NAICS Code 51711 — Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)

NAICS Industry in the official 2022 North American Industry Classification System (U.S. Census Bureau). It contains 2 direct sub-codes.

Code51711
TitleWired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
LevelNAICS Industry (5-digit)
EditionNAICS 2022 edition

Official definition (2022 NAICS)

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating, maintaining, and/or providing access to switching and transmission facilities and infrastructure that they own and/or lease for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound, and video using wired and wireless telecommunications networks (except satellite). Transmission facilities may be based on a single technology or a combination of technologies. By exception, establishments providing satellite television distribution services using facilities and infrastructure that they operate are included in this industry.

Illustrative Examples:

Broadband Internet service providers, wired (e.g., cable, DSL)

Cable television distribution services

Cellular telephone service carriers

Direct-to-home satellite system (DTH) services

Satellite television distribution systems

Telecommunications carriers, wired and wireless

VoIP service providers, using own operated wired telecommunications infrastructure

Wireless Internet service providers, except satellite

Wireless telecommunications carriers, except satellite

Wireless telephone communications carriers, except satellite

Where 51711 sits in the hierarchy

LevelCodeTitle
Sector51Information
Subsector517Telecommunications
Industry Group5171Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (except Satellite)
NAICS Industry51711Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)

Codes under 51711

CodeTitle
517111Wired Telecommunications Carriers
517112Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)

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Data: official 2022 NAICS structure, descriptions and Census concordances, U.S. Census Bureau — U.S. government works in the public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). Suggested reference, not an official determination.