Tag:utility=telecom

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Public-images-osm logo.svg utility = telecom
French telecom optical cable marker.jpg
Description
Infrastructure related to telecommunications networks providing phone and internet service towards industries and domestic subscribers. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: man made
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)may be used on relations
Useful combination
Status: approvedPage for proposal

The tag utility=telecom is added to a feature (such as marker=*, man_made=street_cabinet or building=service) to specify that it is part of the infrastructure related to telecommunications networks providing phone and internet service.

Telecommunications_network connect servers and subscribers through a complex arrangement of sites and devices. This value refers to any activity involving network and infrastructure useful to deliver services for industrial or domestic usage.

Telecom utility usually corresponds to UN International Standard Industrial Classification class 61 (Telecommunications).

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Examples

Photo Location Tagging Note
French telecom optical cable marker.jpg
France node marker=aerial
utility=telecom
colour=yellow
operator=France Télécom
ref=1/1
phone=05 21 68 97
An aerial marker indicating the presence of an  optical fibre cable buried below
Signalisation de fibre optique enterrée 02.jpg