WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.83
24February 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0730)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: HONG KONG, CHINA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Office oftheTelecommunications Authority
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shallbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Equipment
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document:
HKTA 2026 -Network Connection Specification forConnection ofCustomer Premises
Equipment (CPE) tothePublic Telecommunication Network (PTN) inHong Kong Using
ISDN Basic RateAccess (BRA) Based onANSI Standards (9sheets);
HKTA 2027 -Network Connection Specification forConnection ofCustomer Premises
Equipment (CPE) tothePublic Telecommunication Network (PTN) inHong Kong Using
ISDN Primary RateAccess (PRA) at1544 kbit/s Based onANSI Standards (9sheets)
6. Description ofcontent: These twospecifications cover thetechnical requirements of
customer premises equipment (CPE) which usesANSI ISDN Basic RateAccess (BRA)
and ANSI ISDN Primary Rate Access (PRA) forconnection tothepublic
telecommunication network (PTN).
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
-Toadopt multi-standard ISDN platform including ITU-T andANSI inHong Kong.
-Toestablish thetechnical requirements forANSI ISDN BRA andPRA equipment
forconnection tothepublic telecommunication network (PTN).
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8. Relevant documents: Listed inTechnical Requirements Section oftheHKTA 2026 and
HKTA 2027
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:ASAP
10. Final dateforcomments: 15April 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body:
Office oftheTelecommunications Authority,
29/F, WuChung House,
213Queen 'sRoad East,
Wanchai,
Hong Kong
Fax: +8522803 5112
Email: tschew@ofta.gov.hk