Methods and apparatus for controlling implementation of services in a mobile telecommunications network. A user database stores one or more user subscription profiles. Each user subscription profile is associated with services implemented in one or more network domains and includes a plurality of individual Operator Determined Barring indicators, ODBs, and respective status information. A network node includes a receiver configured to receive, from the user database, a user subscription profile, a master ODB indicating barring for a plurality of the services associated with the user subscription profile and master ODB status information. An ODB status determiner is configured to determine that the master ODB is active. An ODB initiator is configured to initiate, for the plurality of services, barring for all individual ODB indicators in the user subscription profile, irrespective of the received status information for the individual ODB indicators.