North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017 Version 2.0

723 - Telecommunications, broadcasting distribution and related services

This group comprises fixed wholesale and retail telecommunications services; fixed wholesale and retail Internet access services; mobile wholesale and retail telecommunications services; cable, satellite, Internet and other fixed or mobile broadcasting distribution services of audiovisual and audio works; and online games, except gambling.

72332 - Retail telecommunication services

This class comprises fixed retail telecommunications and Internet access services, and mobile retail telecommunications.

723321 - Fixed retail telecommunications services (except Internet access)

This subclass comprises telephone services to end users where calls originate from a device connected to a landline.

• Exclusion(s)

  • fixed retail Internet access services (See 723322 Fixed retail Internet access services)
  • fixed telecommunications services provided to telecommunications services providers (See 723311 Fixed wholesale telecommunications services (except Internet access))
  • mobile telecommunications services to end users (See 723323 Mobile retail telecommunications services)

7233211 - Fixed local and access telecommunications services (except Internet access), at retail

A landline-based telephone service that allows end users to make calls within a defined local area and provides access to a long distance network of the customer's choice.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • basic fixed local telephony services with bundled calling features
  • business basic fixed local telephone services
  • landline local telephone services
  • local voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services
  • residential basic fixed local telephone services
  • retail centrex services
  • wireline local telephone services

  All examples

• Inclusion(s)

  • additional calling features such as voice mail and call display, whether sold separately or bundled with basic local service
  • local calls made from payphones

• Exclusion(s)

  • landline-based telephone service that allows end users to make calls outside a defined local area (See 7233212 Fixed long distance telecommunications services (except Internet access), at retail)
  • local calls made from, or received by, a mobile communication device (See 7233231 Mobile local and access telecommunications services, at retail)
  • provision of a telecommunications service or facility by a telecommunications service provider to a provider of retail fixed telecommunications services (See 7233111 Fixed wholesale telecommunications services (except Internet access))

7233212 - Fixed long distance telecommunications services (except Internet access), at retail

A landline-based telephone service allowing end users to make calls outside a local calling area.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • 1-800, 1-866, 1-877 or 1-888 phone services
  • basic fixed business long distance telephony services
  • basic fixed residential long distance telephony services
  • toll free long distance services

  All examples

• Inclusion(s)

  • long distance calling service plans that can be used with a fixed or mobile phone
  • long distance calls made from payphones

• Exclusion(s)

  • long distance calling services for mobile phones (See 7233232 Mobile long distance telecommunications services, at retail)

7233213 - Data transmission services

Telecommunications services making use of data protocols to transmit data over a public network.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) services
  • ethernet services
  • frame relay services
  • IP virtual private networks (VPN)

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • mobile or Internet data services (See 7233233 Mobile data services)
  • telecommunications network segment for the exclusive use of the client on which no control or signalling is performed (See 7233214 Private network services)

7233214 - Private network services

Telecommunications network segments for the exclusive use of the client on which no control or signalling is performed by the telecommunications service provider.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • fibre private line services
  • private telecommunications line services
  • private telecommunications network services
  • satellite private network services

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • telecommunications services making use of data protocols to transmit data over a public network (See 7233213 Data transmission services)