1. 1 FO-4 Summary Report to TC May 3, 2006 Steve Swanson (swansonse@corning.com) FO-4 Summary Report to TC May 3, 2006 Steve Swanson (swansonse@corning.com)

2. 2 Highlights FO-4 has met twice since the last TC meeting –June 2005 in Boulder, Colorado at NIST’s facilities –January 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada Changes in the Engineering Committee –Tom Robinson of Draka/Comteq elected as the new FO-4 Chair at January meeting –Tom Ball resigned as Chair of FO-4.3; Greg Sandels appointed Vice- Chair with Andre Girard –FO-4.4 on active devices/reliability disbanded and rolled into FO-4.1 on Systems Attendance appears stable –Attendees from Mexico, UK and Canada at our last two meetings FO-4 has met twice since the last TC meeting –June 2005 in Boulder, Colorado at NIST’s facilities –January 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada Changes in the Engineering Committee –Tom Robinson of Draka/Comteq elected as the new FO-4 Chair at January meeting –Tom Ball resigned as Chair of FO-4.3; Greg Sandels appointed Vice- Chair with Andre Girard –FO-4.4 on active devices/reliability disbanded and rolled into FO-4.1 on Systems Attendance appears stable –Attendees from Mexico, UK and Canada at our last two meetings

3. 3 FO-4 Structure and Leadership FO-4, Committee on Fiber Optics, Steve Swanson/Chair and Bob Jensen/Secretary FO-4.1, Subcommittee on Fiber Optic Systems, Jim Matthews/Chair and Gair Brown/Vice-Chair –FO-4.1.2, WG on Modal Dependence of Multimode Fiber Bandwidth, Paul Kolesar FO-4.2, Subcommittee on Optical Fibers and Cables, Tom Hanson/Chair and Mike Kinard/Vice-Chair –FO-4.2.3, WG on Single-mode Fibers and Standards Harmonization, Andre Girard (on hiatus) –FO-4.2.5, WG on Products for (Air Assisted) Installation by Blowing, Ken Dunn –FO-4.2.6, WG on harmonization work on IEC 60794-1-2, Mike Kinard FO-4, Committee on Fiber Optics, Steve Swanson/Chair and Bob Jensen/Secretary FO-4.1, Subcommittee on Fiber Optic Systems, Jim Matthews/Chair and Gair Brown/Vice-Chair –FO-4.1.2, WG on Modal Dependence of Multimode Fiber Bandwidth, Paul Kolesar FO-4.2, Subcommittee on Optical Fibers and Cables, Tom Hanson/Chair and Mike Kinard/Vice-Chair –FO-4.2.3, WG on Single-mode Fibers and Standards Harmonization, Andre Girard (on hiatus) –FO-4.2.5, WG on Products for (Air Assisted) Installation by Blowing, Ken Dunn –FO-4.2.6, WG on harmonization work on IEC 60794-1-2, Mike Kinard

4. 4 FO-4 Structure and Leadership (cont.) FO-4.3, Subcommittee on Interconnecting Devices, Andre Girard/Chair and Greg Sandels/Vice-Chair –FO-4.3.1, WG on Passive Components, Helmut Knehr –FO-4.3.2, WG on Interconnecting Devices, Greg Sandels –FO-4.3.3, WG on Reliability, Dr. Osman S. Gebizlioglu FO-4.5, Subcommittee on Fiber Optic Metrology, Lorenz Cartellieri/Chair and Tim Drapela/ Vice-Chair –FO-4.5.1, WG on Round Robin Testing and Calibration, Tim Drapela FO-4.3, Subcommittee on Interconnecting Devices, Andre Girard/Chair and Greg Sandels/Vice-Chair –FO-4.3.1, WG on Passive Components, Helmut Knehr –FO-4.3.2, WG on Interconnecting Devices, Greg Sandels –FO-4.3.3, WG on Reliability, Dr. Osman S. Gebizlioglu FO-4.5, Subcommittee on Fiber Optic Metrology, Lorenz Cartellieri/Chair and Tim Drapela/ Vice-Chair –FO-4.5.1, WG on Round Robin Testing and Calibration, Tim Drapela

5. 5 Recent FO-4 actions FO-4 has published several fiber optic cable standards using a dual logo program under an MOU with ICEA FO-4.3 has applied for a Category D liaison with IEC SC86B FO-4.5 has established a formal liaison with TC86/WG4 on Calibration Participation in the NIST Initiative on the US Measurement System in Broadband Communications –High Speed Optical Communication Systems –Universal Broadband Access via Optical Fiber –Transverse Compatibility in Fiber Optic Transport Networks FO-4 has published several fiber optic cable standards using a dual logo program under an MOU with ICEA FO-4.3 has applied for a Category D liaison with IEC SC86B FO-4.5 has established a formal liaison with TC86/WG4 on Calibration Participation in the NIST Initiative on the US Measurement System in Broadband Communications –High Speed Optical Communication Systems –Universal Broadband Access via Optical Fiber –Transverse Compatibility in Fiber Optic Transport Networks

6. 6 FO-4 needs Document maintenance remains a key challenge –Delays in implementing committee requests Document processing Need forward pointers Need the ability to do group re-affirmations –Need to do a better job of document action in subcommittee FO-4 continues to nationally adopt IEC Standards where possible –Issues with copyright impacted standard availability FO-4 remains open to co-locating meetings Document maintenance remains a key challenge –Delays in implementing committee requests Document processing Need forward pointers Need the ability to do group re-affirmations –Need to do a better job of document action in subcommittee FO-4 continues to nationally adopt IEC Standards where possible –Issues with copyright impacted standard availability FO-4 remains open to co-locating meetings