NAICS 5173 Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers

NAICS Code: 5173

Code Title: Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers

Code Sector: 51 - Information

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. 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.