NECA and BICSI begin updating joint telecom standard

April 11, 2005
Revised standard to be published in spring 2006

Revised standard to be published in spring 2006

The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and BICSI recently began updating the second edition of NECA/BICSI 568, Standard for Installing Commercial Building Telecommunication Cabling.

The standard is used as a guide to installing voice/data/video data networking systems, and the updated standard is expected to be published in spring 2006.

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