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The ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) registered an amendment to their Telecommunications Labelling (Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) on the 23rd of December (Amendment Notice 2009 (No. 1), which included reference to 3 new revisions of the DSL standards that apply to CPE (Customer Premises Equipment).

These technical standards are:

• Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for DSL Customer
  Equipment for connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network – Part 1:
  General – AS/ACIF S041.1:2009) 2009;
• Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for DSL Customer
  Equipment for connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network – Part 2:
  Modems for use in connection with all DSL services – AS/ACIF S041.2:2009)
  2009; and
• Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for DSL Customer
  Equipment for connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network – Part 3:
  Filters for use in connection with all ADSL services – AS/ACIF S041.3:2009)
  2009.

While the new standards are immediately valid, there is a 2 year transition period should supplies wish to use the previous version of these standards.

The labelling notice amendment also includes a number of clarifications to the application of existing standards to particular equipment categories.