This amendment to Recommendation Q.2931 has been prepared to allow the creation of Recommendation Q.2961.2 to contain all the information on the encoding of the Broadband bearer capability information element in a manner that is consistent with the second edition of Recommendation I.371. This amendment is issued in conjunction with Recommendation Q.2961.2, which is designed to be compatible with implementations conforming to the first edition of Recommendation I.371 and Recommendation Q.2931(1995).