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Reference Specifications

IDA Reference Specifications and Guides are informative documents, and are not used for registration of customer equipment. They are either one of the following types of documents:

  • Informative and interim documents on customer equipment standards which are yet to be adopted by the network operators and where standardisation is in progress

  • Informative documents describing the network standards adopted by the Public Telecommunication Networks in Singapore

Reference Specifications
Technical Specifications Date Title 
IDA GUIDE CLI Jan 2001 Guide for Calling Line Identity (CLI)
IDA GUIDE GII STDS Jun 2002 Guide for the Global Information Infrastructure Standards
IDA GUIDE MBN 1 Dec 1999 Guide on Technical Requirements for Interconnection with Multimedia Broadband Network
IDA GUIDE NNI Oct 2000 Guide for Network-to-Network Interconnection
IDA RS BISDN 1 Dec 1999 Reference Specification for B-ISDN User-Network Interface (UNI) - Physical Layer
IDA RS BISDN 2 Dec 1999 Reference Specification for B-ISDN User-Network Interface (UNI) - Signalling for Basic Call/Connection Control
IDA RS CM 1 Dec 1999 Reference Specification for Cable Modems (CM)
IDA RS CM 3 Oct 2003 Reference Specification for Cable Modems connected to the Radio-Frequency Interface of the High-speed Data-Over-Cable Systems (DOCSIS 2.0)
IDA RS DBV-STB Jul 2001 Reference Specification for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Set Top Box (STB) for connection to Cable TV Distribution Systems
IDA RS HDSL 1 Sep 2001 Reference Specification for High bit rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL) Modems
IDA RS SHDSL Oct 2003 Reference Specification for Single-pair High-speed Digital Subscriber Line (SHDSL) Transceivers
IDA RS IP-CSN INTC Jun 2002 Reference Specification for Internet Protocol and Circuit Switched Networks Interconnection
IDA RS MTA Jun 2003 Reference Specification for Multimedia Terminal Adaptor (MTA)
IDA RS NGN Tech Framework Feb 2007 Reference Specification for Next Generation Networks (NGN) Technical Framework
IDA RS OPTIC Dec 2007 Reference Specification for Optical Interfaces
IDA RS PSTN/ISDN Evolution Feb 2007 Reference Specification for PSTN/ISDN Evolution to NGN
IDA RS PDN 1 Dec 1999 Reference Specification for connection of terminal equipment to the X.25 Packet Switched Public Data Network (PSPDN)
IDA RS PHLINE Sep 2004 Reference Specification for Phoneline Networking
IDA RS PLC Aug 2003 Reference Specification for Powerline Communications (PLC) Equipment
IDA RS PSTN 3 Dec 1999 Reference Specification for connection of call switching equipment with 2 Mbit/s digital interface to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
IDA RS PSTN 4 Dec 1999 Reference Specification for connection of call switching equipment with Signalling System Number 7 (SS No. 7) interface to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
IDA RS PSTN 5 Dec 1999 Reference Specification for Access Network (AN) systems with V5.1 Interface (based on 2048 kbit/s) for connection to the Digital Local Exchange
IDA RS PSTN 6 Dec 1999 Reference Specification for Access Network (AN) systems with V5.2 Interface (based on 2048 kbit/s) for connection to the Digital Local Exchange
IDA RS VDSL Oct 2004 Reference Specification for Very-high-speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) System
IDA CP L1 2000 Code of Practice For Internal Telecommunication Wiring
IDA TS L1-L3 2000 Booklet of Specifications for Telecommunication Cables and Ancillary Accessories