2022 Edition

national industry 517122

Agents for Wireless Telecommunications Services

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acting as agents for wireless telecommunications carriers and resellers, selling wireless plans on a commission basis.

The immediate parent of national industry 517122 is international industry 51712: Telecommunications Resellers and Agents for Wireless Telecommunication Services

Illustrative Examples

  • Agents for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs)
  • Agents for wireless telecommunications carriers
  • Cellular telephone stores, selling cellular phone service plans on an agent basis
  • Mobile phone stores, selling mobile phone service plans on an agent basis
  • Wireless phone service plan sales agents, selling on behalf of wireless telecommunications carriers

2022 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Operating and maintaining wireless telecommunications networks--are classified in U.S. Industry 517112, Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite);
  • Reselling telecommunications services (except satellite telecommunications and agents for wireless telecommunications carriers and resellers), without operating a network--are classified in U.S. Industry 517121, Telecommunications Resellers; and
  • Reselling cellular telephones and accessories without selling service plans--are classified in Sector 42, Wholesale Trade, or Sector 44-45, Retail Trade.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 517122 - Agents for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs)
  2. 517122 - Agents for wireless telecommunications carriers
  3. 517122 - Cellular telephone stores, selling cellular phone service plans on an agent basis
  4. 517122 - Mobile phone stores, selling mobile phone service plans on an agent basis
  5. 517122 - Wireless phone service plan sales agents, selling on behalf of wireless telecommunications carriers
  6. 517122 - Wireless phone stores, selling wireless phone service plans on an agent basis

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 517211 517212 517310
2007 517210 517911
2012 517210 517911
2017 517312 517911
2022 517122

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

Mappings are not available for this combination of NAICS code and edition.

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 517122, Agents for Wireless Telecommunications Services:

  1. cell phone store
  2. cellular or mobile phone
  3. cellular phone sale installation and repair
  4. cellular phone store
  5. cellular telephone sale installation and repair in automobile
  6. cellular telephone service
  7. cellular telephone store retail
  8. cellular telephone store retail ny
  9. communication service including cablevision
  10. information
  11. phone store
  12. phone store no automobile installation retail
  13. technology integration installation service or repair
  14. telecommunication
  15. telecommunication company
  16. telecommunication service
  17. telecommunication service provider
  18. telephone and pager store no installation
  19. telephone store
  20. telephone store retail
  21. wired and wireless telecommunication carrier
  22. wired telecommunication carrier
  23. wireless telecommunication carrier except satellite
  24. wireless telecommunication carrier except satellite naic

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