TIA Issues New Ballot for TIA-492AAA-F-A- Modification of IEC 60793-2-10, Optical Fibres- Part 2-10: Product Specifications- Sectional Specification for Category A1 Multimode Fibres, Edition 7.1

Arlington VA. (July 5, 2023) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.12 Engineering Committee on Optical Fibers and Cables has issued a new ballot for  document TIA-492AAAF-A initially titled “Detail Specification for Class 1a Graded-Index Multimode Optical Fibers; Modification of IEC 60793-2-10, Optical Fibres- Part 2-10: Product Specifications- Sectional Specification for Category A1 Multimode Fibres, Edition 7.1”.

TR-42.12 is developing guidelines in the area defined by the following scope: Adoption with modifications of IEC 60793-2-10, Optical Fibres- Part 2-10: Product Specifications- Sectional Specification for Category A1 Multimode Fibres, Edition 7.1.

The stakeholders may include, but are not limited to: Telecom, end-users, installers, designers of optical fiber cabling systems.

TIA is actively seeking participation in these projects from the user and general interest communities. 

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

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