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Telecommunication organizations should have very high goals for operating and managing their various assets, for providing customer services and for directly or indirectly supporting their business. It is necessary to protect those assets critical to telecommunication organizations in order to ensure that the operations and services of the telecommunication business are not compromised.

This Recommendation provides an overview of processes and methods that need to be addressed in place to identify, classify, evaluate and maintain the assets that telecommunication organizations own. This Recommendation also suggests some templates as a method for managing assets.