INTERNATIONAL  TELECOMMUNICATION  UNION

		     ITU-T RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY


Rec. No. : F.40

Title :	International  public  telemessage  service

Study Group : I - Services

Version : Revised

Date of adoption : 1991

Notes :	


Administrations providing the international public telemessage service 
as a form of telecommunication in accordance with Article 4.3 c) of 
the International Telecommunication Regulations (Melbourne, 1988) 
should explicitly agree to this on the basis of Recommendation F.40, 
which contains the relevant operational provisions.

The international public telemessage service may operate in parallel 
with, or as an alternative to, the international public telegram 
service. The international public telemessage service shall provide 
the capability of operating in conjunction with the international 
public telegram service in those cases where it is used as an 
alternative to the international public telegram service.

The tariff principles for the international public telemessage service 
are laid down in Recommendation D.45.

While Recommendation F.40 implies an implementation related to the 
long established message retransmission system defined in 
Recommendation F.31 the telemessage service is not restricted to the 
F.31 based techniques.



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