The Administrative Council for Terminal Attachment
("ACTA") adopted the following technical criteria for Telephone
Terminal Equipment ("TTE"). Equipment approved for connection to
the public switched telephone network shall comply with all applicable rules
and regulations of Part 68, and with the applicable technical criteria
adopted by ACTA:
TIA-968-A,
Telecommunications -- Telephone Terminal Equipment -- Technical Requirements
for Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network (Upgrade and
Revision of TIA/EIA/IS-968)
IMPORTANT
INFORMATION: The
following information refers to the ACTA adoption of the Technical Criteria
in TIA-968-A and its intended replacement of existing technical criteria TIA/EIA/IS-968
and TIA/EIA/IS-883.
TIA-968-A has been adopted by the ACTA and may be used
immediately for terminal equipment approvals.
Since TIA-968-A is intended to replace TIA/EIA/IS-968 and
TIA/EIA/IS-883, a sunset date has been established for TIA/EIA/IS-968 and
TIA/EIA/IS-883.
The sunset date for TIA/EIA/IS-968 is July 15, 2004.
The sunset date for TIA/EIA/IS-883 is July 15, 2004.
The sunset date is defined as a date in the future after
which new terminal equipment, and previously approved terminal equipment
that is modified, may no longer be approved using these standards.
The establishment of a sunset date for TIA/EIA/IS-968 and
TIA/EIA/IS-883 that is 18 months after the publication of TIA-968-A,
provides the industry with a transition period during which, new terminal
equipment or previously approved terminal equipment that is modified
(approved under a single approval number) may be approved using either a)
TIA/EIA/IS-968 and TIA/EIA/IS-883, or b) TIA-968-A, at the discretion of the
Responsible Party.
TIA/EIA/TSB-168 and T1.TRQ.6-2001 are not effected by the
adoption of TIA-968-A.
TIA/EIA/IS-968, Technical
Criteria for Terminal Equipment to Prevent Harms to the Telephone Network,
July 2001. (Please refer to the IMPORTANT
INFORMATION ABOVE regarding the sunset date for TIA/EIA/IS-968)
TIA/EIA/TSB-168,
Telecommunications - Telephone Terminal Equipment - Labeling Requirements,
June 2001.
