INTERNATIONAL  TELECOMMUNICATION  UNION

		     ITU-T RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY


Rec. No. : F.59

Title :	General characteristics of the international telex service

Study Group : I - Services

Version : New

Date of adoption : 1991

Notes :	


The international telex service is a service provided by 
telecommunication Administrations of almost all countries of the 
world for the purpose of text communication. In its basic form it is 
used for directly transmitting telex messages between subscriber 
terminal equipment connected to the telex network or to/from public 
telex stations.

Recommendation F.59 summarizes the service characteristics of the 
international telex service and the service-related basic 
characteristics of telex terminal equipment.

This summary of all service-related principles for the international 
telex service is intended to facilitate a common understanding of 
this service, bearing in mind:

	-  that the international telex service is the only text 
	   communication subscriber service available throughout the 
	   world;

	-   that the perceived special merits of this service are its 
	    technical reliability and operational simplicity;

	-   that the operational provisions for the international telex 
	    service can be found in Recommendation F.60, 

but other service principles and service-oriented network and terminal 
characteristics have to be selected from a number of F-, R-, S- and 
U-Series Recommendations in addition.

This summary should also be the basis for all considerations of 
interworking of the international telex service with other services.



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