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58 -- PUBLIC NOTICE CONCERNING PROCUREMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS BY NTT DUE 033198 POC Point of Contact -- 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 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. NTT's procurement results in fiscal 1996 and projected procurement in fiscal 1997 are shown as follows: Fiscal 1996; (1)Digital Local Switch, 160 billion yen (2)Digital Transit Switch Equipment, 14 billion yen (3)Packet Switching Equipment, 10 billion yen (4)Advanced Service Equipment, 90 billion yen (5)Leased Circuit Node Equipment, 45 billion yen (6)Power Supply Equipment, 29 billion yen (7)SDH Transmission Equipment, 138 billion yen (8)Radio and Satellite Equipment, 18 billion yen (9)Trunk Optical Fiber Cable, 37 billion yen (10) Subscriber Optical Fiber Cable, 34 billion yen (11)Metallic Cable and related materials, 63 billion yen (12)Optical Access Systems, 113 billion yen (13)Leased Circuit Equipment, 80 billion yen (14)ISDN Terminals, 20 billion yen (15)Analog Terminals, 83 billion yen (16)Private Network Equipment, 22 billion yen (17 $B!K (JOperation System, 85 billion yen. Fiscal 1997; (1)Digital Local Switch, 141 billion yen (2)Digital Transit Switch Equipment, 12 billion yen (3)Packet Switching Equipment, 5 billion yen (4)Advanced Service Equipment, 53 billion yen (5)Leased Circuit Node Equipment, 30 billion yen (6)Power Supply Equipment, 17 billion yen (7)SDH Transmission Equipment, 116 billion yen (8)Radio and Satellite Equipment, 17 billion yen (9)Trunk Optical Fiber Cable, 37 billion yen (10) Subscriber Optical Fiber Cable, 29 billion yen (11)Metallic Cable and related materials, 52 billion yen (12)Optical Access Systems, 71 billion yen (13)Leased Circuit Equipment, 57 billion yen (14)ISDN Terminals, 30 billion yen (15)Analog Terminals, 74 billion yen (16)Private Network Equipment, 31 billion yen (17 $B!K (JOperation System, 70 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 the offices indicated in Item "Information Offices". (2) Applications of Telecommunications Products Superior to Already-Procured Products at Any time; NTT provides procurement documentation containing information necessary for application 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; The language to be used for applications of NTT $B%f (Js procurements shall be Japanese or English. (1) NTT America, Inc., Corporate Headquaters, 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!! (0181)

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