Wyn Lucas

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Wyn Lucas

• Independent Telecommunications Consultant

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ITU-T Study Group 3

• Role, functioning, achievements and issues.

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Agenda

• Study Group 3 Structure.
• Activities of the Working Parties etc.
• Key issues.
• Achievements.

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Study Group 3

• Established by the World Telecommunications
  Standardisation Assembly (WTSA).
• Responsible for the study of 4 questions
  allocated to it by the WTSA.
• Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen appointed by the
  WTSA.

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Study Group 3 Structure
Study Group Plenary
TAF
R.G. TD
TAS
Working Party 1
Working Party 2
TAL
R. G.
R.G
TEUREM
R.G.
R.G
R.G.
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Functions of Plenary

• Establish Working Parties and allocate work.
• Establish Rapporteur Groups of Plenary.
• Consider issues not allocated to WPs.
• Consider reports of WPs.
• Initiate approval process for Recommendations.

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Plenary Activities

• International telecommunications Regulations.
• Progress Reports from Regional Groups
• Report of Rapporteur Group on TD.
• Report of Working Party 1.
• Report of Working Party 2.

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Working Party 1

• Responsible for the study of Q 1/3
• Development of charging and accounting/settleme
  nt mechanisms for network capabilities and
  services features made available by new
  technologies.

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Working Party 1 Activities

• Rapporteur Group - IP telephony
• Rapporteur Group International Internet
  connection.
• Rapporteur Group IMT 2000
• Rapporteur Group - Modification of D 50
• Rapporteur Group Mobile access to
  HCD and IFS.
• (HCD, Home Country Direct, IFS, International
  Toll-Free Service)

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Working Party 2

• Responsible for the study of Q 2/3
• Adaptation of the D-series Recommendations to
  the evolving market environment.

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Working Part 2 activities

• Rapporteur Group International calls
  terminating on mobile networks.
• Revision of Recommendation D 140.
• Revision of Recommendation D 180.
• Revision of Recommendation D 190.
• Shortening of the Settlement Period
• Code of Conduct for accounting rate negotiation.
• Handbook on costing methodologies.

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Rapporteur Group on Terms and Definitions

• Responsible for the study of Q 4/3
• Terms and definitions for Recommendations
  dealing with tariff and accounting principles

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Regional Tariff Groups

• Responsible for the study of Q 3/3
• Regional studies for the development of cost
  models together with related economic and policy
  issues

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4 Regional Groups

• TAF Tariff Group Africa
• TAS Tariff Group Asia and Oceania
• TAL Tariff Group Latin America
• TEUREM Tariff Group Europe and Mediterranean
  Basin. (Dormant)

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Study Group 3 Achievements

• Revision of Recommendation D 150 New System for
  Accounting in international telephony.
• Revision of Recommendation D 140 Accounting
  Rate Principles for International Telephone
  Services.
• Recommendation D 50
• Revision of Recommendation D 93 Charging and
  Accounting in the International Land Mobile
  Telephone Service.

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D 150

• Original methods of accounting
• Flat rate price procedure.
• Traffic-unit price procedure.
• Additional methods
• Termination charge.
• Settlement rate.
• Special arrangements.

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D 140

• Revised Annex C
• Revised Annex A
• Supplement to Annex A updated indicative
  settlement rates.

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D 50

• Recommends that
• administrations involved in the
  provision of international Internet connections
  negotiate and agree to bilateral commercial
  arrangements enabling direct international
  Internet connections that take into account the
  possible need for compensation between them for
  the value of elements such as traffic flow,
  number of routes, geographical coverage and cost
  of international transmission amongst others.
• Update after June meeting

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D 193 revised 2000

• to negotiate
• a separate rate for traffic terminating on a
  mobile network
• however, this is by bilateral negotiation and
  when the rate is cost orientated
• The difference between the two rates should be as
  small as possible
• Many countries now request very high settlement
  rates (3 5 times)
• A review is now going on in the SG3