TIA Issues Call for Interest on New Project For Impact Testing of Optical Fiber Cables

Arlington VA (August 4, 2026) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.12 Engineering Committee on Optical Fibers and Cables has issued a call for interest for document TIA-455-25-E, initially titled “Impact Testing of Optical Fiber Cables”.

TR-42.12 is creating the revision of FOTP 25 which is an existing test procedure to harmonize with international test method.

Stakeholders are invited to contact TIA regarding participation in the development of this and other TIA standards. The stakeholders may include, but are not limited to: Telecom, optical fiber manufacturers, optical cable manufactures, developers, users.

TIA is seeking broad input as per the public review announcement in ANSI’s Standards Action for directly and materially affected parties. In addition, we are actively seeking participation in this process from the user and general interest communities.

For more information about TR-42 and how to participate in standards development with TIA, contact our Membership Department at MEMBERSHIP@tiaonline.org.