scope:

The standard applies to optical fibre cables for use with te lecommunication equipment and devices employing similar tech niques and to cables having a combination of both optical fi bres and electrical conductors. Presents requirements for th e geometrical, transmission, mechanical and climatic charact eristics of optical fibre cables, and electrical requirement s. This entirely revised edition contains new measuring meth ods, which were previously under consideration, such as tors ion, snatch, kink,