New charge options for exchanging messages between EDI Services - Information Exchange and Business Exchange Services - Internet transfer trading partners

Date posted: 7 November 2004

Customers affected: EDI Services - Information Exchange and Business Exchange Services - Internet transfer customers who want to exchange messages with each other.

Note: This change only applies to customers exchanging messages across services. It does not affect messages exchanged between two Information Exchange customers or between two Internet transfer customers.

This Technical Bulletin describes enhancements to the existing message charge billing options.

The Information Exchange and Internet transfer message charge options have been enhanced to include the following three options:

• Business Exchange Services Internet transfer sponsorship where the Internet transfer user accepts responsibility for both the send and receive charges that apply to the message transfer.
• Information Exchange sponsorship where the Information Exchange user accepts responsibility for both the send and receive charges that apply to the message transfer.
• Arrangement where no sponsorship agreement exists. The sender pays the send charges and the receiver pays the receive charges that apply to the message transfer. This is the default.
  

Only one option is allowed for exchanging messages between a trading partner on Information Exchange and a trading partner on Internet transfer. Trading partners are not allowed to use payment options that are different when sending than when receiving messages..

The following two publications have been updated:

• Information Exchange Charges Reference - Added information about selecting payment options between Business Exchange Services - Internet transfer and Information Exchange users.

• Information Exchange Messages and Formats - Added new error messages.

To download these publications, go to the Library page.

For information about setting up billing relationships, contact us.