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Subject: Japan - NEC Receives SONET Order From Sprint 03/16/94 .. someone talk about balance of payment?

From: David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 21:44:07 -0500

TOKYO, JAPAN, 1994 MAR 16 (NB) -- NEC says it has received
a large purchase order from Sprint in the US, which will include
a multimedia data transmission system to be used for the
information superhighway. Sprint has reportedly placed orders
totaling $350 million with electronics firms, including NEC and
a French firm.


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