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Telecommunications and mobile retail
Top-ups, SIMs, devices and agents. Core operations map to planned catalog modules; remaining gaps are listed on the industry page.
Close fit Planned NAICS 517 / 4592
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- network operations are out of scope
- retail shops and agents sell SIMs, top-ups, devices and accessories
- prepaid and postpaid
- repair
Typical roles
- sales rep
- agent
- repair technician
- manager
- distributor
Day-to-day flows
- sell a SIM and top-up
- sell a device with a serial
- take a repair
- sell accessories
- settle with the operator or distributor
Tenders and payments seen
- cash
- cards
- mobile wallets recorded manually
- instalments
- operator commissions
Inventory and assets
- SIMs and scratch cards with serials
- devices with IMEI
- accessories
Reports they ask for
- commissions
- top-up sales
- serial trace
- repairs
Integrations they need
- operator portals (manual)
- accountants
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, SVC, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | C Catalogued | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Work orders, rentals, services | C Catalogued | SVC |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | C Catalogued | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | C Catalogued | HW |
| Country fiscal packs | C Catalogued | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | P Partial | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
Gaps
- no operator portal integration for top-ups (record manually)
- network, billing and provisioning are out of scope
- no IMEI registry check
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Multi-salesperson commission attribution SALE-0023
- Prompt for serial / batch on line SALE-0046
- Custom payment methods SALE-0068
- Send receipt by WhatsApp/email/SMS share SALE-0073
- Work order (service/repair) TKT-0032
- Gift card activation GIFT-0002
- eWallet top-up GIFT-0014
- Prepaid package/bonos GIFT-0015
- WhatsApp click-to-chat link CRM-0024
- Sales commission settings EMP-0018
- Serial number tracking INV-0035
- Warranty tracking INV-0036
- Repair/alteration tracking INV-0116
- Mobile top-up / prepaid cards sale INV-0117
- Third-party delivery apps manual entry (Rappi, PedidosYa) DLV-0010
- Aggregator commission accounting DLV-0012
Sub-verticals
Mobile-phone shop and top-up agent
top-ups and accessories
Open →Sub-verticalTelecom operator's branded store
contract sales
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- SIM registration and identity rules
- consumer rules for contracts
- e-waste (themes to verify)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- SIM registration rejected
- top-up sent to the wrong number
- repair not collected
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 517 / 4592 (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 51, 44-45
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Telecommunications; Network and Other Communications Equipment
- Fit
- Close fit
No public reference was gathered for this industry; the description is domain analysis, not sourced research.
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