Services
Class 38 — Telecommunications and connectivity
In simple terms
Liberonym’s explanation, not official wording.
Transmitting messages and data — the pipe rather than the content.
- mobile networks
- messaging transmission
- video-call transmission
- internet access provision
Official class heading
Verbatim wording published by WIPO, NCL (13-2026).
Telecommunications services
About this class
Official explanatory note, published by WIPO.
Class 38 includes mainly services that allow at least one party to communicate with another, as well as services for the broadcasting and transmission of data.
Includes in particular
Official wording, published by WIPO.
- transmission of digital files and electronic mail
- providing user access to global computer networks
- radio and television broadcasting
- video-on-demand transmission
- providing internet chatrooms and online forums
- telephone and voice mail services
- teleconferencing and videoconferencing services
Does not include in particular
Official wording, published by WIPO.
- content or subject matter that may be contained in the communication activity, for example, downloadable image files (Class 9), providing business information via a website (Class 35), providing films and television programmes, not downloadable, via video-on-demand services (Class 41)
- online advertising on a computer network, radio advertising, television advertising (Class 35)
- services conducted using telecommunication connections, for example, online retail services for downloadable digital music (Class 35), online banking (Class 36)
- telemarketing services (Class 35)
- production of radio and television programmes (Class 41)
- telecommunications technology consultancy (Class 42)
- online social networking services (Class 45)
Goods/services in this class
50 official entries, published by WIPO. Basic numbers are shown where available.
- 0003radio broadcasting
- 0004message sending
- 0005television broadcasting
- 0006transmission of telegrams
- 0007telegraph services
- 0008communications by telegrams
- 0009telephone services
- 0010communications by telephone
- 0011telex services
- 0012news agency services
- 0021cable television broadcasting
- 0022mobile telephone communication services
- 0023communications by computer terminals
- 0024computer aided transmission of messages and images
- 0025transmission of electronic mail
- 0026facsimile transmission
- 0027providing information in the field of telecommunications
- 0028paging services [radio, telephone or other means of electronic communication]
- 0029rental of message sending apparatus
- 0030communications by fibre optic networks
- 0031rental of facsimile apparatus
- 0032rental of modems
- 0033rental of telecommunication equipment
- 0034rental of telephones
- 0035satellite transmission
- 0036electronic bulletin board services [telecommunications services]
- 0037providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network
- 0038telecommunications routing and junction services
- 0039teleconferencing services
- 0040providing user access to global computer networks
- 0041rental of access time to global computer networks
- 0042providing telecommunication channels for teleshopping services
- 0043providing internet chatrooms
- 0044providing access to databases
- 0045voice mail services
- 0046transmission of greeting cards online
- 0047transmission of digital files
- 0048wireless broadcasting
- 0049videoconferencing services
- 0050providing online forums
- 0051streaming of data
- 0052radio communications
- 0053video-on-demand transmission
- 0054transmission of podcasts
- 0055rental of smartphones
- 0056geolocation services [telecommunications services]
- 0057providing access to blockchain networks
- 0058providing chatrooms in virtual environments
- 0059providing online virtual reality-based forums for work collaboration
- 0060rental of telephone answering apparatus
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