1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
1.1 Scope
This regulation stipulates the mandatory technical requirements and management requirements that must be complied with in the investment, construction, renovation, and upgrading of telecommunication works.
1.2 Applicable Entities
This regulation applies to organizations and individuals involved in the investment, construction, renovation, and upgrading of telecommunication works.
1.3 Referenced Documents
The referenced documents below are essential for the application of this regulation. In cases where the referenced documents are amended, supplemented, or replaced, the latest versions shall apply.
QCVN 02:2022/BXD, National Technical Regulation on Natural Condition Data for Construction;
QCVN 06:2022/BXD, National Technical Regulation on Fire Safety for Buildings and Structures;
Amendment 1:2023 QCVN 06:2022/BXD, National Technical Regulation on Fire Safety for Buildings and Structures;
QCVN 07-3:2023/BXD, National Technical Regulation on Technical Infrastructure System – Trench and Tunnel Works;
QCVN 08:2010/BTTTT, National Technical Regulation on Electromagnetic Field Exposure of Public Terrestrial Mobile Phone Base Stations;
QCVN 09:2016/BTTTT, National Technical Regulation on Earthing for Telecommunication Stations;
QCVN 32:2020/BTTTT, National Technical Regulation on Lightning Protection for Telecommunication Stations and Outside Plant Telecommunication Cable Networks;
QCVN 33:2019/BTTTT, National Technical Regulation on Installation of Outside Plant Telecommunication Cable Networks;
QCVN 78:2014/BTTTT, National Technical Regulation on Electromagnetic Field Exposure of Radio and Television Stations.
1.4 Terms and Definitions
In this regulation, the following terms are understood as follows:
1.4.1
Cable tank
A general name indicating an underground chamber for cable installation, containing racks and cable reserve.
1.4.2
Telecommunication works
Construction works, including passive telecommunication technical infrastructure (buildings, stations, poles, conduits, tanks) and network equipment installed therein.
1.4.3
Cable conduit
Sections of pipes connected together and buried underground to protect and guide cables.
1.4.4
Antenna pole
A pole constructed to install radio antennas for receiving and transmitting (excluding antennas for radio and television receivers of households).
1.4.5
Technical trench
A small-sized underground route structure for installing pipelines, cables, and technical pipelines.
1.4.6
Cable manhole
A cable tank large enough for personnel to enter for installation, repair, and maintenance (usually with a narrowed upper part including shoulders, neck, and cover).
1.4.7
Cable handhole
A small cable tank without a narrowed upper part, usually built on branch routes to connect to cable cabinets, cable boxes, and subscriber premises.
1.4.8
Telecommunication buildings and stations
Buildings or similar construction works used for installing communication equipment.
1.4.9 Technical tunnel
A large-sized underground route structure sufficient to ensure that people can perform the tasks of installing, repairing, and maintaining technical equipment and pipelines.
2 TECHNICAL PROVISIONS
2.1 General Requirements
2.1.1 Telecommunication works must comply with the planning approved by competent authorities.
2.1.2 Tunnels and technical trenches used for arranging telecommunication network systems must comply with the provisions of QCVN 07-3:2023/BXD.
2.1.3 The distance of conduit, tank, manhole, handhole, and technical duct routes used for arranging telecommunication network systems from other underground works must meet the requirements of QCVN 33:2019/BTTTT.
2.1.4 The structure and materials of telecommunication works must ensure durability and stability throughout the lifetime of the works under the impact of natural conditions and loads on the works. Natural condition data used in design and construction must comply with QCVN 02:2022/BXD.
2.1.5 Telecommunication works must have identification marks according to current regulations.
2.2 Telecommunication Buildings and Stations
2.2.1 Telecommunication building and station works must ensure durability and stability according to current regulations.
2.2.2 The structure and foundation of the works must be calculated with the most unfavorable loads and load combinations acting on the works, including time-dependent destructive loads.
2.2.3 The minimum fire resistance class of telecommunication buildings and stations is class II according to QCVN 06:2022/BXD and Amendment 01:2023 QCVN 06:2022/BXD.
2.2.4 Requirements for lightning protection and earthing must comply with QCVN 09:2016/BTTTT, QCVN 32:2020/BTTTT.
2.3 Antenna Poles
2.3.1 The structure and foundation of antenna poles must be calculated with the most unfavorable loads and load combinations acting on the works, including time-dependent destructive loads.
2.3.2 The height of antenna poles must meet the requirements of aviation safety according to relevant legal provisions.
2.3.3 The distance and location between antenna poles shall comply with the passive telecommunication infrastructure planning of provinces and cities.
2.3.4 Antenna poles on sidewalks, parks, squares, playgrounds, areas with high requirements for environmental landscape, etc., should be camouflaged (simulating trees, clock towers) or multi-purpose poles (light poles, poles, advertising billboards) to suit the landscape and be environmentally friendly.
2.3.5 The transmission and reception systems installed on antenna poles must ensure the requirements for electromagnetic exposure according to QCVN 08:2010/BTTTT, QCVN 78:2014/BTTTT.
2.3.6 Requirements for lightning protection must comply with QCVN 32:2020/BTTTT.
2.4 Cable Conduits, Tanks, Manholes, Handholes
2.4.1 The minimum burial depth from the road surface, sidewalk, or road median to the top plastic pipe layer must comply with QCVN 33:2019/BTTTT.
2.4.2 The minimum distance from the bottom of the cable tank to the lower edge of the bottom plastic pipe is 200 mm.
2.4.3 The minimum distance between 2 adjacent plastic pipe edges is 30 mm.
2.4.4 The cover of the tank must be level with the road surface or sidewalk, ensuring safety for people and traffic vehicles.
2.5 Cable Networks in Urban Areas
2.5.1 The design and construction of cable networks in urban areas must ensure the infrastructure for providing communication and television services.
2.5.2 The cable network system must be underground. Conduits, tanks, manholes, and underground cable handholes must ensure shared use of infrastructure. There must be at least 02 cable routes from outside into the urban area and to the information cable (telecommunication and television) distribution cabinet, and they must be calculated to ensure good service provision.
2.5.3 The cable network must ensure that at least 01 standby fiber optic cable is readily available to each household (the cable is pulled to the standby position in the living room and left with a minimum of 3 m excess, or left with a minimum of 20 m excess at a convenient location in the apartment), centrally connected at the cabinet, box, or technical room of the building/apartment complex (depending on the household’s service usage needs, it will be connected to the corresponding Internet service provider) in case the household is in a building or apartment complex, or centrally connected at the cabinet or cable box of the telecommunication enterprise in the residential area, urban area, or route in case the household is in a new residential area or urban area.
2.5.4 The design and installation of communication and telecommunication systems must ensure safety, convenience for operation and connection with service providers’ services, ability to replace and repair, and ensure the distance to other technical pipelines.
2.6 Maintenance and Servicing
2.6.1 Telecommunication works and work items must be periodically maintained, serviced, and repaired throughout their service life to ensure the design functions.
2.6.2 Promptly implement the processes and measures to handle works with signs of danger, not ensuring safety for operation and use, or at risk of collapse according to relevant legal provisions.
3 IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATION
3.1 Transitional Provisions
3.1.1 Investment projects that have been approved before the effective date of this regulation shall continue to be implemented according to the provisions at the time of approval; the investment decision maker has the right to choose to apply this regulation.
3.1.2 Investment projects approved from the effective date of this regulation shall be implemented according to the provisions of this regulation.
3.2 State management agencies for construction in localities have the responsibility to organize the inspection of compliance with this regulation in the formulation, appraisal, approval and management of construction design.
3.3 The Ministry of Construction has the responsibility to disseminate and guide the application of this regulation to relevant entities. During the implementation of this regulation, if there are any problems, all opinions should be sent to the Department of Technical Infrastructure of the Ministry of Construction for guidance and handling.