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• TYPES OF OPERATION
• INSURANCE SOURCES
• REGULATION - CANADIAN
• REGULATION - U.S.A.
• OTHER RESOURCES

Types of operation

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• Telephone operations.
• Personal communications services.
• Cable system operations.
• Telecommunications component and equipment manufacturers.
• Information service providers.
• Internet / Web / E-mail
• Interactive media services.
• Telecommunications infrastructure development projects.

Insurance Sources

(General - Not necessarily accessible by TCIM)

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• AEGIS
• Federated Rural Insurance Exchange
• Insurance Programs for the Security and Tele-Communications Industries
• Telcom Insurance Group With the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) as the sponsoring organization, the National Telcom Corporation (NTC) is an association-captive property and casualty insurance company. As a captive, NTC does business only with NTCA and individual members, who own and control it. Association insurance captives offer other advantages as well, such as opportunities to minimize administrative costs and control losses.

Regulation - Canadian

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• Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS) - Comapints re:

  • Local telephone services (including calling features)
  • Long distance telephone services
  • Wireless telephone services
  • Internet access services
• CRTC - Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
• Telecommunications Act - Canada

Regulation - U.S.A.

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• Federal Communications Commission - U.S.

Other Resources

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• ISACC
• TeleCom Management Associates
• Telecommunications Industry Association