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58 -- ATM SUBSCRIBER SYSTEM SOL IPO.09-5001 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 94 040, 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 comments on the technology NTT has considered to adopt, prior to procurement of the intended product (mentioned below) by NTT. This public notice is als o to request that any suppliers wishing to participate as a subcontractor in the procurement program of this product should declare their intentions to t hat effect. This public notice is not intended to guarantee public notifica tion of procurement of the product. (1) Name:ATM Subscriber System (2) Over view: A purpose of this system is to realize various ATM services for multim edia economically.This system consists of ATM optical line terminal, ATM opt ical network unit and ATM optical line terminal program. 1) Estimated procu rement quantity: Prototype: 1 set (around from December,1998 to March,1999) Commercial model $B!' (JUndecided (3) Description of the Request for Comments: Applicants are req uested to present comments regarding NTT's procurement program of the produc t mentioned above. Details of the procurement program are described in The R EQUEST FOR COMMENTS (RFC) DOCUMENTATION distributed separately by NTT. NTT w ill 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 commer cialization, (v) Development costs,All supplied comments will be regarded a s non-secret information and may be disclosed to third parties in the form o f, for example, inclusion in the corresponding PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION, or it may become available to third parties. Even in such cases, NTT will under take no responsibility for any outcomes arising from management, disclosure, or use of supplied comments. (4) Request for Declar ation of the Intention of Participating as a Subcontractor: Any suppliers wi shing to participate as a subcontractor in the product procurement program o f NTT, are requested to supply NTT with the informationlisted below. After preparing a list of supplied information, NTT will provide the list to suppl iers who wish to be provided with it, to those who have responded to the req uest for supply of the information listed and to those who have purchased th e PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTATION relating to procurement of the product. NTT, ho wever, 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 arriv e no later than the above date). (6) Language: Japanese or English***** (0096)

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