1 General considerations
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Explanation of some of the terms and expressions used in this
Recommendation
1.2.2 conversation time
1.3 Basic principles of a new system for accounting in
international telephony
1.4 Procedures
1.4.1 Remuneration of countries of destination
1.4.2 Remuneration of transit countries
1.4.3 Remuneration of the country of origin
1.5 Traffic unit
1.5.1 Definition of the traffic unit –
Conversation time
1.5.2 Remarks
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Remuneration of the Administration of the country of destination
2.1 Flat-rate price procedure
2.2 Traffic-unit price procedure
2.3 Accounting revenue division procedure
2.4 Settlement rate procedure
2.5 Termination charge procedure
2.6 Other procedures
2.7 Consideration regarding the choice of procedure
2.8 Consideration regarding choice of accounting procedure
2.9 Simplification of accounts and use of traffic sampling
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Remuneration of the Administrations of transit countries
3.1 Flat-rate price procedure
3.2 Traffic-unit price procedure
3.3 Establishment of a switched-transit relation
3.4 Calculation of the remuneration to the Administration of the
country of the first transit exchange on the basis of traffic units
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Remuneration of the Administration of the country of origin
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Notes and examples
Annex A – Differences between collection charges and accounting rates
Annex B – Examples of the various procedures for remunerating Administrations
B.1 General
B.2 Case 1 – Use of the accounting revenue division procedure for
all traffic
B.2.2 Direct-transit traffic
B.2.3 Switched-transit traffic handled by the
exchange in E
B.3 Case 2 – Use of traffic-unit and/or flat-rate price procedure
for all traffic
B.3.1 Traffic on direct circuits
B.3.2 Switched-transit traffic handled by the
exchange in E
B.4 Case 3 – Use of the accounting revenue division procedure for
the direct traffic between A and B and the traffic-unit price procedure for the
traffic switched via country E
B.4.2 Traffic on direct circuits
B.4.3
Switched-transit traffic handled by the exchange in E
Annex C – Traffic measurement conversions from seizures or erlangs into
conversation time for temporary alternative routes
C.1 Conversion from seizure measurements
C.2 Conversion from erlang measurements