Resource page for telecom, telecommunications, datacom, IP, IPv6, network, VoIP, training, service providers, equipment manufacturers, online courses and certification

Click on the links or scroll down to find useful links and information on telecommunications training, telecom carriers, regulators, equipment manufacturers in the US, Canada and worldwide, as well as training courses and certifications on telecom, datacom, networking, Voice over IP (VoIP), wireless, IP, IPv6 and more.

Telecommunications Carriers - Canada

• Bell Canada The biggest, providing all types of telecom services nationwide through Bell (Ontario and Quebec), Aliant (Maritime provinces), Bell West (western provinces), sympatico ISP service, Bell Mobility cellular and other subsidiaries.
• Telus provides wireline service in Alberta, British Columbia and parts of Quebec plus wireless service nationwide.
• MTS-Allstream, formerly AT&T Canada Corp., and prior to that, Unitel, and before that, CNCP Telecommunications.
• Aptum Technologies (Canada) Inc. formerly Peer 1 Network Inc. ISP offers high performance bandwidth and server co-location facilities.
• BCE Inc., formerly Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. A holding company that owns Bell Canada and other telecommunications companies.
• Entourage, an installation company in Canada, formerly Bell Canada employees.
• Globalstar Canada, the Canadian arm of the of the Globalstar low-earth-orbit satellite telephony system.
• Independent Telecommunications Providers Association, formerly Ontario Telephone Association, the association of independent telephone companies in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec.
• MTS, the telephone company serving Manitoba which is a subsiduary of BCE Inc.
• NorthernTel, a telephone company in Ontario.
• Northwestel, a telephone company serving the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and northern British Columbia
• 151 Front St. West in Toronto, a carrier hotel in the building that was once the headquarters for CN Telecommunications.
• Telus Québec, formerly Québec-Téléphone, Quebec's second-largest telephone company.
• Rogers Communications Inc. runs cable TV systems, owns Rogers AT&T Wireless (formerly Cantel), and publishes Maclean's magazine and other periodicals.
• SaskTel, Saskatchewan's telephone company.
• Télébec, another telephone company in Quebec.
• Teleglobe was Canada's overseas telecommunications carrier. Acquired by tata communications.
• Telesat Canada, Canada's domestic satellite carrier
• Yak Communications, a dial-around long distance reseller (10-15-945 from Montreal and Toronto) acquired by Distributel.

Selected Telecommunications Carriers - U.S.A

• AT&T Corporation, formerly known as Southwestern Bell, Ameritech, Pacific Bell, Nevada Bell, and SNET.
• Association for Local Telecommunications Services.
• Association of TeleServices International (ATSI), a trade association for telephone answering services.
• Billing Concepts of San Antonio, a clearinghouse for telecommunications bills.
• Excel, a carrier whose services are sold on a multi-level marketing basis.
• Frontier Communications acquired by Citizen's communications. Includes the former Rochester Tel.
• j2 Global Communications fax-to-email services.
• Lumen, formerly Level 3 Communications and Time Warner Telecom, a provider of metro-area broadband optical networks and services to businesses.
• MCI, formerly WorldCom, now known as Verizon Business
• One Wilshire. A carrier hotel.
• Orbcomm. Satellite company.
• SDN Communications, an independent in South Dakota.
• SMS/800, the 800 Service Management System, the central database for the management of toll-free numbers in North America.
• T-mobile, formerly Sprint.
• Verizon, the company born from the merger between Bell Atlantic and GTE.
• Western Union
• Wireless Communications Alliance. A non-profit business league dedicated to collaboration in the wireless industry.

Telecommunications carriers and government agencies - other countries

• Albacom, a telecommunications carrier in Italy.
• Anatel, Brazil's telecommunications regulator.
• AT & T Mexico, formerly Nextel Mexico and Miditel, a telecommunications carrier in Mexico.
• Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications, France's regulatory agency.
• Azercell, a cellular operator in Azerbaijan.
• Bezeq, Israel's largest telecommunications carrier.
• British Telecom.
• D2 Privat, Germany.
• Deutsche Telekom, Germany.
• Econophone, Zürich, Switzerland. Offers local telephone service and ADSL.
• Eurotunnel Telecom.
• Faroese Telecom.
• Federated States of Micronesia Telecommunications Corporation.
• France's government telecommunications office.
• IFT, Federal Telecommunications Institute (Spanish: Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, Mexico's telecom regulator, formerly CoFeTel.
• Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL).
• Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.
• Kingston Communications (Hull) PLC, Hull, England.
• Maroc Telecom, Itissalat Al-Maghrib S.A., Morocco.
• Matav, a telecommunications carrier in Hungary.
• max.mobil, a mobile operator in Austria.
• Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN), South Africa.
• Morocco's regulator, Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications (ANRT).
• Ofcom, the United Kingdom's telecommunications regulatory agency.
• One Telecommunications formerly AMC, Albanian Mobile Communications.
• PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia.
• SFR, Société française du radiotéléphone, formerly Cegetel, a private telecommunications carrier in France.
• Slovak Telecom, Slovenske Telekomunikacie, s.p.
• Sure Falkland Islands, formerly Cable & Wireless Falkland Islands.
• Swisscom, the dominant carrier in Switzerland.
• Telfort, a telecommunications carrier in the Netherlands.
• Telefonica of Spain.
• Tele Greenland.
• Telkom SA, South Africa's telephone company.
• UK2Numbers, which provides 0700 phone numbers in the U.K.
• Vodacom, a wireless carrier in South Africa.
• Vodafone

Telecommunications and VoIP Training

• Teracom Training Institute - telecommunications training and VoIP training Instructor-led training seminars, video/DVD courses, online courses and certifications, books and elearning on telecommunications, datacom, networking, IP, Voice over IP (VoIP), wireless, IPv6 and more.

Telecommunications Certification

• Telecommunications Certification Organization (TCO)

Selected Manufacturers and Organizations

Telecom Hardware, Software and Service Development

• Avaya
• Nokia, formerly Alcatel-Lucent - incorporating the former Newbridge Networks

Telecommunications: Canadian government agencies

• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
• Industry Canada.
• Information and Communications Technology Standards Advisory Council of Canada

Directories and "Yellow" Pages - Canada

• canada411 Free directory assistance for most Canadian locations.
• Bell Canada ISP
• Canpages, a Canadian business listings database not affiliated with the phone companies.
• telus.com, a portal from Telus Corporation. Replaces the company's former mytelus.com, alberta.com, myto.com and mybc.com portals and directory listings.
• mysask.com, a directory service and portal for Saskatchewan.
• Yellow Pages, a Canadian directory database.

Telecommunications: U.S. government agencies

• Federal Communications Commission
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. directory services

• SMARTpages.com, a directory service from SBC Communications Inc.
• DexOnline.com, formerly Qwest Dex, from the company that publishes white and yellow pages directories under contract with Qwest.
• Yellowbook.com
• SuperPages.com, a directory service from Verizon (formerly GTE).

Directory services - other countries

• British Telecom's directory enquiries service for the UK
• http://www.yell.com/, formerly British Telecom's Yellow Pages.
• Golden Pages, Ireland.
• 118 net, Portugal.
• Páginas Amarelas Internet, Portugal.
• Das Telefonbuch, Germany.
• Argentina.
• Teleinfo, Argentina.
• Yellow Pages, Australia.