Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to a metallic local loop interface of a Telecommunications Network — Part 2: Broadband — AS/ACIF S043.2:2006) 2006
Telecommunications Act 1997
The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Technical Standard under subsection 376 (1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
Dated     16th November               2006
Chris Chapman (signed)
Chairman
Chris Cheah (signed)
A/g Deputy Chair
 
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Contents
                        1     Name of Technical Standard                                                                 2
                        2     Commencement                                                                                  2
                        3     Objects of Technical Standard                                                              2
                        4     Definitions                                                                                           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 2: Broadband — AS/ACIF S043.2:2006) 2006.
         (2)   This Technical Standard may also be cited as AS/ACIF S043.2–2006.
Note 1   The alternate citation mentioned in subsection (2) is the name by which the AS/ACIF Standard, adopted by this Technical Standard under section 6, is usually cited. The AS/ACIF Standard was published in August 2006.
Note 2   The AS/ACIF Standard, as adopted by this Technical Standard, does not include any amendments made by Standards Australia International Ltd and the Australian Communications Industry Forum 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 AS/ACIF amendments are adopted by ACMA.
2              Commencement
                This Technical Standard commences on the day after it is registered.
3              Objects of Technical Standard
                The objects of this Technical Standard are:
                (a)    to protect the integrity of a telecommunications network or 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 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 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.
4              Definitions
                In this Determination:
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 S043.2:2006) published by the Australian Communications Industry Forum and Standards Australia International Limited in August 2006.
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 metallic twisted pair communications wire in a carrier’s telecommunications network which provides connectivity between a customer’s premises and equipment in the telecommunications network.
metallic local loop interface means an interface for the 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.
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.