ITU Telecom Information Exchange Services
(ITU TIES)

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The ITU Telecom Information Exchange Services (ITU TIES) is a set of networked information resources and services offered by the ITU. Information exchange implies that TIES supports a multi-way flow of information between members of the worldwide telecommunications community, rather than a simple one-way information access or dissemination services.

TIES Public Services, open to the general public without charge or registration, includes:

• General information about the ITU
• Access to ITU public documents & databases
• Access to public bulletin boards
• Access to information services of other UN organizations
• Access to the global Gopher and WorldWideWeb networks
• Auto-answering robot mailboxes (e.g., ITUDOC)

The goal of the TIES Services for Registered Users is to support the requirements for electronic exchange of telecommunications-related information by participants in ITU activities: Administrations and Missions representing Member States, standardization organizations, telecom operators, IT industries participating in the standardization process, UN and specialized agencies, libraries, researchers, etc. The services provided to registered users include:

• All TIES Public Services mentioned above
• Access to some non-public information (documents, bulletin boards, databases, mailing lists, etc.)
• Email account with related Internet and X.400 addresses for receiving email and with authorization for sending email to Internet addresses
• Possibility of setting-up bulletin boards and automated mailing lists
• Internet Telnet and FTP services including access to FTP "drop box"
• Disk space for personal information (email, documents, etc.)
• Access to subscription-based ITU electronic publications (e.g., ITU-T Recommendations)
• Access to subscription-based databases (e.g., tariffs database)
• Access to other non-Internet external information services (e.g., ETSI)

The services provided include:

• All TIES Public Services mentioned above
• All TIES Services for Registered Users mentioned above
• Free access to subscription-based information (electronic publications, databases, some external services)
• Access to information restricted to ITU staff
• FAX and Telex addresses for email and mailing lists
• Fast Windows clients for email, Gopher and WorldWideWeb

• TIES WorldWideWeb Service
  
  Public URL: http:\\www.itu.ch
  See also information about the ITU Web
  

• TIES Gopher Service
  Public:
  
  Name=International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  Host=info.itu.ch
  Port=70
  Note: Use Login id gopher (no password) for public access
  
  Registered Users:
  
  Name=International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  Host=ties.itu.ch
  Port=70
  Note: Use your TIES Login id and password to use this service
  

• Interactive interface (VT type terminal)
  
  Public:
  
  Dial-up access: +41-22-733-7575
  X.25 Public Data Network: +2284 6811112
  Telnet access: gopher.itu.ch
  Note: Use Login id gopher (no password) for public access
  
  Registered Users:
  
  Dial-up access: +41-22-733-7575
  X.25 Public Data Network: +2284 6811112
  Telnet access: ties.itu.ch
  Note: Use your TIES Login id and password to use this service
  

• FTP server
  

  Registered Users: ftp.itu.ch
  

• ITUDOC email robot
  

  Public: itudoc@itu.ch

• FAX-on-demand for basic TIES information
  

  Public: The number will be published soon
  

• 3,500+ registered users from over 100 countries
• Gopher and WorldWideWeb servers with more than 18,000 menu items
  representing over 3 GB of information mapped every night from the ITUDOC database
• About 180,000 Gopher menu accesses per week
• About 36,000 email messages per month and growing
• Over 16 GB of data traffic (11 GB outbound, 5 GB inbound)
• 2 Mbit/s link to Internet
• 64 Kbit/s X.25 link
• 16 dial-up modems (soon more will be added with V.34 support)
• Hundreds of requests (by email, fax, phone) to Helpdesk

For additional information, support and registration please contact:

ITU TIES Helpdesk
ITU Information Services Department
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland


Voice: +41-22-730-6666
Fax: +41-22-730-5337
Internet: helpdesk@itu.ch
X.400 email: S=helpdesk; P=itu; A=400net; C=ch

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