NAICS code: 517312 — 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: AT&T Teleholdings Inc
AT&T Teleholdings, Inc. provides a variety of communications services that include local and long-distance telephone, cellular, paging, internet, security monitoring, and cable TV.

Company: VIP Wireless Holdings LLC
VIP Wireless Holdings, LLC operates as a telecommunication company. The Company specializes in provides a phone, multitude of phone accessories including phone Cases, stands, mounts, chargers, tempered glass and bluetooth speakers, as well as offers software development and marketing services.

Company: New Cingular Wireless Svcs Inc
New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc., doing business as AT&T Mobility, offers wireless voice and data communications services. The Company offers post-paid, prepaid, enterprise voice, and data, as well as local, long-distance, and roaming services.

Company: Nextel Finance Company
NexTel Corporation is an information communication services subscription agency which provides cellular phone service and communications satellite TV broadcasting services. The Company also sells cellular phones and personal handyphone systems (PHS). Nextel also provides internet service.

Company: Southwestern Bell Mobile Syst
was a wireless telephone company. It was created in 1984 as a split-off of Advanced Mobile Phone Service, the original wireless subsidiary of the Bell System.

Company: Nextel Partners Operating Corp
Nextel Partners Operating Corp. was founded in 1998. The company's line of business includes providing two-way radiotelephone communication services such as cellular telephone services.

Company: Virgin Media Holdings Inc
Virgin Media Inc. provides telecommunication services. The Company offers broadband internet, cable television, mobile telephony, and fixed line telephony solutions with a variety of entertainment and communications services. Virgin Media serves residential and commercial customers throughout the world.

Company: Nextel of California Inc
Nextel provided digital, wireless communications services, originally focusing on the fleet and dispatch customers, but later marketed to all potential wireless customers.

Company: Cellular Sales Knoxville Inc
Cellular Sales is a management company that operates authorized wireless phone stores for Verizon Wireless throughout the South, Midwest, and Atlantic regions of the United States.

Company: Motorola Mobility LLC
Monster Worldwide Inc. operates as a global online employment solutions company. The Company provides employment, career management, recruitment and talent management capabilities solutions to employee, job seekers and employers.