CCITT D.103 (rev.1) (06 1992) Charging in automati

INTERNATIONALTELECOMMUNICATIONUNIONCCITTD.103(rev.1)THEINTERNATIONALTELEGRAPHANDTELEPHONECONSULTATIVECOMMITTEEGENERALTARIFFPRINCIPLESCHARGINGANDACCOUNTINGININTERNATIONALTELECOMMUNICATIONSSERVICESCHARGINGINAUTOMATICSERVICEFORCALLSTERMINATINGONARECORDEDANNOUNCEMENTSTATINGTHEREASONFORTHECALLNOTBEINGCOMPLETEDRecommendationD.103(rev.1)Geneva,1992FOREWORDTheCCITT(theInternationalTelegraphandTelephoneConsultativeCommittee)isapermanentorganoftheInternationalTelecommunicationUnion(ITU).CCITTisresponsibleforstudyingtechnical,operatingandtariffquestionsandissuingRecommendationsonthemwithaviewtostandardizingtelecommunicationsonaworldwidebasis.ThePlenaryAssemblyofCCITTwhichmeetseveryfouryears,establishesthetopicsforstudyandapprovesRecommendationspreparedbyitsStudyGroups.TheapprovalofRecommendationsbythemembersofCCITTbetweenPlenaryAssembliesiscoveredbytheprocedurelaiddowninCCITTResolutionNo.2(Melbourne,1988).RecommendationD.103waspreparedbyStudyGroupIIIandwasapprovedundertheResolutionNo.2procedureonthe16thofJune1992.___________________CCITTNOTEInthisRecommendation,theexpression“Administration”isusedforconcisenesstoindicatebothatelecommunicationAdministrationandarecognizedprivateoperatingagency.ITU1992Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopyingandmicrofilm,withoutpermissioninwritingfromtheITU.RecommendationD.1031RecommendationD.103RecommendationD.103CHARGINGINAUTOMATICSERVICEFORCALLSTERMINATINGONARECORDEDANNOUNCEMENTSTATINGTHEREASONFORTHECALLNOTBEINGCOMPLETED(Melbourne,1988,revised1992)IntheinternationalautomaticserviceitisdesirableforcallsterminatingonarecordedannouncementprovidedbyanAdministrationstatingthereasonforthecallnotbeingcompletedsuchas:–suspended,cancelledortransferredsubscribers;–networkfailures;–changesinthenumberingplanofthearea/country;–networkmanagementactions;–congestioninthenetwork;–otherreasonsofamoregeneralnature;toreceivethesametreatmentindifferentcountries.TheCCITTconsidersthatnochargeshouldbemadeforthesecalls.Note–Asfarasallthesignallingsystemsinvolvedinagivenconnectionforanyofthepossiblerelations,allowthetransmissionofthe“no-charge”information,theanswersignalshouldnotbewithheld.Nevertheless,suchasituationwillnotexistonaworldwidebasisforalongperiodtocome.Therefore,itisappropriate,forthetimebeing,tosuppressthesendingoftheanswersignalontheinternationalcircuitsforcallsmeantabove.ItshouldalsobenotedthataccordingtoRecommendationQ.118,suchcallswillbecleareduponexpiryofacertainfixedtime-out.