Re: Switzerland Compliance Homologation Requirements

2003-01-10 Thread Ted Rook

If you were an island paradise at the top of Europe with hydroelectric power
up the wazoo, control of the road and rail passes from N to S Europe, had a
gazillion in foreign currency cash stored in your banks, were a republic of
six million people divided into twelve self governing cantons in an area the
size of New Jersey would you want to open your doors to the huddled unwashed
masses of Europe?

Swiss accept all currency as a matter of principal, the exchange rate may not
always be the most competitive.

If I could chose where I lived it would be the Swiss canton called Ticino in
the South and Italian section of the country. Closest I've come to paradise on
Earth.

What was the question ;-) ?


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RE: Switzerland Compliance Homologation Requirements

2003-01-10 Thread Evangeline Cometa

On why Switzerland is not a member of the EU: They have always maintained
the concept of a neutral and independent country. One of the purposes of the
formation of the EU (which is to prevent another war by integrating their
economies) does not apply to them. Preservation of sovereignty is another
reason. Joining the EU has far-ranging implications and would mean
integrating their laws, from economic, political, technical etc. but the
debate is ongoing - they have also recently elected a pro-EU Federal
Parliament.

By the way, Switzerland is an EFTA member but they are not a member of the
monetary union. 


From: Collins, Jeffrey [mailto:jcoll...@ciena.com]
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 1:29 PM
To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: Switzerland Compliance  Homologation Requirements



Hi Group,

Does anyone have any current information on telecom requirements in
Switzerland? Mine is a little out dated.
Specifically I'm looking into:

* CO gear requirements

* Network Access permits or licenses

* Networking gear requirements with residential line access

On a side note: Does anyone know the story on why Switzerland is not a
member of the EU, EEA or EFTA?  In my previous experiences they accepted CE
mark data based on the applicable harmonized standards. Also, do they accept
the EURO for currency?


Thanks,

Jeffrey Collins 
Sr. HW Engineering Manager 
EMC/ NEBS/ Reliability/ Safety
CIENA  Core Networking Division
5965 Silver Creek Valley Road
(408) 571-3002, Fax (408) 965-2705
jcoll...@ciena.com
http://www.ciena.com






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Re: Switzerland Compliance Homologation Requirements

2003-01-10 Thread j...@aol.com
In a message dated 1/10/2003, Jeffrey Collins writes:



Does anyone have any current information on telecom requirements in
Switzerland? 




Hi Jeffrey:

Last time I looked into this (about a year ago), Switzerland had incorporated
the provisions of the RTTE directive into their national law.  As you know,
they are not legally obligated to follow the RTTE directive because they are
not a member of the EU, but as a practical matter the requirements are the
same.

Even before the RTTE directive, the Swiss requirements were pretty
straightforward.  For analog PSTN requirements they took TBR 21 and made a few
minor revisions.  You will have to watch out for 12 KHz meter pulses, though,
because these are still widespread on the Swiss network.


Joe Randolph
Telecom Design Consultant
Randolph Telecom, Inc.
781-721-2848
http://www.randolph-telecom.com