Telecommunications Technical Standard (Voice Frequency Performance Requirements for Customer Equipment As/ACIF S004) 2004 (Cth)

Telecommunications Technical Standard (Voice Frequency Performance Requirements for Customer Equipment — AS/ACIF S004) 2004

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this Technical Standard under subsection 376 (1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated 15 December 2004

R HORTON
Chair

A HORSLEY
Deputy Chair

Australian Communications Authority

1. Name of Technical Standard

(1)This Technical Standard is the Telecommunications Technical Standard (Voice Frequency Performance Requirements for Customer Equipment — AS/ACIF S004) 2004.

(2)This Technical Standard may also be cited as AS/ACIF S004-2004.

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 2004.

Note 2   The AS/ACIF Standard, as adopted by this Technical Standard, does not include any amendments made by Standards Australia International Limited 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 the ACA.

1. Commencement

This Technical Standard commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.

1. 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 a telecommunications network or facility; or

(ii)work on a telecommunications network or facility; or

(iii)use services supplied by means of a telecommunications network or facility; 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.

1. Definitions

In this Technical Standard:

Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

AS/ACIF Standard means the Australian Standard/Australian Communications Industry Forum Standard: Voice frequency performance requirements for Customer Equipment (AS/ACIF S004:2004), published by the Australian Communications Industry Forum and Standards Australia International Limited in July 2004.

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

public switched telephone network means a telecommunications network which enables a customer to establish a connection for voice frequency communication with another customer, either automatically or with operator assistance.

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

voice frequency means a frequency in the range 300 Hz to 3.4 kHz.

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

·     customer equipment

·     emergency call service

·     standard telephone service.

1. Application of Technical Standard

This Technical Standard applies to customer equipment that is designed, or intended:

(a)to transmit and receive voice frequency signals for voice communications, voice messages or tones by direct or indirect electric or electro-acoustic means; and

(b)for connection to:

(i)the public switched telephone network; or

(ii)a basic access or primary rate access Integrated Services Digital Network.

1. Standard for customer equipment

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