INTERNATIONAL  TELECOMMUNICATION  UNION

                    ITU-T RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY


Rec. No. : D.1

Title :	General principles for the lease of international (continental 
	and intercontinental) private telecommunication circuits and
	networks

Study Group : III - Tariff and Accounting Principles

Version : Revised

Date of adoption : 1991

Notes :	


Recommendation D.1 sets out the general principles and conditions 
applicable to international (continental and intercontinental) private 
leased telecommunication circuits and networks, taking into account 
opportunities available to Administrations, or other organizations or 
persons to enter into special arrangements, subject to national laws 
(including national regulations), for the establishment, operations, 
and use of international private leased telecommunication circuits.  
Recommendation D.1 also indicates what is to be understood by the 
terms international private leased telecommunication circuits and 
national extensions.

The international private leased telecommunication circuit service 
consists of making dedicated international telecommunication circuits 
available to a customer for use on the terms and conditions which may 
be set out in a lease agreement between the customer and the 
Administration of the country at each end of the circuit. Customers 
may also combine a series of such circuits to establish international 
private leased telecommunication circuit networks.

Recommendation D.1 precises the conditions of lease (technical 
information to be provided by the customer, technical requirements, 
transmission quality, extraordinary circumstances), the conditions of 
use, the access (interconnection) to public networks, the principles 
applicable to duration, charging and cancellation of lease, 
particularly the provisions for allowances for interruptions.



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