2022 Edition

national industry 517121

Telecommunications Resellers

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises establishments engaged in purchasing access and network capacity from owners and operators of telecommunications networks and reselling wired and wireless telecommunications services to businesses and households (except satellite telecommunications and agents for wireless telecommunications services). Establishments in this industry resell telecommunications; they do not operate transmission facilities and infrastructure.

The immediate parent of national industry 517121 is international industry 51712: Telecommunications Resellers and Agents for Wireless Telecommunication Services

Illustrative Examples

  • Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) (except agents)
  • Pre-paid calling cards, telecommunications resellers
  • Wired telecommunications resellers
  • Wireless telecommunications resellers (except satellite telecommunications and agents)

2022 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Acting as agents for wireless telecommunications carriers and resellers--are classified in U.S. Industry 517122, Agents for Wireless Telecommunications Services;
  • Operating and maintaining wired telecommunications networks--are classified in U.S. Industry 517111, Wired Telecommunications Carriers;
  • Operating and maintaining wireless telecommunications networks--are classified in U.S. Industry 517112, Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite); and
  • Reselling satellite telecommunications services--are classified in Industry 517410, Satellite Telecommunications.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 517121 - Long-distance telecommunication resellers (except satellite telecommunications)
  2. 517121 - Microwave telecommunication resellers
  3. 517121 - Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) (except agents)
  4. 517121 - Pre-paid calling cards, telecommunications resellers
  5. 517121 - Resellers, telecommunication (except satellite telecommunications and agents for wireless telecommunications services)
  6. 517121 - Telecommunications resellers (except satellite telecommunications and agents for wireless telecommunications services)
  7. 517121 - Telephone communications resellers (except satellite telecommunications and agents for wireless telecommunications services)
  8. 517121 - Wired telecommunication resellers
  9. 517121 - Wireless telecommunications resellers (except satellite telecommunications and agents)

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 517310
2007 517911
2012 517911
2017 517911
2022 517121

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 4812 - Radiotelephone Communications
  2. 4813 - Telephone Communications, Except Radiotelephone

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 517121, Telecommunications Resellers:

  1. communication reseller
  2. communication service satellite or microwave transmission serv radio
  3. datum communication vendor and value added reseller
  4. information
  5. other telecommunication
  6. radiotelephone communication
  7. telecommunication
  8. telecommunication reseller
  9. telecommunication reseller naic
  10. telecommunication service
  11. telecommunication service provider
  12. telecommunication service provider rebiller and reseller only
  13. telecommunication service provider wired
  14. telephone communication except radiotelephone
  15. telephone communication service

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