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NICC DOCUMENTS

Codes of Practice
Voluntary code of practice on call answering and charging arising from the attachment of private equipment and systems to the public switched telephone network
Voluntary code of practice for security of access to dial-through functions in communications systems (*.doc file)
Voluntary code of practice for the design of private telecommunication networks (*.htm file)

Click here to download a .pdf file of the Voluntary code of practice (*.pdf file)

Guidelines
OFTEL/NICC Guidelines for Interface Publications Issue 2
Reports
Report on the Use of DSL Technology in the UK; Part 1: Interference Issues (*.pdf file)
Report on the Use of DSL Technology in the UK; Addendum to Part 1: Interference Issues (*.pdf file)
Report on the use of DSL Technology in the UK; Part 2: Interoperability Issues for DSL-lite Technology (*.pdf file)
Report on the use of DSL Technology in the UK; Addendum to Part 2: Interoperability Issues for DSL-lite Technology (*.pdf file)
Report on the Conclusions of the NICC DSL Task Group (*.pdf file)
NICC Response to OFTEL Access to Bandwidth Consultative Document (*.pdf file)
Report of the NICC Freephone Task Group on 0800 6-digit numbers (*.doc file)
Specifications
New Specification of the BT Metallic Path Facility (MPF) Issue 1
Specification of the ANFP applicable to transmission systems used on the BT Access Network (*.doc file) (Issue 1 - Reference only, superseded by issue 1.1 below)
New Specification of the ANFP applicable to transmission systems used on the BT Access Network Issue 1.1 (*.pdf file)
ANFP Mask (excel file) Machine readable form of the table in annex 1 of the ANFP, Issue 1.1. (Read the ANFP to interpret this data.  This is a copy for your convenience; any discrepancies are errors, in which case the ANFP is definitive
UK PSTN - Recommended Standard for the National Transmission Plan for Public Networks Issue 3 (*.doc file)
V5-UK PSTN Mapping Requirements, SSPE Specification 001-1 Issue 2 (*.pdf file)
V5-UK PSTN Mapping Requirements: Protocol Implementation Conformance (PICS) Proforma, SSPE Specification Number 001-2 Issue 2 (*.doc file)
ATM Access and Interconnect Between UK Licensed Operators - Overview (*.doc file)
ATM Access and Interconnect Between UK Licensed Operators - Technical Recommendation (*.doc fiile)
ATM Access and Interconnect Between UK Licensed Operators - Signalling ATM Adaptation Layer (SAAL) UNI Technical Recommendation  (*.doc file)
SDH Interconnect Between UK Licensed Operators - Overview  (*.pdf file) (issue 5) superseded by issue 6
SDH Interconnect Between UK Licensed Operators - Technical Recommendation Issue 5  (*.pdf file) superseded by issue 6
SDH Interconnect Between UK Licensed Operators - Interconnect Commissioning Recommendation Issue 5  (*.pdf file) superseded by issue 6
New SDH Interconnect Between UK Licensed Operators - Overview- issue 6  (*.pdf file)
New SDH Interconnect Between UK Licensed Operators - Technical Recommendation Issue 6  (*.pdf file)
New SDH Interconnect Between UK Licensed Operators - Interconnect Commissioning Recommendation Issue 6  (*.pdf file)

NICC NEWS REPORTS

NICC 22 report - OFTEL News March 1998 (*.doc file)
NICC 23 report - OFTEL News June 1998 (*.doc file)
NICC 24 report - OFTEL News September 1998 (*.doc file)
NICC 25 report - OFTEL News December 1998 (*.doc file)
NICC 26 report - OFTEL News March 1999 (*.doc file)
NICC Open Forum 1998 report - OFTEL News March 1999 (*.doc file)
NICC 27 report - OFTEL News June 1999 (*.doc file)
NICC 28 report - OFTEL News September 1999 (*.doc file)
NICC 29 report - OFTEL News December 1999 (*.doc file)
NICC 30 & Open Forum 1999 report - OFTEL News March 2000 (*.doc file)
NICC 31 report - OFTEL News June 2000 (*.doc file)
NICC 32 report - OFTEL News September 2000 (*.doc file)
New NICC 33 report - Oftel News December 2000 (*.doc file)

NICC OPEN FORUM 

New Open Forum - 21 November 2000 - Enabling Broadband Britain - Presentation materials
Open forum - 18 November 1999 - "Towards IP everywhere" - Presentation materials
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