News | December 2, 2008

TIA Revises Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard

Arlington, VA - The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leader in advocacy, standards development, business development and intelligence for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, recently updated the TIA-568-C.3 Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard.

TIA-568-C.3 is one of a set of four standards that constitute the TIA commercial building cabling suite, which is recognized as the industry benchmark for cabling performance and design. Revisions of the remaining two parts of this suite are expected in 2009.

TIA-568-C.3 specifies cable and component transmission performance requirements for premises optical fiber cabling. It is intended to be used by manufacturers. Users, designers and installers may also find this standard useful.

Significant technical changes from the previous edition of TIA-568-C.3:

  • Incorporates the performance specifications for 850 nm laser-optimized, 50/125 µm multimode optical fiber cables previously found in ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.3-1.
  • Provides specifications for indoor-outdoor cable including minimum bend radius and maximum pulling tensions.
  • Includes array connector specifications.

TIA-568-C.3 was formulated under the cognizance of TIA Engineering Committee TR-42 User Premises Telecommunications Cabling Requirements, TR-42.8 Subcommittee on Telecommunications Optical Fiber Cabling Systems.

To obtain copies of the document, contact IHS International at +1.800.854.7179 (United States and Canada); +1.303.397.7796 (international) or visit global.ihs.com.

For technical information, please contact Teesha Jenkins at tjenkins@tiaonline.org. For media inquiries, please contact Mike Snyder: msnyder@tiaonline.org.

SOURCE: The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)