Class 38: Telecommunications

Class heading

• Telecommunications services

What class 38 covers

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)

Class heading and explanatory note adapted from WIPO’s Nice Classification explanatory notes (NCL 13-2026), © WIPO, CC BY. Changes: shortened layout; references to other classes turned into links. CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · WIPO terms of use (opens in a new tab)

Turkish list (Tebliğ 2026/2) for class 38

Unofficial English translation. Filings in Türkiye use the official Turkish text of TÜRKPATENT Communiqué 2026/2.

• Radio and television broadcasting
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  Radyo ve televizyon yayın hizmetleri.

• Telecommunications; communication by telephone, computer and other means and providing access to such communication; transmission of audiovisual messages, images and videos via computers, mobile phones and smart wearable devices, rental of access time to global computer networks, providing internet access (internet service provider services), rental of telecommunication equipment
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  Haberleşme hizmetleri; telefon, bilgisayar ve diğer yöntemlerle haberleşme ve buna olanak sağlama hizmetleri; bilgisayar, mobil telefon, akıllı giyilebilir cihazlar yardımıyla görsel ve işitsel mesajların, resimlerin, videoların iletimi hizmetleri, global bilgisayar ağına kullanıcı giriş zamanının kiralanması hizmetleri, internet servisi sağlama hizmetleri, iletişim cihazlarının kiralanması hizmetleri.

• News agency services
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  Haber ajansı hizmetleri.

Example terms in class 38

A selection of 100 terms from the 528 USPTO ID Manual terms in this class.

• Advisory services relating to telecommunications
• Audio broadcasting
• Automated telephone call screening services
• Broadcast of cable television programmes
• Broadcasting
• Broadcasting of radio and television programmes
• Broadcasting of teleshopping programmes
• Cable radio broadcasting
• Cable television broadcasting
• Cablecasting services
• Call recording services
• Cellular telephone communication
• Chatroom services for social networking
• Communication by hertzian wave
• Communication by telegram
• Communication via fibre-optic networks
• Communication via television transmissions
• Communications by computer terminals
• Communications by fibre-optic networks
• Communications by teleconferencing
• Communications by television for meeting
• Computer aided transmission of images
• Computer-aided transmission of messages
• Data casting
• Data streaming services via the internet
• Digital network telecommunications services
• Electronic data interchange
• Electronic message sending
• Electronic messaging services
• Electronic order transmission services
• Electronic transmission of mail and messages
• Electronic transmission of news
• Facsimile transmission and retrieval services
• Information transmission by telematic codes
• Instant messaging services
• Internet access provider services
• Internet radio broadcasting services
• Interstate telephone services
• Leasing of telecommunication equipment
• Local and long distance telephone services
• Message sending and receiving services
• Mobile radio telephone services
• Mobile telephone services
• Network conferencing services
• On-line title document delivery
• Paging services
• Prepaid long distance telephone services
• Providing access to telecommunication networks
• Providing chat lines utilising the internet
• Providing e-mail fax services
• Providing instant messaging services
• Providing internet chat rooms
• Providing on-line facsimile transmission services
• Providing online forums
• Providing telephone conferencing services
• Provision of access to the internet
• Radio and television broadcasting services
• Radio broadcasting consultation
• Radio communication
• Radio-paging
• Rental of cellular telephones
• Rental of equipment for telecommunications
• Rental of smartphones
• Rental of telecommunication routers
• Rental of telecommunications lines
• Rental of telephone booths
• Rental of teleprocessing apparatus and instruments
• Satellite television broadcasting
• Sending of telegrams
• Streaming
• Subscription television broadcasting
• Telecommunications consultation
• Telecommunications routing and junction services
• Teleconferencing services
• Telegraph services
• Telephone communications
• Telephone services and teletext services
• Telepresence conferencing services
• Teletext services
• Television broadcasting
• Television broadcasting information
• Television transmission services
• Ticker tape services
• Transmission and delivery
• Transmission of data by teletypewriter
• Transmission of encrypted communications
• Transmission of information via a teleprinter
• Transmission of location-based messaging
• Transmission of messages via the Internet
• Transmission of podcasts
• Video broadcasting
• Video conferencing services
• Video telephone services
• Video-on-demand transmission
• Videoconference services
• Voice mail services
• Voicemail services
• Web messaging
• Wireless broadcasting
• Wireless facsimile mail services

Example terms: Source: USPTO ID Manual (public domain), retrieved 18 October 2026.

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