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ITU Operational Bulletin ITU Operational Bulletin No. 764 – 15.V.2002 (Information received by 8 May 2002) Published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Tel: National 022 730 5111 Place des Nations CH-1211 Genève 20 (Switzerland) International +41 22 730 5111 Tg: Itu Genève Tlx: 421000 uit ch Fax: +41 22 730 5853 +41 22 733 7256 Web: www.itu.int/itu-t/bulletin/index.html E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dates of publication of the next Operational Bulletins Including information received by: No. 765 1.VI.2002 27.V.2002 No. 766 15.VI.2002 10.VI.2002 No. 767 1.VII.2002 24.VI.2002 Subjects preceded by the letters (BR) in the table of Contents are dealt with by the Radiocommunication Bureau (BR), contact: TEL +41 22 730 5217 FAX +41 22 730 5785 Subjects preceded by the letters (TSB) in the table of Contents are dealt with by the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB), contact: TEL +41 22 730 5222 FAX +41 22 730 5853 Contents Page General information (TSB) Lists annexed to Operational Bulletin: Note from the TSB..................................................... 3 (TSB) Approval and deletion of ITU-T Recommendations................................................................ 4 (BR) Maritime Mobile Service: China............................................................................................. 4 (BR) List of coast stations (List IV) (18th Edition – 2002): Note from the BR................................. 4 (TSB) Telegram Service: Netherlands (Unitel, Alteveer: Reopening of the telegram service for Norway and Sweden) ........................................................................................................... 5 (TSB) Telephone Service: Bulgaria (Communications Regulation Commission, Sofia) ................................................... 5 Chile (Subsecretría de Telecomunicaciones (SUBTEL), Santiago de Chile) ............................. 6 Djibouti (Djibouti Télécom S.A., Djibouti).............................................................................. 7 Egypt (Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA), Cairo) .............................................................. 7 Kuwait (Ministry of Communications, Safat) ........................................................................ 8 Peru (Ministerio de Transportes, Comunicaciones, Vivienda y Construcción, Lima)............... 9 Tunisia (Tunisie Télécom, Tunis)............................................................................................ 10 (TSB) Telex Service: Latvia (Lattelekom, Riga) and Estonia (Eesti Telefon, Tallinn).......................... 10 (TSB) Changes in the Administrations/ROAs and other entities or Organizations: Romania (Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Bucuresti: Granting of recognized operating agency (ROA) status) ......................................................................... 11 Turkey (Telecommunications Authority, Ankara: Changes in structure)................................ 11 (TSB) Other Communications: Dominican Rep., Norway, Venezuela (Public holidays in 2002)....... 12 764-E / 1 Page (TSB) Service Restrictions: Note from the TSB ................................................................................ 13 (TSB) Call-Back and alternative calling procedures (Res. 21 Rev. PP-98): Note from the TSB........... 15 Amendments to service documents (TSB) List of International Signalling Point Codes (ISPC) ................................................................. 16 (TSB) List of Telegram Destination Indicators ................................................................................. 17 (TSB) List of Issuer Identifier Numbers for the international telecommunication charge card ......... 17 (TSB) Dialling Procedures............................................................................................................... 18 Annex (TSB) List of Telegram Destination Indicators (In accordance with ITU-T Recommendation F.32) (Position on 15 May 2002) ITU OB 764-E / 2 GENERAL INFORMATION Lists annexed to Operational Bulletin Note from the TSB The following Lists* have been published by the TSB or BR as Annexes to the ITU Operational Bulletin (OB): OB No. 665 Various tones used in national networks (Supplement 2 to ITU-T Recommen- dation E.180) (Position on 1 April 1998) 669 Five-letter Code Groups for the use of the International Public Telegram Service (According to ITU-T Recommendation F.1 (03/98)) 674 Status of Radiocommunications between Amateur Stations of different countries (In accordance with optional provision No. 2731 of the Radio Regulations) (Position on 15 August 1998) 691 Service Restrictions (Recapitulatory list of service restrictions in force relating to telecommunications operation) (Position on 1 May 1999) 693 List of Telex Destination Codes (TDC) and Telex Network Identification Codes (TNIC) (Complement to ITU-T Recommendations F.69 and F.68) (Position on 31 May 1999) 720 List of Data Country or Geographical Area Codes (Complement to ITU-T Recommendation X.121) (Position on 15 July 2000) 725 List of Names of Administration Management Domains (ADMD) (In accordance with ITU-T F.400 and X.400 series Recommendations) (Position on 30 September 2000) 737 List of Signalling Area/Network Codes (SANC) (Complement to ITU-T Recom- mendation Q.708 (03/99)) (Position on 1 April 2001) 739 List of ITU Carrier Codes (According to ITU-T Recommendation M.1400 (02/2000)) (Position on 1 May 2001) 741 List of Mobile Country or Geographical Area Codes (Complement to ITU-T Recommendation E.212 (11/98)) (Position on 1 June 2001) 746 Access codes/numbers for mobile networks (According to ITU-T Recommendation E.164 (05/97)) (Position on 15 August 2001) 746 List of Data Network Identification Codes (DNIC) (According to ITU-T Recommendation X.121 (10/00)) (Position on 15 August 2001) 757 List of Issuer Identifier Numbers for the International Telecommunication Charge Card (in accordance with ITU-T Recommendation E.118) (Position on 1 February 2002) 759 Dialling Procedures (International prefix, national (trunk) prefix and national (significant) number) (In accordance with ITU-T Recommendation E.164 (05/97)) (Position on 1 March 2002) 761 List of International Signalling Point Codes (ISPC) (According to ITU-T Recommendation Q.708 (03/99)) (Position on 1 April 2002) 763 List of ITU-T Recommendation E.164 assigned country codes (Complement to ITU-T Recommendation E.164 (05/1997)) (Position on 1 May 2002) 764 List of Telegram Destination Indicators (In accordance with ITU-T Recommen- dation F.32) (Position on 15 May 2002) ____________ * For information, all lists will be updated by numbered series of amendments published in the ITU Operational Bulletin, and will be reissued as necessary. Furthermore, the lists can be consulted on line by subscribers (http://www.itu.int/itu-t/bulletin/index.html) in the ITU document database, under the heading “Operational Bulletin and Lists annexed”. ITU OB 764-E / 3 Approval and deletion of ITU-T Recommendations A. By TSB Circular 98 of 12 March 2002, it was announced that the following new ITU-T Recommendation was approved, in accordance with the procedures outlined in ITU-T Recommen- dation A.8: – ITU-T Recommendation X.692: Information technology – ASN.1 Encoding rules: Specification of Encoding Control Notation (ECN) B. By TSB Circular 93 of 18 March 2002, it was announced that the following ITU-T Recommen- dations were deleted, in accordance with the procedures outlined in Resolution 1, Section 9, of the WTSA (Montreal, 2000): – ITU-T Recommendation B.12: Use of the decibel and the neper in telecommunications – ITU-T Recommendation G.100, Annex A – ITU-T Recommendation P.30: Transmission performance of group audio terminals (GATs) The conditions governing the deletion of these ITU-T Recommendations were met and 27 Member States participating in the meeting of Study Group 12 (Dakar, from 22 to 26 October 2001) proposed to delete these ITU-T Recommendations. Thirteen Administrations of Member States responded to the consultation on 17 March 2002, and no objection to this deletion was received. Maritime Mobile Service China Communication of 22.IV.2002: The Administration of China announces that the new telephone number of MRCC Hongkong Marine Department is as follows: 2233 7999. List of coast stations (List IV) (18th Edition – 2002) Note from the BR The 18th Edition of the List of Coast Stations has been published and will be sent shortly to subscribers. By Publication Notice No. 178-02 of 7 March 2002, the ITU has addressed to the Administrations and recognized operating agencies (ROAs) the order form for this List. Administrations/ROAs are invited to complete the order form and return it to the ITU Sales and Marketing Division. ITU OB 764-E / 4 Telegram Service Netherlands Communication of 2.V.2002: Reopening of the telegram service for Norway and Sweden Unitel, Alteveer, announces that it has reopened the international telegram service to and from the following countries: – Norway (as from 1 January 2002) and – Sweden (as from 1 May 2002). Unitel operates telegram service with these countries through local offices. Telegrams with the special service indications LX (De luxe form), LXDEUIL (De luxe form of condolence), FAXx (Facsimile delivery) and TLXx (Telex delivery) (ITU-T Recommendation F.1 A11, A256-258, A84-89) are possible. All traffic will be routed via British Telecom (BT) in Coventry, United Kingdom, who will also handle Unitel’s settlement of accounts using cascade method for telegram service.
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