1、CEPT T/PGT*4L*E 91 = 2326414 0012633 789 Page E 1 Recommendation T/PGT 41 (Madrid 1991) CHARGING AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL 2 Mbit/s SWITCHED BEARER SERVICE Recommendation proposed by the Working Group T/WG 5 “General Tariff Principles” (PGT) Text of the Recommendation adopted b
2、y the “Commercial Action Committee” (CAC) : “The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations, considering - the need to ensure, in the interest of the customers, that the utilization charges applied to the international 2 Mbit/s switched bearer service should be cost oriente
3、d and be determined according to the bearer capabilities and functions required to provide the service, - that the respective costs incurred by the network operators to provide this service may be significantly different in the countries concerned according to the technology used and the effective u
4、se of the network, - that the charging and accounting rate principles should take into account the fact that applications on the 2 Mbit/s switched bearer service will probably generate a large number of short duration calls, - the desirability of reaching within CEPT some degree of harmonization of
5、charging and accounting principles, - that the establishment of collection charges is a national matter, however administrations should endeavour to a harmonize the charging structures wherever practicable in order to promote the service, recommends Charging principles The charging of the 2 Mbit/s s
6、witched bearer service may include the following elements: - a one time connection charge and a monthly rental charge, - a minimum level of usage charge per month, - a call attempt charge (a)/a call Set-up charge/a minimum charge per call, - a booking charge in the case of the reserved mode, - a usa
7、ge charge based on real time this usage charge may take into account the following elements: time of day/day of week geographical distance. (a) The call attempt charge should not apply if an unsuccessful call attempt is due to congestion or a fault in the operators equipment. Accounting principles -
8、 The accounting rates should be subject to bilateral agreements, but operators when establishing the accounting - It should be noted that costs may vary significantly depending on the differing techniques implemented, geographi- - The accounting rate consists of a terminal share payable to the operator of the destination country and, where a rates should take into account any cost studies available. cal location, and other factors. applicable, transit shares payable to the transit operators.” Note. In some cases, the network operators may also be Administrations. a Edition of August 20, 1991
