INTERNATIONAL  TELECOMMUNICATION  UNION

		     ITU-T RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY


Rec. No. : F.41

Title :	Interworking between the telemessage service and the 
	international public telegram service

Study Group : I - Services

Version : Revised

Date of adoption : 1991

Notes :	


The International Telecommunication Regulations (Melbourne, 1988), 
Article 4.3 c), deal with the requirement to provide at least a form 
of telecommunication which is reasonably accessible to the public, 
including those who may not be subscribers to a specific 
telecommunication service. Traditionally the international public 
telegram service has been the most common means of filling this need.

Resolution No. 6 (World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone 
Conference, Melbourne, 1988) resolves that provision should be made 
to allow continued availability of traditional services as perceived 
by the customer, although the communication infrastructure used to 
provide that service may vary.

In continuing to provide a telegram-type service, Administrations 
should agree either to operate a telegram service in accordance with 
Recommendation F.1, a telemessage service in accordance with 
Recommendation F.40, both the telegram and the telemessage services, 
or to come to some other bilaterally agreed arrangement.

Recommendation F.41 defines the procedure that shall be followed for 
interworking between the telemessage service and the international 
public telegram service, where Administrations provide one service 
or the other and no other specific agreement has been reached.



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