These obligations come into force immediately. Note however that a revised CoICo Annex A incorporating these new obligations is not currently available. Any network service provider wishing to gain or renew their PSN compliance before the new Annex A is published should seek guidance from the PSN team public-services-network@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk on the format of their submission.
The main change in this release of the PSN technical interoperability documents are that the documents are much shorter and clearer than the documents they replace (the PSN Technical Domain Description and GCN Service Description). There are also some specific changes that support existing and emerging user needs - we have:
- clarified the availability requirements
- detailed what network performance reporting is required for GCNSPs and DNSPs
- clarified the definition of the PSN DiffServ region, to include GCNSPs, DNSPs and all other PSN network services
- included definitions for the PSN shared services VPN, PSN Assured and Protected, and for a non-connected PSN network service
- added new obligations for all organisations who set aside IP addresses for use on PSN
- removed support for MPLS option B