ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.1-2001 Commercial Building

More than 60 organizations within the telecommunications industry contributed their expertise to the development of this Standard (including manufacturers, consultants, end users, and other organizations). Early in 1985, a large number of companies representing the telecommunications and computer industry expressed concern over the lack of a standard for building telecommunications cabling systems. The Computer Communications Industry Association (CCIA) asked the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) (formerly Association) to undertake the task of developing the required standard. EIA accepted the task and the project was assigned to Engineering Committee TR-42 (formerly TR-41.8). The TR-42 Committee contains the following subcommittees that are related to this activity.