Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to a metallic local loop interface of a Telecommunications Network — Part 2: Broadband — AS/ACIF S043.2:2008) 2008

as amended

made under subsection 376 (1) of the

Telecommunications Act 1997

This compilation was prepared on 1 February 2013
taking into account amendments up to Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to a metallic local loop interface of a Telecommunications Network — Part 2: Broadband — AS/ACIF S043.2:2008) Amendment 2012 (No. 1)

Prepared by the Australian Communications and Media Authority

Contents

 1 Name of Technical Standard 

 2 Commencement 

 3 Definitions 

 4 Objects of Technical Standard 

 5 Application of Technical Standard 

 6 Standard for customer equipment 3

                                 Notes 4

1 Name of Technical Standard

 (1) This Technical Standard is the Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to a metallic local loop interface of a Telecommunications Network — Part 2: Broadband — AS/ACIF S043.2:2008) 2008.

 (2) This Technical Standard may also be cited as AS/ACIF S043.2–2008.

Note   The alternative citation mentioned in subsection (2) is the name by which this Technical Standard is usually cited by ACMA. The citation of this Technical Standard differs from the citation of the AS/ACIF Standard in that there is a dash before the year in which it was made, rather than a colon.

2 Commencement

  This Technical Standard commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Definitions

  In this Technical Standard:

Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

AS/ACIF Standard means the Australian Standard/Australian Communications Industry Forum Standard: Requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to a metallic local loop interface of a Telecommunications Network — Part 2: Broadband (AS/ACIF S043.2:2008) published by Communications Alliance Ltd in 2008, and incorporating the amendment made to the standard of that name published by Communications Alliance on 11 October 2012.

broadband capability means the ability of an item of customer equipment to transmit a signal that uses a frequency above 20 kHz.

facility has the same meaning as in subsection 374 (2) of the Act.

metallic local loop means a metallic twisted pair communications wire in a carrier’s telecommunications network that provides connectivity between a customer’s premises and equipment in the telecommunications network.

metallic local loop interface means an interface for an electrical connection to a metallic local loop.

telecommunications network has the same meaning as in subsection 374 (1) of the Act.

Note   The following words and expressions used in this Technical Standard are defined in section 7 of the Act:

 ACMA

 customer equipment

 emergency call service

 standard telephone service.

4 Objects of Technical Standard

  The objects of this Technical Standard are:

 (a) to protect the integrity of a telecommunications network or a facility; and

 (b) to protect the health or safety of persons who:

 (i) operate; or

 (ii) work on; or

 (iii) use services supplied by means of; or

 (iv) are otherwise reasonably likely to be affected by the operation of;

  a telecommunications network or a facility; and

 (c) to ensure that customer equipment can be used to give access to an emergency call service; and

 (d) to ensure, for the purposes of the supply of a standard telephone service, the interoperability of customer equipment with a telecommunications network to which the equipment is, or is proposed to be, connected.

5 Application of Technical Standard

  This Technical Standard applies to customer equipment that:

 (a) is designed or intended for connection to a telecommunications network via a metallic local loop interface; and

 (b) has broadband capability.

6 Standard for customer equipment

  The customer equipment to which this Technical Standard applies must comply with the AS/ACIF Standard.

Notes to the Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to a metallic local loop interface of a Telecommunications Network — Part 2: Broadband — AS/ACIF S043.2:2008) 2008

Note 1

The Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to a metallic local loop interface of a Telecommunications Network — Part 2: Broadband — AS/ACIF S043.2:2008) 2008 (in force under subsection 376 (1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Instruments