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58 -- VERY HIGH SPEED TERRESTRIAL OPTICAL FIBER TRANSMISS-ION SYSTEMS. SOL IPO.08-423 DUE 050697 POC Point of Contact -- 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 WEB: NTT International Procurement Information Home Page, http://wwwipo.nttinfo.ntt.co.jp. This public notice is to request suppliers to provide NTT with general referential information on similar products or technology prior to procurement of the intended product (mentioned below) by NTT. This public notice is also to request that any suppliers wishing to participate as a subcontractor in the procurement program of this product should declare their intentions to that effect. This public notice is not intended to guarantee public notification of procurement of the product. (1) Name: Very High Speed Terrestrial Optical Fiber Transmiss-ion Systems. (2) Overview: This system is a terrestrial optical fiber transmission system capable of handling bit rate of 10Gbit/s (STM-64),and it is comprised of mutiplexed line terminal equipment,and its operating equipment. The mutiplexed line terminal equipment performs multiplexing and demultiplexing of 64 -channel STM-1 signals (155Mbit/s), terminating of the transmission lines, and add/drop multiplexing. The operating equipment for mutiplexed line terminal equipment (Including operating program) adminstrates and operates the system composed of mutiplexed line terminal equipments. Estimated procurement quantities: Commercial products:,/ Multiplexed line terminal equipment;250 sets,/ Operating equipment for multiplexed line terminal equipment;10~20 sets,/ Operating program for operating equipment;1 set / supplier (Only right to use) (This quantity is the current estimate; however, it may change during public notification of procurement.) (3) Description of the Request for Comments: Applicants are requested to present comments regarding NTT's procurement program of the product mentioned above. Details of the procurement program are described in The REQUEST FOR COMMENTS (RFC) DOCUMENTATION distributed separately by NTT. NTT will accept comments on all aspects of the procurement program, for example, in the following terms:,(i)Research and development specifications draft,(ii)Applicable technology,(iii)Related products,(iv)Period of commercialization,(v)Development costs,All supplied comments will be regarded as non-secret information and may be disclosed to third parties in the form of, for example, inclusion in the corresponding PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION, or it may become available to third parties. Even in such cases, NTT will undertake no responsibility for any outcomes arising from management, disclosure, or use of supplied comments. (4) Request for Declaration of the Intention of Participating as a Subcontractor: Any suppliers wishing to participate as a subcontractor in the product procurement program of NTT, are requested to supply NTT with the information listed below. After preparing a list of supplied information, NTT will provide the list to suppliers who wish to be provided with it, to those who have responded to the request for supply of the information listed and to those who have purchased the PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION relating to procurement of the product. NTT, however, will undertake no responsibilies for any outcomes arising from supply of the list, (i)Name of supplier, (ii)Place of contact (Address, name of the person in charge, telephone number, and fascimile number). (5) Deadline of submission of materials and comments: 3:00 PM, May 6, 1997 (Mail must arrive no later than the above date). (6) Language: Japanese or English***** (0089)

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