Analysis
NAICS 5171 is the 2022 industry group for wired and wireless telecommunications (except satellite), part of 517 (Telecommunications). Census lists 44 example activities under it in the official index.
Across its national industries Census lists 44 index entries; typical ones are cable program distribution operators, beeper (i.e., radio pager) communication carriers, long-distance telecommunication resellers (except satellite… and agents for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs).
County Business Patterns publishes no national count for it, either because the code is out of the survey's scope or because the figures are suppressed to protect individual businesses.
Official definition
This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) operating transmission facilities and infrastructure that they own and/or lease, and providing telecommunications services using wired and wireless telecommunications networks; (2) reselling wired and wireless telecommunications services (except satellite); and (3) acting as agents for wireless telecommunications services.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (44)
- Cable program distribution operators
- Beeper (i.e., radio pager) communication carriers
- Long-distance telecommunication resellers (except satellite telecommunications)
- Agents for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs)