The Communications Alliance (new name for ACIF), has produced new versions of AS/ACIF S003 relating to FXS and extension ports under the ACMA’s requirements for A-Tick.  The 3 new standards are:

  • AS/CA S003.1:2010 Customer Access Equipment for connection to a Telecommunications Network
    Part 1: General

This standard is a general standard for voice gateway equipment including  all devices that have analogue or digital extension ports.

  • AS/CA S003.2:2010 Customer Access Equipment for connection to a Telecommunications Network
    Part 2: Analogue and TDM based technologies

 This standard covers products such as  analogue and traditional TDM PABXs, and ISDN-analogue adaptors.

  •  AS/CA S003.3:2010 Customer Access Equipment for connection to a Telecommunications Network
    Part 3: Packet and cell based technologies

  This standard covers products such as  VoIP-analogue adaptors, VoIP based PABXs, media gateways and routers/ADSL modems with voice ports.

Copies of the above standards can be downloaded free from here.  These standards are not yet listed in the ACMA labelling notice so are currently not valid for use.  AS/ACIF S008: 2006 is still valid until the end of 2010.  AS/ACIF S003:2008 can be skipped and the above standards are the way forward.  Note our Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland labs are accredited for testing to AS/ACIF S003.