Question 34/I - International telecommunication credit card service
(continuation of Question 4/II, amended, studied during
the 1985-1988 study period)

Considering

(a) that revised Recommendation E.116 and new Recommendations
E.118 and E.117 have now been approved by the CCITT Plenary
Assembly;

(b) that consequently, new credit cards have now been standardized
for use in automated and non-automated systems, their use is growing
and should be promoted;

(c) that the use of the credit card is being extended to countries other
than the country of issue;

(d) that a single card numbering system will evolve by the end of the
1989-1992 Plenary period;

(e) that there is a need to improve validation procedures and promote
the establishment of and communication among appropriate data
bases;

(f) that signalling and other interworking requirements between
administrations will need to be specified;

(g) the rapid development of new technology and services;

(h) the need for close coordination with Study Groups responsible for
human factors, tariff, accounting, billing, collecting, signalling, data
transmission and other service matters,

What new or revised Recommendations are necessary to further
progress the international telecommunication credit card service?

Points to be included in the study of this Question are:

1. the development of a single international telecommunication
services credit card;

2. the possible merging of Recommendations E.116 and E.118;

3. procedures to improve validity and security of credit cards;

4. procedures for timely exchange of billing and related information;

5. revised instructions for operators;

6. guidance to administrations on bilateral or multilateral service
agreements;

7. requirements for interfacing among administrations with credit card
systems;

8. arrange appropriate means to exchange information amongst the
administrations concerned;

9. impace of new card technology;

10. use of commercial credit cards.

"Dialling" normally means signalling directly to a switch with a rotary
or  push-button dial; in this Recommendation the
word is used to mean either  this or pushing the dial-pad buttons of a
terminal to instruct that  terminal.

NPI was formerly known in the Red Book as Numbering/Addressing Plan
Infomation (NAPI).

These digits are the decimal equivalents of the NPI as specified in
Recommendation I.451/Q.931.

Type of number (TON) was formerly known in the Red Book as Type of
address  (TOA).

It is essential for the user to know the type of sub-address: how to

This will require liaison with other Study Groups, i.e. II, VII, VIII,
XI,  and XVIII.