Recommendation ITU-T L.43 describes characteristics, construction and test methods of optical fibre cables for buried application. First, in order that an optical fibre demonstrates sufficient performance, characteristics that a cable should have are described. Then, the method of examining whether the cable has the required characteristic is described. Required conditions may differ according to the installation environment. Therefore, detailed conditions of experiments need to be agreed upon between a user and the supplier on the basis of the environment where a cable is used.