<p>Copyright TM Forum 2005<br/></p><p><br/></p><p>A Service Provider represents a role, played by a company or organization, which provides telecommunication services as a business. SPs may operate networks, or they may simply integrate the services of other providers in order to deliver a total service to their Customers.<br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Providing a telecommunication service to any one end Customer may involve multiple SPs, where one provider may “sub-contract” with other providers to fulfil the Customer’s needs.<br/></p><p><br/></p><p>This class can be subclassed into many types of Service Providers, including Telecom Service Providers (TSPs), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Application Service Providers (ASPs) and other organizations that provide services.<br/></p>