FOC ITL Program

GR-468-CORE Fiber Optic Component (FOC) testing requirement.
All Active Fiber Optic Component testing to GR-468-CORE may be conducted at the component OEM, supplier, or equipment integrator's own laboratory facilities. Verizon no longer requires GR-468-CORE testing to be performed or witnessed by a Verizon-approved Fiber Optic Component (FOC) Independent Testing Laboratory (ITL). Verizon considers this standard to be very important for the verification and reliability of optoelectrical devices. Verizon reserves the right to examine GR-468-CORE test data from the OEM, supplier, or equipment integrator during the course of an equipment evaluation.

Verizon ITL FOC Certification Program
Verizon Communications has named four Independent Testing Laboratories (ITLs) as part of its Fiber Optic Components (FOC) certification program. This program helps expedite product-to-market cycles for Verizon's telecommunications equipment vendors and creates more economical compliance testing processes for them.

Under the Verizon ITL FOC certification program, the selected labs may witness/conduct FOC testing at their own laboratories or at vendors' facilities that have their own laboratories, which are capable of conducting FOC testing of telecommunications equipment for Verizon. Such testing is essential to confirm that new Fiber Optic Components introduced to Verizon's network are fully compliant with accepted industry standards.
The four laboratories recognized by Verizon under the ITL FOC Certification program are:

Experior Laboratories

Intertek

Telcordia Technologies

Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

Experior Laboratories is approved by Verizon under the ITL FOC Certification program to perform Fiber Optical Component testing to the following standards at their Oxnard, California laboratory:

· GR-326-CORE, Generic Requirements for Single mode Optical Connectors and Jumper Assemblies, Issue 3,

September 1999 and Issue 2, December 1996
· GR-1081-CORE, Generic Requirements for Field-Mountable Optical Fiber Connectors, Issue 1, January 1995
· GR-1209-CORE, Generic Requirements for Passive Optical Components, Issue 3, March 2001
· GR-1221-CORE, Generic Reliability Assurance Requirements for Passive Optical Components, Issue 2,

January 1999
· GR-1435-CORE, Generic Requirements for Multi-Fiber Optical Connectors, Issue 1, October 1994
· GR-2866-CORE, Generic Requirements for Optical Fiber Fanouts, Issue 1, October 2007
· GR-3120-CORE, Generic Requirements for Hardened Fiber Optic Connectors, Issue 1, March 2005

July 2010
· VZ.TPR.9432 Hardened Multi-Fiber Optical Connectors (HMFOC), Issue 3, April 2009

VZ.TPR.9404 Factory Move Test Requirements
VZ.TPR.9445 Factory Audit Requirements

Intertek is approved by Verizon under the ITL FOC Certification program to perform Fiber Optical Component testing to the following standards at their Cortland, New York laboratory:

· GR-326-CORE, Generic Requirements for Single mode Optical Connectors and Jumper Assemblies, Issue 3,

September 1999 and Issue 2, December 1996
· GR-1435-CORE, Generic Requirements for Multi-Fiber Optical Connectors, Issue 1, October 1994

Intertek is also approved for testing to the following standard at their Lexington KY Laboratory:

· GR-13-CORE, Generic Requirements for Pedestal Terminal Closure, Issue 3, January 2005
· GR-20-CORE, Generic Requirements for the Optical Fiber and Fiber Cable, Issue 2, July 1998

· GR-409-CORE, Generic Requirements for Premises Fiber Optic Cable, Issue 1, 1994
· GR-771-CORE, Generic Requirements for Fiber Optic Splice Closures, Issue 1, July 1994
· GR-765-CORE, Generic Requirements for Single Fiber Single-Mode Optical Splices and Splicing Systems, Issue 1, September 1995

VZ.TPR.9433 Test Requirements for Bifurcation Tubes

Telcordia Technologies is approved under the Verizon ITL FOC Certification Program to conduct Fiber Optical Component testing to the following standards at their Piscataway, New Jersey laboratory:

· GR-20-CORE, Generic Requirements for Optical Fiber and Optical Fiber Cable, Issue 2, July 1998
· GR-326, Generic Requirements for Single mode Optical Connectors and Jumper Assemblies, Issue 3,

September 1999
· GR-409-CORE, Generic Requirements for Premises Fiber Optic Cable, Issue 1, May 1994
· GR-771-CORE, Generic Requirements for Fiber Optic Splice Closures, Issue 1, July 1994
· GR-1209-CORE, Generic Requirements for Passive Optical Components, Issue 3, March 2001
· GR-1221-CORE, Generic Reliability Assurance Requirements for Passive Optical Components, Issue 2,

January 1999
· GR-1435-CORE, Generic Requirements for Multi-Fiber Optical Connectors, Issue 1, October 1994
· GR-2866-CORE, Generic Requirements for Optical Fiber Ribbon Fanouts, Issue 1, January 1995
· GR-3120-CORE, Generic Requirements for Hardened Fiber Optic Connectors, Issue 1, March 2005
· GR-3123-CORE, Generic Requirements for Indoor Fiber Distribution Hubs (FDHs), Issue 1, March 2006

December 2009
· VZ.TPR.9411 FTTP Wall Plates, Moldings and Raceways, Issue 1, July 2007

· GR-3126-CORE, Generic Requirements for Wall Plates, Moldings and Raceways that Support Fiber Optic

Services, Issue 1, December 2005

· VZ.TPR.9442 Optical Cable Microducts and Accessories, Issue 1, August 2007

· GR-3155-CORE, Generic Requirements for Microducts for Fiber Optic Cables, Issue 2, July 1998

January 2010
· VZ.TPR.9436 Single Fiber, Single-Mode Mechinical Splices and Splicing Systems, Issue 3, October 2009

· GR-765-CORE, Generic Requirements for Single Fiber Single-Mode Optical Splices and Splicing Systems, Issue 1, September 1995

· VZ.TPR.9447 Field Spliceable Optical Connectors, Issue 3, October 2009

· GR-1081-CORE, Generic Requirements for Field-Mountable Optical Fiber Connectors, Issue 1, January 1995

July 2010
· VZ.TPR.9424 Test Requirements for MDU Drop Cables, Issue 2, August 2008

· VZ.TPR.9441 Test Requirements for Improved Bend Performance Fibers, Issue 2, April 2008

VZ.TPR.9404 Factory Move Test Requirements
VZ.TPR.9445 Factory Audit Requirements

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is approved by Verizon under the ITL FOC Certification program to perform Fiber Optical Component testing to the following standard at their Melville, New York laboratory:

· GR-20-CORE, Generic Requirements for Optical Fiber and Optical Fiber Cable, Issue 2, July 1998
· GR-326-CORE, Generic Requirements for Single mode Optical Connectors and Jumper Assemblies, Issue 3,

September 1999 and Issue 2, December 1996
· GR-409-CORE, Generic Requirements for Premises Fiber Optic Cable, Issue 1, May 1994
· GR-765-CORE, Generic Requirements for Single Fiber Single-Mode Optical Splices and Splicing Systems, Issue 1, September 1995
· GR-771-CORE, Generic Requirements for Fiber Optic Splice Closures, Issue 1, July 1994
· GR-1081-CORE, Generic Requirements for Field-Mountable Optical Fiber Connectors, Issue 1, January 1995
· GR-1209-CORE, Generic Requirements for Passive Optical Components, Issue 3, March 2001 (Exception: No DWDM devices)
· GR-1221-CORE, Generic Reliability Assurance Requirements for Passive Optical Components, Issue 2,

January 1999
· GR-1222-CORE, Generic Requirements for Fiber Optic Terminators, Issue 1, November 1995
· GR-2866-CORE, Generic Requirements for Optical Fiber Ribbon Fanouts, Issue 1, January 1995
· GR-1435-CORE, Generic Requirements for Multi-Fiber Optical Connectors, Issue 1, October 1994
· GR-3120-CORE, Generic Requirements for Hardened Fiber Optic Connectors, Issue 1, March 2005
· GR-3122-CORE, Factory Installed Termination System (To be released by Telcordia)
· GR-3123-CORE, Generic Requirements for Indoor Fiber Distribution Hubs (FDHs), Issue 1, March 2006
· GR-3125-CORE, Generic Requirements for Outdoor Fiber Distribution Hub (FDH) Closures, Issue 1, March 2006
· GR-3152-CORE, Generic Requirements for Hardened Multi-Fiber Optic Connectors

VZ.TPR.9404   Factory Move Test Requirements
VZ.TPR.9424   Test Requirements for MDU Drop Cables
VZ.TPR.9441   Test Requirements for Improved Bend Performance Fibers

VZ.TPR.9442 Optical Cable Microducts and Accessories
VZ.TPR.9445 Factory Audit Requirements