NAICS code: 517112 — Wireless Telecommunications Carriers
2022 NAICS code: 517112 — Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
Industry description: This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily 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.

Illustrative Examples:

Cellular telephone service carriers
Wireless Internet service providers, except satellite
Paging services, except satellite
Wireless telephone communications carriers, except satellite 


Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

NAICS hierarchy: 51 Information > 517 Telecommunications > 5171 Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (except Satellite) > 51711 Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)

ExioML sector: Post and telecommunication services (64)
Region: US, year: 2022
Value added: 1318185.34972 M.EUR
Employment: 6912.63288208 thousand persons
GHG emissions: 14755932297.8 kg CO2 eq.
Energy carrier net total: 266659.908906 TJ
Carbon intensity: 0.011194125546103478

Companies in this industry:

Company: Cellco Partnership
Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, provides wireless voice and data services. The Company provides postpaid and prepaid services, such as text and picture messaging, and mobile broadband services. Cellco Partnership serves customers throughout United States.

Company: Lumen Technologies Inc
Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services.

Company: Bellsouth LLC
Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC is a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. that provides telecommunications products and services. As an incumbent local exchange carrierincumbent local exchange carrierAn incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) is a local telephone company which held the regional monopoly on landline service before the market was opened to competitive local exchange carriers, or the corporate successor of such a firm.https://en.wikipedia.org › Incumbent_local_exchange_carrierIncumbent local exchange carrier - Wikipedia in the southeast United States, the company has contracted extensively with federal agencies to supply voice, data, cellular, and network services.

Company: Nextel Communications Inc
Nextel Communications, Inc. provides wireless communication services. The Company offers digital cellular, digital walkie-talkie, messaging, and wireless data services. Nextel Communications serves customers worldwide.

Company: Alltel Corporation
Alltel was a landline, wireless and general telecommunications services provider, primarily based in the United States. Before its wireless division was acquired by Verizon Wireless and AT&T, Alltel provided cellular service to 34 states and had approximately 13 million subscribers.

Company: BellSouth Telecom LLC
BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC was an operating company of AT&T that served the southeastern United States. It consisted of the operations of Southern Bell and South Central Bell.

Company: AT&T Mobility LLC
It is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc. and provides wireless services in the United States. AT&T Mobility is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, with 241.5 million subscribers as of December 31, 2023. The company is headquartered in Brookhaven, Georgia.

Company: T-Mobile Us Inc
The company offers wireless telecom services, and host other services, including voice, text messaging, video calling, and data communications. It serves postpaid, prepaid, and wholesale customers. The company provides its products and services under T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile brand names.