6565. (180)

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