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2007 NAICS Definition

This industry comprises establishments engaged in operating and maintaining switching and transmission facilities to provide communications via the airwaves. Establishments in this industry have spectrum licenses and provide services using that spectrum, such as cellular phone services, paging services, wireless Internet access, and wireless video services.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Operating and maintaining wired telecommunications networks--are classified in Industry 517110, Wired Telecommunications Carriers;
• Operating and maintaining satellite networks--are classified in Industry 517410, Satellite Telecommunications;
• Providing satellite television distribution services--are classified in Industry 517110, Wired Telecommunications Carriers; and
• Operating as mobile virtual network operations (MVNO)--are classified in U.S. Industry 517911, Telecommunications Resellers.

Index entries that bring you to this industry:

• Beeper (i.e., radio pager) communication carriers
• Cellular telephone communication carriers
• Cellular telephone services
• Mobile telephone communication carriers, except satellite
• Paging services, except satellite
• Radio paging services communications carriers
• Ship-to-shore broadcasting communication carriers, except satellite
• Telecommunications carriers, cellular telephone
• Telephone communications carriers, wireless (except satellite)
• Two-way paging communication carriers, except satellite
• Wireless data communication carriers, except satellite
• Wireless Internet service providers, except satellite
• Wireless telephone communications carriers (except satellite)
• Wireless video services, except satellite