This might seem a little complex as these words had to be defined for the purpose of this system. A Carrier is your telephone provider. This is the company you go to for phone services, and getting your plans. A provider is the company that owns the network. In the case of Kaldus, this is Kaldus Telecommunications (Ka-Tel). Ka-Tel is a government owned business, and decides who are carriers or not. In all respects, Ka-Tel does not have to issue a license to a company for them to become a carrier. If this happens, then they are both the carrier and provider.