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Telecommunications on the Web
PTTs and Private Telecommunication Providers
Researching Public Telephone and Telegraph organizations (PTTs) and major
private telecommunication providers, both national and international , is at the heart
of much telecommunications research, and most providers, as well as the growing
field of private telecom companies, are coming on line with websites. The hard part
can be finding them. Fortunately, several fine websites have compiled lists of links to
both public and private telecommunication companies.
Bandwidth Market Telecom Links
http://www.bandwidthmarket.com/componentloption I com weblinks/ltemid,4/
BWM's links pages offer an exceptionally fine collection of telecommunicationsrelated
information. The site includes a hyperlinked list of telecom operators
alphabetically by country. This page makes it extremely easy to see which telecom
companies operate in which country and go directly to the company pages. The site
also has an impressive hyperlinked list of over 200 telecom manufacturers from
around the world listed alphabetically. These are the categories and number of links
at BWM's site:
• Analyst s and Consultants (5 i )
• Associanons and Organizarious (32)
• Genel':d (6)
• Gov",nunenl Siles (6)
• Internet E:-';fh:"lIIg:€'S (U)
u Intern et Telephony (l ~)
• M:"l!lS (16 :Sj
u Satellile Telecom (26)
• Telecom Manufacturers (103 )
• Telecom Operators (1Ii -4)
• Telecom Publications (153)
• Tele com SL'm d.:u ds ( 16)
ITU's Global Directory of Regulators (select Regulators for PTTs)
http://www,itu.intlcgi-bin/htsh/mm/scripts/mm.search
The ITU's Global Directory may be the most authoritative source of PTT's available.
The site lists all members and can be searched by country, company, or
organization. The site may load slowly.
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