ITU Operational Bulletin		
No. 602 – 15.VIII.1995			
(Information received by 8 August 1995)			
	
Published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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Dates of publication of the next Operational Bulletins
No. 603	1.IX.1995
No. 604	15.IX.1995
No. 605	1.X.1995		Including information received by:
25.VIII.1995
8.IX.1995
25.IX.1995	

602-E /

Contents

General Information
(TSB)	Numbering of International Signalling Point Codes – Assignment of Signalling Area/Network Codes (SANC) (ITU-T Recommendation Q.708):  Netherlands
(TSB)	Telephone Service:  Pakistan (Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation, Islamabad)
(TSB)	Changes in Administrations/ROAs: Saudi Arabia (International Accounts Department, Riyadh, Ministry of PTT), Belgium (Belgacom, Bruxelles), Croatia (Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communications), Hongkong (Hongkong Telecom)
(BR)	Other communication:  Austria (Special call sign)
(TSB)	Service Restrictions
(TSB)	Call-Back:  Colombia

Amendments to Service Documents
(BR)	List of Coast Stations (List IV)
(TSB)	Recapitulatory List of issuer identifier numbers for the international telecommunication charge card
(TSB)	TA Table – Transferred Account Telegraph and Telematic Service

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Subjects preceded by the letters (BR) are dealt with by the Radiocommunication Bureau (BR),
	contact:	TF +41 22 730 5217	FAX +41 22 730 5785
Subjects preceded by the letters (TSB) are dealt with by the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB),
	contact:	TF +41 22 730 5212	FAX +41 22 730 5853

GENERAL  INFORMATION
ITU OB    602-E /
Numbering of International Signalling Point Codes
Assignment of Signalling Area/Network Codes (SANC)
(ITU-T Recommendation Q.708)

Note from the TSB:
	At the request of the Administration of the Netherlands, the Director of the TSB has assigned the following signalling area/network codes (SANCs) for use in the international part of the signalling system No. 7 networks of this country, in accordance with ITU-T Recommendation Q.708:

	Geographical area or signalling network	SANC
	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	2-010 and 2-011

Telephone Service
Pakistan
Communication of 7.VIII.1995:
	Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation, Islamabad, announces the introduction of area codes for the following localities:

Localities	Area codes	
Bala Kot	985 XXX XXX	
Bonga Saleh	4444 XXX XXX	
Bongh Sharif	702 XXX XXX	
Bucheki	496 XXX XXX	
Faqir Wali	691 XXX XXX	
Ferozewala	431 XXX XXX	
Harappa City	441 XXX XXX	
Hujra Shah Muqeem	4449 XXX XXX	
Kambar Ali Khan	706 XXX XXX	
Manawala Town	496 XXX XXX	
Rizmak	964 XXX XXX	
Tasp	8293 XXX XXX	
Tattli Aali	431 XXX XXX	
Usta Muhammad	740 XXX XXX	

Changes in Administrations/ROAs
Saudi Arabia
Communication of 26.VII.1995:
	The Director General of the International Accounts Department, Riyadh, Ministry of PTT, announces that administrative changes have been introduced in the services in charge of questions concerning accounting rates (Reference / Negociations), exchange of international accounts and settlement of accounts.

	Administrations/ROAs are requested to note the following information in order to facilitate smooth and prompt receipt of correspondences:
	I.	Mr. Sami Al-Basheer is now in charge of the International Accounts Department in the Ministry of PTT of Saudi Arabia.
	II.	1)	Postal address*:
	Ministry of P.T.T.
	International Accounts Department
	11112 RIYADH
	Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)
	Tf:	+966 1 4637530 / 4637100
2)	Tlx:	401020 Gentel Riyadh
3)	Fax:	+966 1 4021489
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*	The ITU Global Directory will be updated accordingly.
Belgium
Communication of 1.VIII.1995:
	Belgacom, Bruxelles, announces that its address is now as follows:
	Belgacom
Networks & Services
NS.WLD/24T059
Boulevard Emile Jacqmain, 177
B - 1210 BRUXELLES
Belgique
(old address: Belgacom, Département de la Commutation, 42 rue des Palais, B - 1210 BRUXELLES).

Croatia
Communication of 26.VI. 1995:
	The Administration of Croatia announces that the telephone number, the facsimile number and the postal code of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communications of the Republic of Croatia, will be modified as follows, with effect from 1 July 1995*:
	Tf:	+385 1 6114 004
Fax:	+385 1 6115 015
HR - 10 000 ZAGREB
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*	The ITU Global Directory will be updated accordingly.
Hongkong
Communication of 27.VI.1995:
	Hongkong Telecom announces that the address for both Hongkong Telecom International Limited (HKTI) and Hong Kong Telephone Company Ltd. (HKT) is the following, since 1 June 1995.
	39/Floor Hong Kong Telecom Tower
Taikoo Place
979 King's Road
Quarry Bay
Hong Kong
	Postal address:
P.O. Box 9896
GPO Hong Kong
Tf:	+852 2888 2888
Tlx:	802 73240 HKTC HX
Fax:	+852 2877 8877

Other Communication
Austria
Communication of 21.07.1995:
	On the occasion of the millenary of Austria, the Austrian Administration authorizes the Austrian radio amateurs to use a special call sign during the year 1996.
	This special call sign will be formed by adding the letter M immediately after the national prefix of the normal call sign (for example the call sign OE3XXX will be changed into the special call sign OEM3XXX).

Service Restrictions
Note from the ITU:
	For the list of service restrictions still in force, see the Recapitulatory Table published as an annex to Operational Bulletin (OB) No. 490 of 14.III.1991 and the following subsequent communications:

	OB No.
	515	United Kingdom
520	Libya
524	Syria
527	Zambia
532	Peru
534	United Arab Emirates
538, 565, 574	Finland
545	Venezuela
548, 570	Egypt
555	Jamaica
566	Israel

Call-Back
Colombia
Communication of 27.VII.1995:
	Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Republic of Colombia, noting that several companies are providing from outside their country, international long distance telephone service directly to users in Colombia without due authorization from the Government of Colombia, using to which end the method commonly known as Call-Back, which involves reversing the direction of the telephone call, announces that this practice is expressly prohibited by Colombian legislation, a licence being required for provision of the service.
	In the light of the above, the Ministerio de Comunicaciones has issued a circular* explaining the provisions of Colombian legislation on international long distance telephone service and making it clear that the provision of such service requires a licence, that at present only the Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (TELECOM, Bogota) is authorized to provide such service.
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*	A copy of the circular can be obtained from ITU/TSB on request.

AMENDMENTS  TO  SERVICE  DOCUMENTS
Abbreviations used
		ADD	insert	PAR	paragraph
COL	column	REP	replace
LIR	read	SUP	delete
P	page(s)

List of Coast Stations
(List IV)
14th Edition
and Supplements Nos. 1, 2 and 3
(Amendment No. 29)

ARS	Saudi Arabia
P  693	Note B,      LIR
B	Radiotelegrams (per word)
	1.	Land station charge: 0.60 fr.
	2.	Landline charge
		a)	Saudi Arabia: 0.60 fr.
		b)	GCC* countries: 0.40 fr.
		c)	Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Somalia, Soudan, Syria, Tunisia and
				Yemen: 0.40 fr.
		d)	Germany, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Gibraltar, India, Iran 				(Islamic Rep. of), Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Czech Rep., United Kingdom, Russia, 				Slovakia and Switzerland: 1,63 fr.
		e)	Australia, Brazil, Greece, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Philippines (Manila),
				Romania, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe: 1.80 fr.
		f)		Afghanistan, Brunei Darussalam, China, Cyprus, Korea (Rep. of), Ethiopia, Honduras, 				Hongkong, Indonesia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Philippines (except Manila), Sweden, Taiwan 				(Province of China) and Thailand: 2.13 fr.
		g)	Cuba, Japan, Myanmar, Uganda, Netherlands, Pakistan, Turkey and Zambia: 1.47 fr.
		h)	Angola, Mozambique and Seychelles: 2.47 fr.
		i)		United States: 1.13 fr.
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*	GCC: Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar.
P  694-695	Note H,      LIR
H	Radiotelephone calls (minimum 3 min.)
	1.	Land station charge
		MF:		2.34 fr./min.
		HF:		2.34 fr./min.
		VHF:		2.— fr./min.
	2.	Landline charge
		a)	Saudi Arabia: 1.— fr./min.
		b)	GCC* countries: 2.33 fr./min.
		c)	Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria: 4.— fr./min.
		d)	Iran and Morocco: 4.67 fr./min.
		e)	Germany, Bangladesh, Canada, Cyprus, United States, France, India, Italy,
				Luxembourg, Monaco, Pakistan, United Kingdom and Switzerland: 5.34 fr./min.
		f)		Algeria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen: 5.60 fr./min.
		g)	Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Greece, Indonesia,
				Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden and
				Turkey: 7.34 fr./min.
		h)	Namibia: 8.— fr./min.

		i)		Brazil, Korea (Rep. of), Hongkong, Netherlands, Philippines and Thailand: 8.67 fr./min.
		j)		Bulgaria, Czech Rep.,  Slovakia and Sri Lanka: 9.33 fr./min.
		k)	Argentina, Ethiopia, Maldives and Mozambique: 11.33 fr./min.
		l)		Mauritius and Uruguay: 12.— fr./min.
		m)	Honduras, Senegal and Zaire: 14,67 fr./min.
	3.	Surcharges
		Personal calls
		MF:		3.— fr.
		HF:		0.— fr.
		VHF:		2.— fr.
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*	GCC: Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar.
E	Spain
P  728	Note G,	SUP  * and the footnote.
GRC	Greece
P  743	Notes B, G and H      LIR
B	Radiotelegrams
	1.	Land station charge: 0.34 SDR per word.
	2.	Landline charge (binary system):

	Per radio-
telegram
SDR	Per word
SDR	
a)	Greece		0.—	0.16	
b)	Other countries in Europe, Algeria, Cyprus, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia		
4.—	
0.14	
c)	Australia, Canada, Egypt, United States, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria		
4.—	
0.29	
d)	Other countries		4.—	0.43	

G	Radiotelex calls (minimum 1 min.)
	1.	Land station charge: 1.35 SDR/min.
	2.	Landline charge
		a)	Greece: 0.34 SDR/min.
		b)	Other countries in Europe, Algeria, Cyprus, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia: 4.— SDR/min.
		c)	Australia, Canada, United States, Greenland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and
				Syria: 0.97 SDR/min.
		d)	Other countries: 1.71 SDR/min.
H	Radiotelephone calls (minimum 1 min.)
	1.	Land station charge
		MF:		0.85 SDR/min.
		HF:		1.35 SDR/min.
		VHF:		0.85 SDR/min.
	2.	Landline charge
		a)	Greece: 0.34 SDR/min.
		b)	Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, 				The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Lybia, Malta, Romania, 				San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, Vatican and Yugoslavia: 0.33 SDR/min.
		c)	Azores, Algeria, Germany, Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Faroe Islands, Finland, 				France, Gibraltar, Ireland, Luxembourg, Madeira, Morocco, Moldova, Monaco,
				Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Rep., United Kingdom, Slovakia,
				Sweden, Tunisia and Ukraine: 0.39 SDR/min.
		d)	Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, 				Lithuania, Russia and Syria: 0.70 SDR/min.
		e)	Australia, Canada and United States: 0.84 SDR/min.
		f)		Other countries: 1.43 SDR/min.

TON	Tonga
P  448	NUKUALOFA RADIO      REP
A B      by      A B H
P  809	Note B,      LIR
B	Radiotelegrams (per word)
	1.	Land station charge
		a)	Tongan ships: 0.06 SDR.
		b)	Other ships: 0.21 SDR.
	2.	Landline charge
		a)	Tonga: 0.04 SDR.
		b)	Other countries: on request.
		ADD      Note H
H	Radiotelephone calls (minimum 3 min.)
	1.	Land station charge
		a)	Tongan ships
				MF:	0.40 SDR/min.
				HF:	0.40 SDR/min.
				VHF:	0.30 SDR/min.
		b)	Other ships
				MF:	1.01 SDR/min.
				HF:	1.01 SDR/min.
				VHF:	0.75 SDR/min.
	2.	Landline charge
		a)	Tonga: the landline charge is included in the land station charge.
		b)	Other countries: on request.
USA	United States
P  473	MOBILE, ALABAMA RADIO      REP
A15 B2 B4 G2      by      A15 B2 B4 G2 H3
P  818	ADD      Note      H3
H3	Radiotelephone calls (minimum 3 min.)
	Land station charge
	MF:		06.22 fr./min.
	HF:		12.63 fr./min.
	VHF:		02.17 fr./min.
Recapitulatory List of issuer identifier numbers for
the international telecommunication charge card
(ITU-T Recommendation E.118)
(Position on 30 September 1994)
(Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 582 – 15.X.1994)
(Amendment No. 19)

P  14	ADD

Country	
Company Name/Address	Issuer Identifier Number	
Contact	Effective date of usage	
Sweden	Unisource Business Networks Sverige AB
Arenavagen 21
S-12128 STOCKHOLM GLOBEN
(Sweden)	89 46 10	Mats Sandvik/Hakan Lund
P.O. Box 101 35
S-12128 STOCKHOLM GLOBEN (Sweden)
Tel	+46 8 688 2000
Fax	+46 8 688 2902	1.VIII.1995	

TA Table – Transferred Account Telegraph and Telematic Service
(7th Edition – July 1988)
ITU-T Recommendation F.41 renumbered F.13
(Amendment No. 165)

INFORMATION  PROVIDED  BY  ADMINISTRATIONS/ROA's

P  1.2 (VII.91)      ALGERIA

PAR  d)    LIR

Monsieur le Ministre des Postes et		National	(2) 71 12 20	
Télécommunications (Cabinet)	Tf	---------------------------------------------------------	
Ministère des Postes et Télécommunications		International	+213 2 71 12 20	
4, Bd. Krim BELKACEM	Tg	Gentel Alger	
ALGER	Tlx	61021 mptt dz	
Algérie	Fax	+213 2 719260