FCC and Industry Canada Compliance
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FCC and Industry Canada Compliance
This section describes the requirements for compliance with Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) Rules and Industry Canada CS-03 standard.

FCC Certification and Requirements

The following paragraphs describe requirements and information based on FCC rules.
Service
If you experience problem with the Siemens optiPoint telephone, contact Siemens cus-
tomer support at 1-800-835-7656 for information on service and repairs. The telephone
company can ask you to disconnect the equipment from the network until the problem is
corrected or until you are sure that the equipment is not malfunctioning.
FCC Rules, Part 15
The Siemens optiPoint telephone has been tested and complied with the limits for a class
A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a
commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequen-
cy energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, can
cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a res-
idential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required
to correct the interference in the user’s expense.
FCC Rules, Part 68
FCC Part 68 Certification
The Siemens optiPoint telephone is certified with FCC under Part 68 as a component de-
vice for connection behind FCC Part 68 certified Siemens PBX systems. In order for the
FCC certification of the Siemens optiPoint telephone to be retained, all other products
used in conjunction with the Siemens optiPoint telephone must also be FCC Part 68 certi-
fied for use with the front-end terminal equipment. If any of these components are not cer-
tified, Siemens is required to obtain FCC Part 68 certification of the assembled equipment
prior to connection to the telephone network. Part 68 certification requires Siemens to
maintain this approval and as such are responsible for the following:
– Any component added to the Siemens optiPoint telephone, whether it bears compo-
nent certification or not, will require a Part 68 compliance evaluation. Siemens may
need to test and make a modification filing to the FCC before that new component
can be used;
– Any modification/update made to the Siemens optiPoint telephone will require a Part
68 compliance evaluation. Siemens may need to test and make a modification filing
to the FCC before that modified component can be used;
– Siemens optiPoint telephone complies with and will continue to comply with all the
applicable rules and regulations in Subpart D of the FCC Part 68 rules during the life-
time of the product.