CALTEL -  the California Association of Competitive Telecommunications Companies - is a non-profit trade association working to advance the interests of fair and open competition and customer-focused service in California telecommunications. 

CALTEL members are entrepreneurial companies building and deploying next-generation networks to provide competitive voice, data, and video services. The majority of CALTEL members are small businesses who help to fuel the California economy through technological innovation, new services, affordable prices and customer choice.

Since its inception in 1983, CALTEL has represented the interests of competitive telecommunications companies at the California State legislature, Public Utilities Commission and Governor's Office.