Class 38 — Telecommunications
Every entry WIPO publishes for Class 38 (Telecommunications) in NCL 13-2026: 50 official indications, each with its basic number. Copy wording as printed rather than paraphrasing it — the USPTO ID Manual is built from this same list.
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Official class heading
- Telecommunications services
Explanatory note
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.
This class includes, in particular
- 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
This class does not include, in particular
- 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)
Every official entry in this class
The alphabetical list published by WIPO for NCL NCL 13-2026, in force from 2026-01-01. Each entry carries its basic number; wording listed under “Also accepted” is a synonym the registry accepts for the same entry. Use the wording as printed — it is the same list the USPTO ID Manual is built from.
| Basic No. | Indication | Also accepted |
|---|---|---|
| 0003 | radio broadcasting | |
| 0004 | message sending | |
| 0005 | television broadcasting | |
| 0006 | transmission of telegrams | |
| 0007 | telegraph services | |
| 0008 | communications by telegrams | |
| 0009 | telephone services | |
| 0010 | communications by telephone | |
| 0011 | telex services | |
| 0012 | news agency services | |
| 0021 | cable television broadcasting | |
| 0022 | mobile telephone communication services | cell phone communication services |
| 0023 | communications by computer terminals | |
| 0024 | computer aided transmission of messages and images | |
| 0025 | transmission of electronic mail | |
| 0026 | facsimile transmission | |
| 0027 | providing information in the field of telecommunications | |
| 0028 | paging services [radio, telephone or other means of electronic communication] | |
| 0029 | rental of message sending apparatus | |
| 0030 | communications by fibre optic networks | communications by fiber optic networks |
| 0031 | rental of facsimile apparatus | |
| 0032 | rental of modems | |
| 0033 | rental of telecommunication equipment | |
| 0034 | rental of telephones | |
| 0035 | satellite transmission | |
| 0036 | electronic bulletin board services [telecommunications services] | |
| 0037 | providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network | |
| 0038 | telecommunications routing and junction services | |
| 0039 | teleconferencing services | |
| 0040 | providing user access to global computer networks | |
| 0041 | rental of access time to global computer networks | |
| 0042 | providing telecommunication channels for teleshopping services | |
| 0043 | providing internet chatrooms | |
| 0044 | providing access to databases | |
| 0045 | voice mail services | |
| 0046 | transmission of greeting cards online | |
| 0047 | transmission of digital files | |
| 0048 | wireless broadcasting | |
| 0049 | videoconferencing services | |
| 0050 | providing online forums | |
| 0051 | streaming of data | |
| 0052 | radio communications | |
| 0053 | video-on-demand transmission | |
| 0054 | transmission of podcasts | |
| 0055 | rental of smartphones | |
| 0056 | geolocation services [telecommunications services] | |
| 0057 | providing access to blockchain networks | |
| 0058 | providing chatrooms in virtual environments | |
| 0059 | providing online virtual reality-based forums for work collaboration | |
| 0060 | rental of telephone answering apparatus |
2 synonym wording(s) are listed alongside their entries above.