Question 5/III - Development of tariff principles for international
telecommunication services to meet the specific requirements of certain
categories of users that are not covered by the international private
leased circuit service as defined in Recommendations D.1, D.2 and D.3.
The study will include continued consideration of Recommendation D.6
(continuation of Question 5/III studied in 1985-1988)

Reasons for the study

For the study of this Question, the following factors should be
specially taken into consideration:

1) the potential of existing and/or planned public networks to satisfy
the demand for telecommunication services sought by users in specialized
private networks;

2) the tariff arrangements that might be appropriate for customers
inclined to favour specialized private networks for economy reasons and
whose requirement might be satisfied as far as possible by the means
identified in 1.

It is also desirable to take the following points into consideration:

a) requests for the establishment of specialized private networks
normally arise from the unique system requirements of certain categories
of users as well as the technical and/or economic advantages that might
be derived from using these networks, given certain prevailing market
conditions, tariff structures and technical requirements.
Administrations are sometimes unable to satisfy these requirements and
this may lead some users to press for the creation of specialized
private networks which are not permitted under Recommendation D.1 and
only exceptionally under Recommendation D.6;

b) administrations may experience adverse economic effects from the
considerations identified in a) above;

c) certain users may experience adverse effects from the lack of timely,
cost-effective solutions of their particular problems;

d) recommendations are needed concerning the provision of specialized
services by administrations;

e) there is an increasing demand by users for specialized services and,
consequently, an increasingly urgent need for appropriate studies.