From: Nick Evans <[email protected]> Subject: RE: TTE Compliance.
Alan You need to be careful with this issue. The TTE directive covers Terminal Equipment (basically what could be termed as Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) in other markets). As such, from a regulatory standpoint, equipment which is intended for use solely within the confines of a licensed PTO network normally does not need to comply with the provisions of the TTE directive, regardless of what network interfaces, etc are provided. Commercially, however, it has been our experience that many PTOs cite that equipment be type approved against the provisions of the TTE directive and/or prevailing national regulatory requirements as relevant as part of their procurement specifications. It would be my suggestion that as part of your investigations in this area, you check with your PTO customers or prospective customers as to what their procurement requirements are. Anything that could be purchased by a subscriber and then connected to a defined interface point to a Public Telecommunication Network needs to be type approved under the terms of the TTE directive. I hope this helps. Best regards Nick Evans Managing Director Genesys IBS Ltd Worldwide IT&T Product Design & Compliance Tel: +44 1600 710300 Fax: +44 1600 710301 Mobile: +44 385 367348 (GSM) E-mail: [email protected] (if sending attachments, please copy e-mail to our central e-mail account: [email protected]) Web: Http://www.gentel.co.uk/genesys -----Original Message----- From: Alan Booth [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: 20 March 1998 15:19 To: [email protected] Subject: TTE Compliance. Dear Treggers, We are having a problem with the TTE Directive 91/263/EEC and would be grateful for any guidance. We have a product which is intended to be part of the PSTN and will be owned by the Network Provider. It is a flexible access multiplexer which will provide switched services such as POT's lines, direct in/out-dial PABX trunks, and ISDN Basic Rate Access. In addition to this equipment, smaller units are available which enable the extension of these services on to subscriber premises. It is possible that the subscriber may buy these extension units from us. All of the equipment is soon to be Safety and EMC tested by a third party and it has been designed to function correctly within the network. Should any of this equipment comply with the TTE Directive and if so why? Thanks in advance. Alan Booth Equipment Engineering Group Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Limited Solihull Parkway Birmingham Business Park Birmingham B37 7YU Telephone +44 121 717 6492 FAX +44 121 717 6014/6018
