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Industry Guidelines

All references to CDMA in ACIF/Communications Alliance documents are no longer valid post 28 April 2008.


ACIF G505:1998 Development of Telecommunications Industry Consumer Codes

Provides guidelines to assist Communications Alliance Working Committees in determining what matters should be considered when drafting new or revised Consumer Codes.


ACIF G506:1998 Mobile Telecommunications Industry Change of Service

Provides a clear set of principles and guidelines relating to change of mobile service.


ACIF G510:1998 Development of Telecommunications Industry Operations Codes

Provides a framework for the development and operation of industry operations codes


ACIF G511:1998 1800/13/1300 Number Portability - Network Plan

Specifies agreed network arrangements for the provision of 1800/13/1300 number portability


ACIF G514:2003 Code Administration and Compliance Scheme

Describes how ACIF Codes are administered and the obligations of signatories to ACIF Codes.


ACIF G516:2004 Participant Monitoring of Voice Communications

The Guideline provides assistance in the practical application of the legislation covering listening and recording of voice communications.


ACIF G517:2004 Monitoring of Communications for Network Operation and Maintenance

Provides recommended procedures for industry monitoring and recording of voice communications when installing, operating or maintaining a network.


ACIF G530:1999 Mobile Location Indicator for Emergency Services - Stage 1 Service Description for Interim MoLI

Defines an indicator for mobile location for calls to emergency services.


ACIF G533:1999 Assessment of Network Integrity Items for Standards

Guideline to Communications Alliance Working Committees to determine what should be addressed in new or revised Technical Standards on protecting the integrity of a network.


ACIF G534:2003 Assessment of Emergency Service Access and Network

Guideline to Communications Alliance Working Committees developing or revising Standards to ensure Customer Equipment can call an emergency service.


ACIF G535:1999 Compliance levels in Standards development

Guideline to Communications Alliance Working Committees for recommending compliance levels for Customer Equipment.


ACIF G538:1999 Interconnection Model

Describes the interconnection arrangements in Australia for circuit switched networks.


ACIF G539:1999 Revision and Amendment of Standards

Guideline for Working Committees for reporting on changes to revised Standards.


ACIF G545:2000 HFC Network RF Signal Egress Monitoring

Defines parameters and methods for frequency co-ordination between different HFC systems that are close to one another.


G548:2008 Supporting arrangements for AS/ACIF S042 Requirements for connection to an air interface of a Telecommunications N

Addresses the suitability of Customer Equipment covered by the AS/ACIF S042 series for network integrity and interoperability.


ACIF G556:2000 A Framework for the Introduction of Mobile Number Portability in Australia

Provides a comprehensive set of guiding principles for the introduction of MNP - regulatory, end-user and operational


ACIF G557:2007 Standardised Mobile Service Area and Location Indicator Register

A pack of 5 compressed files (3,621KB) that define the SMSAs for use in the interim signalling of mobile caller location and 3 digit 'ABC' codes for caller location.


ACIF G561:2002 Mobile Number Portability Network Plan for Voice, Data and Fax Services

Defines the industry agreed call handling arrangements to support mobile number portability.


ACIF G562:2000 Electronic Customer Authorisation

Specifies the requirements and safeguards for future methods of customer authorisation, e.g. written, verbal and electronic.


ACIF G563:2001 Supporting arrangements for the supply of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Customer Equipment

Sets out the information about DSL CE that should be made available to consumers and retailers and a process for suppliers of DSL CE to be able to verify interoperability.


ACIF G565:2001 Mobile Number Portability Network Plan for SMS

ACIF G565:2001 specifies industry agreed routing arrangements to enable correct delivery of inter-carrier SMS.


ACIF G567:2001 Switchless Multibasket Billing Redirection

Defines inter-operator principles to manage the co-existence of wholesale customer churn and rebilling.


ACIF G571:2002 Building Access Operations and Installation

Defines standardised processes for the installation of telecommunications infrastructure in multi-tenanted buildings e.g. office blocks, apartment buildings.


ACIF G572:2007 Unconditioned Local Loop Service Fault Management

Describes processes for service providers to record, track and resolve customer and network ULLS faults and to restore services.


ACIF G573.1:2004 Mobile Number Portability IT Specification Part 1: Transaction Analysis

Identifies the functional and technical baseline requirements for the support of Mobile Number Portability


ACIF G573.1:2004 Appendix E - XML Messaging Formats

Identifies and defines the XML format for the MNP intercarrier messaging.


ACIF G573.2:2005 Mobile Number Portability IT Specification Part 2: Architecture and Messaging Requirements

Specifies the requirements for the Messaging Nodes of the MNP Messaging Platform.


ACIF G573.3:2004 Mobile Number Portability IT Specification Part 3: Common Network

Defines technical specifications for interfacing with and the behaviour of a Single and Multiple Provider Private IP Network for MNP.


ACIF G574:2001 Mobile Number Portability - Customer Information

Provides guidance for Suppliers on ongoing customer information provision about Mobile Number Portability


ACIF G575:2001 Mobile Number Portability Ported Number Register

The Register is required to enable routing of calls following Mobile Number Portability and updates of systems.


ACIF G577:2001 Mobile Number Portability Testing Strategy for Voice, Data and Fax Services

Describes the network testing for voice, fax and data services to be conducted for mobile number portability.


ACIF G578:2001 Mobile Number Portability Testing Strategy for SMS

Describes the network testing to be conducted for mobile number portability for SMS.


ACIF G579:2005 Mobile Number Portability Operations Manual

Sets out the arrangements for MNP processes between organisations in the implementation of Mobile Number Portability.


ACIF G581:2002 SMPP Protocol - Inter-Network Short Message Interchange

Specifies conventions for implementing the translations required to deliver SMS between CDMA and GSM networks.


G586:2006 Disability Matters: Access to Communication Technologies for People with Disabilities and Older Australians

Outlines considerations for industry participants to ensure that the communication needs of people with disabilities and older people are met.


G591:2006 Telecommunications in Road Reserves - Operational Guidelines for Installations

Provides guidance to Road Authorities and Carriers on the installation, maintenance and safety issues associated with telecommunications in road reserves.


ACIF G592:2004 Mobile Number Portability IT Test Strategy

Provides the framework for new participants in Mobile Number Portability to undertake Industry Testing.


ACIF G593:2004 Mobile Number Portability IT Test Plan

Details the test components required for a new industry participant to successfully complete MNP testing with all current participants.


ACIF G596:2002 Communication Support for Emergency Response

Provides a procedure for the cooperative handling of incidents that require the coordination and communication support of Emergency response.


ACIF G597:2005 Pre-selection Operations Manual

Defines the arrangements for the implementation of pre-selection processes between Service Providers.


ACIF G598:2003 Pre-selection Billing Information Specification

Specifies the files, records and operational details of the interface supplying the customer billing information between Service Providers following the customer's use of an Override Code


ACIF G599:2005 Pre-selection IT Specification

Specifies the file formats and field population rules required to facilitate the pre-selection related transactions described in the Pre-selection Code.


ACIF G600:2005 ACIF Allocation of Eligible Party Identification Codes

Specifies the processes and procedures for the application for and the allocation of Eligible Party Identification Codes for use between service providers.


ACIF G602.1:2008 Local Number Portability IT Specifications and Operations Manual Part 1 - General, Give Back and Ported Local

Defines operational arrangements and IT Specifications for the implementation of Local Number Portability processes between Carriers and CSPs.


ACIF G602.2:2007 Local Number Portability IT Specifications and Operations Manual Part 2 - Category A Processing

Defines the Category A Processing arrangements and IT Specifications for the implementation of LNP between Service Providers.


ACIF G602.3:2007 Local Number Portability IT Specifications and Operations Manual Part 3 - Category B Processing

Defines the Category B Processing arrangements and IT Specifications for the implementation of LNP between Service Providers.


ACIF G602.4:2007 Local Number Portability IT Specifications and Operations Manual Part 4 - Category C Processing

Defines the Category C Processing arrangements and IT Specifications for the implementation of LNP between Service Providers.


ACIF G602.5:2007 Local Number Portability IT Specifications and Operations Manual Part 5 - Category D Processing

Defines the Category D Processing arrangements and IT Specifications for the implementation of LNP between Service Providers.


ACIF G603:2004 Local Number Portability IT Test Strategy

Defines the framework for testing of IT Specifications associated with LNP


ACIF G604:2002 MNP Ongoing Test Plan for Voice Fax and Data Services

Defines the ongoing MNP specific testing recommended to be performed by new PSDs and Mobile Carriers.


ACIF G605:2002 Inter-Network ATM Services

Guideline for the connection of networks based on Asynchronous Transfer Mode (excludes User-Network Interface signalling).


ACIF G606:2002 SMSA Register - Management Processes

Defines the processes and procedures relating to the management of the Standardised Mobile Service Area (SMSA) Register (ACIF G557).


ACIF G607:2003 General Test Plan for SMPP Protocol Inter-network Short Message Interchange

Specifies the testing required to deliver SMS between CDMA and GSM networks


ACIF G608:2004 EIE Infrastructure Common Network Specification

Specifies the requirements of the EIEnet to provide interconnectivity for electronic information exchange between participants.


ACIF G610:2003 The superseding of ACA TS 001-1997 by AS/NZS 60950:2000

Provides background to customer equipment safety standardisation, a summary of the review process and the impact on consumers and industry


ACIF G611:2002 Privacy Protection in ACIF Publications

Provides guidance to assist Communications Alliance in ensuring that its documents meet privacy requirements.


ACIF G612:2003 Customer Requested Barring

Defines the customer requested blocking of access from a customer's telephone service to a Service Provider's service.


ACIF G613:2004 Local Number Portability IT Test Plan

Provides the basic framework for testing general LNP functionality and new participants to LNP.


ACIF G614:2003 Integration Testing Strategy for ACIF C515:2002 Pre-Selection

Defines the framework for the testing of IT Specifications prior to the implementation of ACIF C515 Pre-selection Code and associated Guidelines.


ACIF G615:2003 Inter-carrier Test Plan for ACIF C515:2003 Pre-Selection

Specifies the detailed IT Test Plans required to be successfully completed prior to the implementation of ACIF C515:2005 Pre-selection Industry Code and associated Guidelines.


ACIF G616:2006 Acoustic safety for telephone equipment

This Guideline provides guidance to reduce the risk and severity of acoustic shock.


ACIF G618:2004 Approval of Non-Deployment Class Systems under ACIF Industry Code C559

Describes the process for proposing Non-Deployment Class Systems and gives detailed requirements for the information which must be submitted by the proposer.


ACIF G619:2007 IPND Data

Provides assistance to Data Providers and Data Users in ensuring the accurate capture and entry of data into the Integrated Public Number Database.


ACIF G621:2004 EIE Compliance Standards

Identifies the EIE Compliance Standards and introduces and explains the steps required for an Application Provider to setup an application using EIE infrastructure.


ACIF G622:2004 EIE Administration Node Connectivity Testing

Provides the basis of the framework for new Participants to undertake successful EIE connectivity testing with the EIE Administration Node.


ACIF G623:2005 Regulatory adoption of Customer Equipment safety requirements

Output of a review of the Standards and regulatory arrangements for customer equipment (CE) safety in Australia.


ACIF G624:2005 Network interface voltage levels

Provides guidance for designers of customer equipment (CE) and test laboratories, indicating the minimum voltage levels that should be supported for each category of CE.


ACIF G627:2005 Operational Matrices for Reporting on Accessibility Features for Telephone Equipment

The Guideline provides matrices against which equipment suppliers report on the accessibility features of their equipment.


G630:2006 Accessibility of Payphones

Provides guidance in the design and provision of payphones to ensure their accessibility for people with disabilities.


G631:2007 Telecommunications Consumer Protections (TCP) Guideline

This Guideline accompanies the TCP Code and is designed to aid in interpreting the TCP Code Rules and provide examples of how a Supplier may choose to comply with the Rules.


G632:2007 Quality of Service parameters for networks using the Internet Protocol

This Guideline defines a number of IP Network QoS Classes, including performance expectations for each class, and methods of ‘marking’ packets to signal to a receiving network which IP Network QoS Class is expected to be applied to the packet as it travels through the network.


G633:2007 Testing Arrangements for Quality of Service Parameters for Internet Protocol Services

This Guideline recommends test methods for the IP Network QOS Classes defined in G632.


G634:2007 Quality of Service parameters for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services

This Guideline recommends Quality of Service (QoS) categories and identifies influencing impairments for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Services within Australia.


G635:2007 Testing Arrangements for Quality of Service Parameters for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Services

This Guideline recommends testing methods for G634 i.e. testing arrangements for Quality of Service (QoS) parameters for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Services independent of the network delivery access or mechanism.


G636:2007 Accuracy of Geographic Numbering Records

Guideline for CSPs ensuring the accuracy of geographic numbering records published.