Wholesale charging systems

This workshop series was motivated by proposals made in the course of official procedures, by international discussions, by the topic's relevance to NGNs, and by the consultation on RTR's work program for 2008.

On November 28, 2007 the first event was held on the topic of "Bill & Keep" (BaK), in the course of which the participants expressed the desire to discuss the topic of termination – as the underlying problem area – in a broader context, and as a result the discussion went beyond bill & keep as one possible solution. Accordingly, the objective of the ensuing events was to identify forward-looking alternative solutions to the problem of termination (or specific aspects of this problem in the context of fixed-link and mobile communication) as well as criteria on the basis of which new approaches could be assessed, after which the aim was to jointly evaluate the options identified. Therefore, participants are encouraged to prepare a written summary assessment on the topic as a result of such workshops.

The workshop series will not bias the position of RTR or the Telekom-Control Commission (TKK) in any way; however, as the TKK's operational arm, RTR will inform the TKK of the most important results.

The calendar of events and relevant documents (in German) can be found below.