Question 24/III - General charging and accounting principles to be
applied to multipoint-to-point international telecommunication services
via satellite (continuation of Question 23/III studies which have been
examined during the 1985-1988 study period)

(This Question must be studied in liaison with Study Group I.)

Reasons for the study

Considering

(a) The following three main multidestination service categories:

- one-way point to multipoint service;

- one-way multipoint to point service;

- two-way multiple access service;

(b) the results achieved by the CCITT in the field of definition and
charging for point to multipoint telecommunication services via
satellite, services which are the subject of Recommendations in F and D-
Series;

(c) the progress expected in the field of definition for other
multidestination telecommunication services, in particular for
multipoint to point services;

(d) the needs expressed by the customers in order to get, at regional as
well as world level, multipoint to point services for data gathering,

What charging and accounting principles are appropriate for one-way
multipoint to point services via satellite?1