Current Drafts for Public Comment
Once a period for public comment has ended the usual process is for the group that developed the draft (e.g. a Working Committee) to review any public comments on the draft and then work towards consensus on the content of the document, leading to publication of the document.
COMMENT SOUGHT ON DR C536:2020:EMERGENCY CALL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, Incorporating Variation No.1/2025 CODE
The objectives of the Code are to ensure:
- all End Users of an ETS have access to the ECS in case of emergencies or where a response is required from an ESO;
- the operational effectiveness of the Determination and ECS;
- that significant obligations of Carriers and CSPs, in relation to the ECS, are clearly documented and understood;
- effective communications of information between relevant parties where technical issues affect the operation of the ECS; and
- public understanding and appropriate use of the ECS (e.g. via www.triplezero.gov.au ) are promoted.
Updates to the Code include new requirements relating to overseas call monitoring centres and network management tools, updates to Customer information, and the removal of duplicate outage notification requirements.
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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL CLOSE AT 5:00 P.M. (AEST) ON SUNDAY 11 MAY 2025
COMMENT SOUGHT ON DR C674:2025: EMERGENCY CALLING – NETWORK AND MOBILE PHONE TESTING CODE
The Code seeks to formalise a common set of testing criteria to test the expected behaviour of a set of Mobile Phones against a set of network Unavailable scenarios through cross-network testing and to start the process of building a Register that records Mobile Phone behaviours in a variety of scenarios.
The Code has also been developed to specifically address recommendation 3 from the Bean Review report provided to government in March 2024.
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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL CLOSE AT 5:00 P.M. (AEST) ON THURSDAY 24 APRIL 2025
COMMENT SOUGHT ON DR AS/CA S042:2025 REQUIREMENTS FOR CONNECTION TO AN AIR INTERFACE OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
Part 1: General DR AS/CA S042.1:2025
Part 4: IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced Customer Equipment DR AS/CA S042.4:2025
Part 5: IMT-2020 Customer Equipment DR AS/CA S042.5:2025
The AS/CA S042 Standard specifies the general requirements and test methods for CE for use in connection with a PMTS or a Satellite Service in order to meet the regulatory arrangements for such equipment in Australia.
The primary objective of this revision is to update the Emergency Call Services (ECS) requirements and introduce new requirements for Emergency Cell Broadcast (ECB) for the National Messaging System (NMS), and to review the requirements for satellite services. This edition of the Standard introduces new requirements for CE to support the NMS, which utilises Cell Broadcast (CB) technology to distribute targeted Emergency Warning Messages to compatible mobile phones and other devices in near real time. The requirements are based on ETSI Standards used for the European EU-Alert Public Warning System and follow a similar approach as in other jurisdictions, such as the US CMAS (Commercial Mobile Alert System) (also known as Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)) and the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System (ETWS).
This Standard does not include general requirements for CE accessing Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN). These requirements, including those for Emergency Call Services (ECS) and Emergency Cell Broadcast (ECB), are under development within the 3GPP and will be reviewed at a future point in time when they become stable. Radiofrequency (RF) requirements for NTN spectrum bands are specified in Part 4 of this Standard. The objective of the revision of Parts 4 and 5 is to align the spectrum band requirements in the Standard with current CE capabilities and service offerings.
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All submissions received will be made publicly available on the Communications Alliance website unless the submitter requests otherwise.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD CLOSES AT 5:00 P.M. (AEST) ON TUESDAY 6 MAY 2025