Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to a metallic local loop interface of a Telecommunications Network — Part 3: DC, low frequency AC and voiceband — AS/ACIF S043.3:2008) 20081
Telecommunications Act 1997
The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Technical Standard under subsection 376 (1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
Dated 2nd October 2008
Chris Chapman
[signed]
Member
Chris Cheah
[signed]
 Member
 
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Contents
                        1     Name of Technical Standard                                                                 2
                        2     Commencement                                                                                  2
                        3     Definitions                                                                                           2
                        4     Objects of Technical Standard                                                              3
                        5     Application of Technical Standard                                                         3
                        6     Standard for customer equipment                                                          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 3: DC, low frequency AC and voiceband — AS/ACIF S043.3:2008) 2008.
         (2)   This Technical Standard may also be cited as AS/ACIF S043.3–2008.
Note 1   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.
Note 2   The AS/ACIF Standard, as adopted by this Technical Standard, does not include any amendments made after the commencement of this Technical Standard. If amendments are made, the terms of this Technical Standard will differ from those of the AS/ACIF Standard unless the amendments are adopted by ACMA.
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 3: DC, low frequency AC and voiceband (AS/ACIF S043.3:2008), published by Communications Alliance Ltd in 2008.
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.
voice frequency band means the range of frequencies from 300 Hz to 3.4 kHz (inclusive).
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 telecommunications networks and facilities; and
               (b)    to protect the health and 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 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 purpose 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)    is designed, or intended, to include 1 or more of the following capabilities:
                          (i)    DC power feeding or signalling;
                         (ii)    operation in the low frequency AC band below 300 Hz;
                         (iii)    operation in the voice frequency band;
                        (iv)    operation above the voice frequency band up to 20 kHz.
6              Standard for customer equipment
                The customer equipment to which this Technical Standard applies must comply with the AS/ACIF Standard.
 
Note
1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.