Specifications

Chapter 1 – Universal Socket Connectivity
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Canadian Labeling Requirements (for Dial-Up Modems)
The following requirements are established under section 69.3 of the Telecommunications Act for
purposes of section 5 of the Telecommunications Apparatus Regulations.
Registered equipment shall bear the following identifying marks, and the Declaring Party shall ensure
that these marks are permanently affixed to the equipment:
(a) The registration number — Specifications of this mark are given in the document: Self-Marking of
the Certification/Registration Number on Terminal Equipment — Application Procedure and
Agreement; and
(b) The model identification number under which the product was registered.
A statement of compliance with Industry Canada requirements, such as the one given below, shall
accompany each unit of equipment whether registered under this procedure or previously certified:
"This product meets the applicable Industry Canada technical specifications"
For terminal equipment intended for connection to loop-start or ground-start interfaces, the Ringer
Equivalence Number (REN) must be calculated as per Section 1.8 of CS-03, Part I. A REN higher than
that determined may be assigned by manufacturers to allow for production variations. The REN must be
marked on the terminal equipment itself or added to the note below. A note similar to the following shall
accompany each unit of equipment whether registered under this procedure or previously certified:
"The Ringer Equivalence Number is an indication of the maximum number of devices allowed to
be connected to a telephone interface. The termination on an interface may consist of any
combination of devices subject only to the requirement that the sum of the RENs of all the
devices does not exceed five".
Pursuant to section 69.3 of the Telecommunications Act, certified or self-declared TE will bear a valid
identifying certification number or registration number. The marking of the certification or registration
number on the product shall be as follows:
(a) TAC holder/DP will be responsible for permanently affixing the certification/registration number on
the TE. The certification/registration number (see example below) identifies Certified or self-
declared TE to the public, representatives of the telecommunications common carriers, the
Department, and other interested parties. The letter height must be no less than 1.5 mm and the
letters must be legible without magnification.
(b) For integrated devices, e.g. a modem or one that is intended to become a sub-assembly of host
equipment e.g. a data terminal, computer etc. that are designed to interface directly with the
network, the certification/registration number shall be affixed to the integrated device itself.
(c) The certification/registration number for a packaged TE will denote that the total package has been
registered. However, the marking will normally be placed on that unit of the package which
connects to the network; e.g., in a PBX the marking will be placed on the common equipment which
connects to the network, rather than on plug-in components which may be added later. The
Terminal Equipment List will show the common equipment but not the standard station apparatus
or any proprietary station apparatus.
(d) The marking format of the certification/registration number is as follows:
IC: XXXXXX-YYYYYYYY
Where:
• The letters "IC" have no other meaning or purpose than to identify the Industry Canada
certification/registration number, and
• “XXXXXX-YYYYYYYY” is the certification/registration number; “XXXXXX” is the Company
Number¹ (CN); it consists of up to six alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) assigned by Industry
Canada; and “YYYYYYYY” is the Unique Product Number (UPN); it consists of up to eight
alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) assigned by the applicant. Other characters, (such as & # *-)
may not be used. Alphabetic characters must be capitalized.
¹ Note: The Company Number of registered equipment ends with an alphabetic character.
(e) Certification Numbers granted prior to the implementation of the above marking format are
grandfathered.
(i) For previously certified TE, the self-marking format shall consist of the old certification number
preceded by “IC:” For example, if the certification number is “123 1234 A”, then the self-mark
would read “IC: 123 1234 A”.
(ii) For a new model that is registered to a family of previously certified TE, the self-marking format
shall be: IC: XXXXXX-ZZZZZZZZ
Where:
• “XXXXXX” is the Company Number, as in (d) above; and
• “ZZZZZZZZ” is either the old certification number minus the old company number, or a new
Unique Product Number assigned by the applicant. For example, if a new model is registered to
the family of products with certification number “123 1234 A”, and that the Company Number for
the registration is “123A”, then the self-mark for this new model would read “IC: 123A-1234 A”. If
the applicant decides to replace “1234 A” with a new UPN, say “5678", then the self-mark would
read “IC: 123A-5678".