| Work item | Question | Equiv. Num. | Status | Timing | Approval process | Version | Liaison relationship | Subject / Title | Priority |
| G.650.2 | Q5/15 | | Under study | 2028 | AAP | Rev. | IEC SC86A, IEC SC86B | Definitions and test methods for statistical and non-linear related attributes of single-mode fibre and cable | Medium |
| G.smmcf | Q5/15 | | Under study | 2028 | AAP | New | IEC SC86A, IEC SC86B, IEEE 802.3 | Characteristics of a single-mode weakly-coupled multi-core optical fibre and cable | Medium |
| L.102 | Q5/15 | | Consented 2025-10-24 | 2025-10 | AAP | Rev. | IEC SC86A, IEC SC86B | Optical fibre cables for aerial application | High |
| L.105 | Q5/15 | | Consented 2025-10-24 | 2025-10 | AAP | Rev. | IEC SC86A, IEC SC86B | Optical fibre cables for drop applications | High |
| L.107 | Q5/15 | | Consented 2025-10-24 | 2025-10 | AAP | Rev. | IEC SC86A | Optical fibre cable for sewer duct applications | High |
| L.108 | Q5/15 | | Under study | 2026 | AAP | Rev. | IEC SC86A | Optical fibre cable elements for microduct blowing-installation application | Medium |
| L.110 | Q5/15 | | Consented 2025-10-24 | 2025-10 | AAP | Rev. | IEC SC86A, IEC SC86B | Optical fibre cables for direct surface application | High |
| L.111 | Q5/15 | | Under study | 2026 | AAP | Rev. | IEC SC86A, IEC SC86B | Optical fibre cables for in-home applications | Low |
| L.ocwp.1 | Q5/15 | | Under study | 2027 | AAP | New | IEC SC86A | Aerial Optical fibre cables along electrical power lines applications with lower voltage | Medium |
| L.ocwp.2 | Q5/15 | | Under study | 2027 | AAP | New | IEC SC86A | Aerial optical fibre cables along electrical power lines applications with higher voltage | Medium |
| L.Sup.39 | Q5/15 | | Under study | 2026 | Agreement | Rev. | - | Optical fibre cable Recommendations and standardization guideline | Medium |
| L.Sup.ne | Q5/15 | | Under study | - | - | New | - | National experiences with respect to ITU-T L.1xx-series optical fibre cables, installation methods, and test methods | Medium |
| G Suppl. 39 | Q6/15 | | Under study | 2025-10 | Agreement | Rev. | OIF, OpenROADM | Optical system design and engineering considerations | Medium |
| G.641 (ex G.fso) | Q6/15 | | Consented 2025-10-24 | 2025 | AAP | New | G.640, G.664, IEC 60825-1, IEC 60825-2, IEC 60825-12, ITU-R P.1817-1 | Terrestrial free space optics for mobile backhaul with short reach interfaces | Medium |
| G.665 | Q6/15 | | Consented 2025-10-24 | 2026 | AAP | Rev. | - | Generic characteristics of Raman amplifiers and Raman amplified subsystems | Medium |
| G.671 | Q6/15 | | Consented 2025-10-24 | 2025-10 | AAP | Rev. | - | Transmission characteristics of optical components and subsystems | Medium |
| G.672 | Q6/15 | | Consented 2025-10-24 | 2025 | AAP | Rev. | - | Characteristics of multi-degree reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers | Medium |
| G.681 (ex G.dfos) | Q6/15 | | Consented 2025-10-24 | 2025 | AAP | New | IEC SC86C WG2 | Distributed fibre optic sensing system for terrestrial optical transmission system | High |
| G.698.2 | Q6/15 | | Under study | 2025 | AAP | Rev. | OpenROADM MSA, OIF PLL working group, IEEE 802.3 | Amplified multichannel dense wavelength division multiplexing applications with single channel optical interfaces | High |
| TR.fsc | Q6/15 | | Under study | 2026 | Agreement | New | - | Technical report on feed-forward sensing in optical communication networks | Medium |
