TIA Issues Call for Interest on new Project for Customer-Owned Outside Plant Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard

Stakeholders Invited to Contact TIA Regarding Participation.

Arlington VA. (July 30 2018) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.1 Engineering Committee on Premises Telecommunications Infrastructure has issued a call for interest for document TIA-758-C initially titled “Customer-Owned Outside Plant Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard.”

TR-42.1 is developing guidelines to enable “the planning and installation of an outside plant structured cabling system infrastructure.” This standard establishes the recommendations and requirements used in the design of the telecommunication pathways and spaces, and the cabling installed between buildings or points in a customer-owned campus environment. Customer-owned campus facilities are typically termed “outside plant” (OSP). For this standard they are termed, “customer-owned OSP.”

TIA is actively seeking participation in these projects from the user and general interest communities. Stakeholders may include, but are not limited to: designers, installers, building owners, building tenants.

For more information about TR-42 and how to participate in standards development with TIA, contact Marta Soncodi at standards@tiaonline.org.

A major function of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is the writing and maintenance of voluntary industry standards and specifications. These activities are carried out by the volunteer members of TIA engineering committees. Recent meeting reports, agendas and notices for upcoming meetings, as well as links to some of the most popular standards from each committee are available on the public engineering committee pages. TIA is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Visit tiaonline.org.

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The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) represents a global community of more than 400-member companies including manufacturers and suppliers, network operators, software developers, distributors and integrators of communications technologies. TIA drives advancement in global connectivity and innovation through its leadership in U.S. and international advocacy, technology programs and standards development, quality assurance and business performance solutions. TIA is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

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