Joe, certainly not a big help, the following is the English version of MPHPT's press release. It says it's a consultation paper - unfortunately it just refers back to the Japanese document. Rolf Schäfer _____
Telecommunications <http://www.soumu.go jp/joho_tsusin/eng/Releases/Telecommunications/index.html> June 17, 2003 Commercial Telecommunications Facility Committee, Information and Communications Technology Sub-Council, Telecommunications Council MPHPT invites comments concerning draft report on technical requirements for terminal facilities _____ The Information and Communications Sub-Council of the Telecommunications Council (chaired by Prof. SAKAI Yoshinori, Tokyo Institute of Technology) has studied since October of last year the technical requirements for terminal facilities that are connected telecommunications circuit facilities, and has recently compiled a draft report. Consequently, the MPHPT invites comments concerning this draft report. For details refer to the Japanese web site http://www.soumu.go.jp/s-news/2003/030617_5.html For further information about this press release, please contact: International Policy Division, International Affairs Department Telecommunications Bureau Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Tel: (03) 5253-5920 Fax: (03) 5253-5924 [email protected] _____ Von: [email protected] [ mailto:[email protected]] Gesendet: Sonntag, 20. Juli 2003 01:51 An: [email protected]; [email protected] Betreff: Need help with Japanese language draft standard Hello All: I have been given copies of two Japanese language documents that reportedly describe some proposed new telecom requirements in Japan. The first document appears to be a cover letter from the committee, while the second document appears to be the draft standard itself. I have been told that the draft standard proposes making with ITU K.21 compliance mandatory for modems, although I suspect this is not true. I can not read the Japanese text, but I do see many references to various DSL standards. I do not see any reference to K.21. As it turns out, the two documents are posted at the following URLs: http://www.soumu.go.jp/s-news/2003/030617_5.html http://www.soumu.go.jp/s-news/2003/pdf/030617_5_a.pdf I am hoping that some group members who can read Japanese could briefly check these two documents on the web and answer a few questions for me: 1) What is the subject matter of these two documents? 2) What is the "Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications" (on whose web site these are posted), and how does this organization relate to JATE? 3) Is this a draft regulatory standard or a draft industry standard? 4) Is there any indication that compliance with ITU K.21 may become mandatory in Japan? Any insight that the group members can provide would be most appreciated. Joe Randolph Telecom Design Consultant Randolph Telecom, Inc. 781-721-2848 [email protected] http://www.randolph-telecom.com This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
