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The invention relates to the implementation of an access service in a telecommunications network comprising an access network; a network providing services; and user operated terminals which are connected to the access net work. The access service is offered by connecting the user terminal to the network providing the services through interface elements which connect the access network and the network providing the services. As a response to the access service at least one charging record is generated. The record is transferred to billing means for billing the access service subscriber for the access service. So that it would be possible to combine the access service with reliable and versatile billing in a connectionless network; the terminal is used to generate charging messages which are provided with a subscriber-speci? c digital signature; and the signatures gen erated by the terminal are veri? ed outside …